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I don't recall him ever doing it until the Maia fight
Anderson is a weird guy. I don't know why he does the things he does but the people ITT saying "that's just his style" or claiming he does it for some sort of advantage... you guys are totally wrong.
He was demolishing everyone before he started doing it. It's not about getting an advantage; it's just one of many silly, crazy, goofy things he does while fighting.
You could technically say it began with Leites, though not in the same vein as when he was dancing around the cage with Maia. Against Leites he started punching the thigh over and over for almost no reason it seemed.
You're right about Anderson being a weird guy. I feel like he started doing it for a combination of reasons, paramount of all being simply that he could, and could get away with doing it in the cage.