Because Pride is no longer around, you rarely see soccer kicks anymore. I do however remember this amateur event a few years back when “Shogun” Delgado punted his opponent’s head. It wasn’t legal, and he did get disqualified, but it reminded me of the Pride days.
H/T TheUGAsia’s ONE FC modifies the Unified Rules of mixed martial arts to allow soccer kicks in certain circumstances. At ONE FC 23: Warrior’s Way on December 5 in Manila, The Philippines, Timofey Nastyukhin landed a flying knee on Eduard Folayang and ended it definitively with just that move.
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