Who do you think has the best leg kicks in UFC history?

[Natural Order]

Ruas or Rizzo.

Hon mention to Maurice Smith.

 

[moosaev]

Aldo? Gaethje? pereira?

Gaethje’s leg kicks are overrated, answer is Aldo

 

[Natural Order]

I know the discussion was UFC, but whenever a discussion comes up about leg kicks... Hoost's combos were savage beauty at times. Turning his hip over turned a log into a whip. It always baffles me how little guys put together 1-2 head combos and simply reset in the UFC without following it up with a hammer to the fucking leg. Doesn't matter if the opponent checks it. A lot of times it's an extra shot that adds a ton of attrtion quickly and you're already in motion.



Poatan's an oddity. I'm convinced his limbs are just painted concrete. He's like George Foreman. He had crazy power in his hands, and it wasn't fast or pretty, it just really fucking hurts when he touches you. Most of Alex's strikes aren't blinding fast, and he doesn't even try to hide power strikes behind jabs. I don't care what anyone says, I saw fear in Ank's eyes during the course of that rematch, and those shots hurt him badly. Poatan's calf-kick is a thing of beauty and is very tactical though.



That first UFC was absolutely an informercial for BJJ, but that shit was also staged as hell. And I believe the first kick in UFC was thrown by GC, but it was against Teela Tuli, not Rozier (I think it was the other guy that said that). They fought in the semifinals. Tuli charged GC, and GC broke his hand and foot in a quick one-sided TKO. A tooth got stuck in Gordeau's foot. He beat Rozier with a broken hand and foot in the semis, and then got subbed by Royce in the finals.

GC and Royce were supposed to face off in the quarters until they fought out Gordeau had some grappling experience. And big-name kickboxers with no grappling experience were specifically targeted by invitation to that tournament. It really was a work to expand and promote Gracie BJJ. Most of the big name kickboxers at the time knew it was a joke and a setup and they declined. Anyone who posed a real threat wasn't invited or "eliminated" as a potential candidate.

Gordeau would have beat the shit out of Gracie if he was 100% healthy. Besides the fact he hit hard, he really was a dirty hateful fucker. He was the kind of guy who liked hurting people, but you can't plant your weight on a broken foot and couple that with a broken hand and you're basically a handicap at that point. I always wanted to see those two rematch at 100%.

Lol, winning prize was $50k for 3 fights. Dana would have been soooooooo proud.

One of Tela’s teeth skyrocketed out of cage. Two were lodged in Gerard’s foot. Docs decided not to extract teeth because it might force Gordeau out. They taped him up and left the teeth in. Fought his second fight with two teeth still in foot!

 

[chillyoo]

Aldo before he quit using them.

I think Perriera is one of the better ones now, he kicks people 1-2 times and it changes the fight. One kick and Ank switched stances in the rematch.

 

[godhatesacoward]

Gilbert Burns was a underrated leg kicker. If he used them against Chimaev instead of brawling he coulda won

Gilbert under used a lot of good tools because he got caught up in his own KO power IMO

 

[StewDogg11]

So what bro? You basin dude's entire career on that? OH NOES HE SLOWED DOWN ON LEG KICKS

Can't take anything you say seriously tbh.

It’s okay I know Aldo is one of Sherdog’s darlings. I’m sure you and many others cried the night McGregor embarrassed him in the biggest fight of his life.

 

[HHJ]

It’s okay I know Aldo is one of Sherdog’s darlings. I’m sure you and many others cried the night McGregor embarrassed him in the biggest fight of his life.

I was ok with it. What a tremendous occurance.

Keep trying tho

 

[MyNameisMyName]

Cro Cop and Rogan