What's the next "calf kick"?

[Fedorgasm]

Much has been made about how the calf kick became popularized and changed MMA in the last 7 years or so.

So my question is this:

If you were to predict the next new trendy technique or strategy that every fighter will add to their repertoire, what would it be?

Doesn't have to be brand new technique, either. I mean calf kicks weren't new, they were just rarely used until they caught fire and everyone started using them.

Could be something we've seen before but it's just not used often, like Mark Hunt's atomic butt drop.

 

[oski]

I'll go with the double bullet...


or maybe Kai's concho...

 

[Bork Neslar]

Calf punch.

 

[flektarn]

 

[treelo]

going off the last bunch of UFCs, just getting people to actually fight would be nice rather than them all just grabbing onto each other and being scared shitless all the time

 

[Eric Silva 2.0]

Much has been made about how the calf kick became popularized and changed MMA in the last 7 years or so.

So my question is this:

If you were to predict the next new trendy technique or strategy that every fighter will add to their repertoire, what would it be?

Doesn't have to be brand new technique, either. I mean calf kicks weren't new, they were just rarely used until they caught fire and everyone started using them.

Could be something we've seen before but it's just not used often, like Mark Hunt's atomic butt drop.

 

[bongwater]

the jon jones spinning bitch kick!

 

[Sakuraba'sEar]

Astral projecting yourself inside the opponents leg and exploding it

 

[sonofjay817]

Much has been made about how the calf kick became popularized and changed MMA in the last 7 years or so.

So my question is this:

If you were to predict the next new trendy technique or strategy that every fighter will add to their repertoire, what would it be?

Doesn't have to be brand new technique, either. I mean calf kicks weren't new, they were just rarely used until they caught fire and everyone started using them.

Could be something we've seen before but it's just not used often, like Mark Hunt's atomic butt drop.

Clavicle chop

 

[Prologue]

Obviously.....

 

[kingghidrah]

It was going to be leg locks for some time now, seems the leg lock grapplers never got to the UFC or didn't have any other skills (Ryan Hall) to back it up, or only threatened with it but didn't use it that much (Paul Craig)

 

[NoSmilez]

I want to see wrist locks.

 

[BJJ4Tone]

I'm not allowed to talk about it yet.

Just make sure you watch Jeff Albright vs Callum Greenwood at UFC 419.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

It was going to be leg locks for some time now, seems the leg lock grapplers never got to the UFC or didn't have any other skills (Ryan Hall) to back it up, or only threatened with it but didn't use it that much (Paul Craig)

Leg locks were always over-hyped; super low-percentage move that can get your face bashed in or lose you position, even the best guys at it like Palhares started getting countered on them once they fought higher-level opposition.

Hopefully the next weapons we see fighters using a lot of are the jab and body punches because those are so under-utilized by most fighters it's downright criminal.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Ong bak Style 12-6 elbows

 

[JBJ was here]

Suplex / flying armbar transition.

 

[NicholasJBasile]

Gillian Robertson's butt hole downward elbow technique

 

[Harlekin]

Ong bak Style 12-6 elbows

Some new 12-6 ellbow situations we will certainly see.
Anthony Smith was really taken by surprise when Reyes landed some against him. Had no answer for it.

 

[MillingMeSoftly]

Karate chop to the neck

 

[burningspear]

Vulcan nerve pinch.