up until recently i used to crack on Steven Seagal...until he started showing up at UFC shows, and then I saw videos like this. go to 9:00 mark or so when he is showing the front leg kick...ahh, Machida used that very kick to knock out Randy Couture (the very fight he is training for in this video, you hear Seagal talk about 'Randy' in the video). You can tell in the video, the front kick concept is something that Machida does not use often and is not totally familiar with it. Steven Seagal even tells Machida that UFC fighters will never see it coming.
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here is the actual kick:
UFC 129: Lyoto Machida’s Jumping Front Kick KO That Retired Randy Couture | The Big Lead
Steven Seagal also showed Anderson Silva the front leg kick, which he used in his very next fight to knock out Vitor Belfort.
Seagal and Anderson Silva:
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I'm not saying that Steven Seagal the best this or that, but I no longer talk smack about Steven Seagal. His movies may suck, but his Aikido aint no joke.