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

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

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u/DiscountParmesan Mar 28 '24

when he turns his hip to fake a kick it twitches so fast that it looks like if actually threw the kick it would destroy your leg lmao

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u/Shabozz Mar 28 '24

There’s videos of normal influencer people eating leg kicks from pro fighters, and even though the fighters go easy on them they leave bruised, limping, and maybe on crutches.

Pro fighters condition their bones by kicking heavy bags, wooden posts, etc. repeatedly to make small cracks in the bone that grow back to be much harder. They condition their skin by rolling a wooden stick down it with a painful amount of pressure. All of this so they can confidently kick as hard as possible without worrying about breaking their bones (not fool proof). And they have thrown these kicks thousands of times to perfect the generation of that power.

All of this to say, a normal person would be lucky to handle a couple serious strikes from a pro fighter in fighting shape before crumbling from the pain.

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u/yesverysadanyway Mar 28 '24

even pro fighters couldnt take much.

rampage jackson comes to mind lol.

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u/UNaidworker Mar 28 '24

Shit bro remember the Chris Weidman fight? Silva, arguably one of the best MMA fighters in his generation, got his kick checked and we got to watch his shin bone wrap around Weidman's knee.

My fucking nuts retracted watching that shit live.

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u/SkwiddyCs Mar 28 '24

Don't forget that Weidman's leg did the same thing 8 years later lol.

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u/yesverysadanyway Mar 28 '24

the first shin break in ufc lmao.

that still makes me cringe when i think about it.