Fight Breakdown: Superman Punch & Leg Kick KO (Round 4)
AN UNCOMMON END TO A FOUR-ROUND SHORT-NOTICE FIGHT!
By Evan Lee
Fresh from the end of round 3, our biggest take away from this fight so far is… leg kicks.
One leg kick is rarely ever going to be enough to end a fight. However, leg kicks do pay great dividends as the fight goes on! And if enough leg kicks are banked, your opponent is going down.
But let’s say you’re somehow still not a believer in the leg kick. Well, if you kick your opponent hard enough, they’ll believe in them enough for the two of you! That is what matters.
Today we’re talking about how leg kicks and punches work together. But before that, here’s the rest of the fight:
Fight Breakdown: Superman Punch & Leg Kick KO (Round 4)
LEG KICKS WIN FIGHTS
In the opening combination, Sean immediately starts blasting his opponent (whom we’ll call “Bob” for the sake of brevity). In the previous three rounds, Sean had tremendous success with the low...
How to KO & Break Legs with Leg Kicks
WHY LEG KICKS ARE THE MOST UNDERRATED MUAY THAI STRIKE
By Evan Lee
The leg kick, at first glance, does not appear to be a particularly devastating strike.
After all, what damage could the largest and most powerful limbs in the human body possibly do? Turns out... it's a lot.
Our legs are strong because they are the tools on which we rely to keep our body up. However, someone else can use their legs to hurt our legs, which disrupts our rhythm and ability to fight.
Today, we will be talking all about the leg kick, and by the end of this, you should have quite a few tips that will allow you to slice 'n dice your opponent’s legs.
First, we must understand how to throw the low kick. Before we get into that, understand this: as Sean shows in this video, there are many different types of low kicks. Understand that there are many ways to throw all kinds of techniques, be they kicks, punches, knees, or elbows.
The type of technique you throw will depend on the...
KILL THE LEG: How To Throw A KO Leg Kick (Muay Thai Style)
THE MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED & DEVASTATING MUAY THAI STRIKE
By Evan Lee
If you’ve never seen Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs talk about what it was like to get leg kicked, I highly suggest it. For those of you who don’t know, Shannon Briggs is a former boxing heavyweight champion and holds the record for most 1st-round knockouts.
He competed precisely once in a kickboxing fight in K-1, but never entered the ring for a second try. Why not? Leg kicks (pro tip: check leg kicks).
If Shannon Briggs is scared of the leg kick, I would be, too. The only people who are not scared of leg kicks are ones who haven’t been leg kicked.
And don’t say, “well, how about Yoel Romero?”
Have you seen him?! That man is not human, so he doesn’t count. But let’s say that you are a Yoel Romero type and just not scared of leg kicks. Let Sean "Muay Thai Guy" Fagan explain, in video format, why you ought to be:
