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  • BIOMECH Breakdown: Silva’s Front Kick Part II

    By popular request, here’s the video I promised you guys if you dropped 40+ Comments on my inaugural-first ever-premier-debut edition of BIOMECH Breakdown!

    Seems like everyone felt the same way about Silva’s KO of Belfort that I did.

    Cool – we’re on the same page. 🙂

    Before we get to the video, there are a few key points to keep in mind…

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  • BIOMECH Breakdown: Anderson Silva’s Front Kick

    Watching Anderson Silva’s front kick knockout of Vitor Belfort at UFC 126 almost made my head explode.

    He’s by far the most versatile and unpredictable striker in MMA history, proven by knocking opponents out with different weapons, such as:

    • Forrest Griffin by straight right punch from his pocket while backpedaling
    • Chris Leben setup by straight punches and finished with a knee
    • Rich Franklin twice predominantly by knees in the clinch
    • James Irvin by straight right after catching a right kick from Irvin
    • Nate Marquardt by right hands while Nate was on the ground on his back

    OK so maybe looking at that it looks like Silva definitely likes his straight right hand.

    But still, the various circumstances and situations in which he uses all of his weapons is unparalleled in the sport, not to mention his ability to evade strikes through matrix-like head and body movement.

    Knowing that the front kick is going to be the talk of the MMA universe, I figured I’d take a closer look into Silva’s technique on a biomechanical level.

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