Quote Originally Posted by Lucas View Post
Ive always wondered why people never used side kicks in MMA. of course the answer would be that its 'to risky' or 'not high enough success ratio'

of course all that means is not many have tried, out of fear of getting owned of course.

but cung shows us its very possible, and also very effective.

i remember it was his 2nd or 3rd mma fight where he just kept feeding the guy sidekicks, then got a TKO with a roundhouse to the body....side kick of course wearing down the guys body for the rh.

i vote for a cung thread for sure. hes my fav!
The majority of people in MMA come from MT or have MT as their striking art and while MT does have the Side kick, it isn't trained as much as the round, the round being more "versatile".
The ones that use it will typically have TKD backgrounds or old timer KB backgrounds.