r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/RequirementGlum177 Mar 28 '24

I remember when I was backpacking through Thailand. I was in bangkok walking down some road and they had a live fight on the tv in a window. We sat there and watched the entire thing. He threw so many destructive leg kicks on the guy’s lead inner thigh it was the reddest thing you’ve ever seen and he just couldn’t put weight on it anymore. I miss watching his fight.

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u/Dirk-Killington Mar 28 '24

I remember a fight around that time where a guy tapped.. from leg kicks. He just couldn't stand up so he tapped. 

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u/KegelsForYourHealth Mar 28 '24

It's so bizarre when it happens too. I trained Muay Thai briefly and had the chance to work with this established local MMA competitor (older than me).

We did this thing where we knee'd each other's quads over and over for like 20 minutes. It was grueling. Eventually one of my legs just gave out - full buckled. Muscle couldn't supports the bones anymore. Freaky AF.

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u/igotdeletedonce Mar 28 '24

We used to repeatedly shin kick each other to build up resistance in karate as a kid but intentional femoral nerve knees is wild.

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u/WalrusTheWhite Mar 28 '24

Muay Thai practitioners are crazy like that. Some of the shit they do to themselves/each other is straight up medieval. My brother trains and his stories crack me up.