Pretty sure Alex doesn’t have any nerves in his feet after how long this guys been kicking for lol

you are a human but alex is a stone

Thing is, it impossible to check his kicks, cause you can't see them coming. He barely moves his torso or his legs before kicking. His foot just arises our of nowhere.

He doesn’t telegraph so no one really checks it they worried about getting hit in the face 😂

He's clearly kicking with the top of instep and not the side like he's kicking a soccer ball. The video itself is showing that.

He hides very fucking well, it’s a gamble and the odds are stacked against his opponent

We have american wimpy feet. He's got favela feet. He can probably crush glass.

Dude is kickboxer. Kicking for long long time. Not only balls dude got really good timing

Bro he’s not kicking with the inside of his foot…he’s just not turning his hips all the way over so it’s a lot quicker and not telegraphed. Make sure you know what you’re talking about before posting 👍🏼

Alex has some insane bone density

The man Alex found out some hidden knowledge. That kick is really unique and unusual and very effective. Hence why he’s world champion

He hits wet the side edge of the heel most of the time

He knows what he is doing, that's why he fucked up almost everyone he fought with that.

Like Strickland said, he gets away with things cause he's not a normal sized human.

youre wrong b. he does it behind the knee. he is a specialist. elite levels.

Pereira is Pereira, don't imitate Pereira

Just shows how good alex is that he did it to adesanya without getting hurt by checks

The thing is his movement is soo unpredictable. Cant check if u dont see it coming

Alex is built different Gent don’t even telegraph kicks

They cant check because theres no telegraph

I'm pretty sure he's using the bone on the inside of his ankle. Still would blow to get checked.

alex is so good with it its funny. everyone has to give him a nod after a a few minutes fighting him

In the theory, theory its just theory... Real life kicks TOTALLY different!

Idk how you're gonna check a kick that has no way to be telegraphed. That's why it get through all the time

Thing is that getting check like this hurts considerably less than when you throw a normal kick and get check because you essentially have no power kicking like that, is the kicking equivalent of punching with only your arms but because is Pereira he still causes a lot of damage with it. Another thing is that is very difficult to check a kick like that because it has not telegraph, you simply can't see it coming.

He don’t kick like that, he hit with the side of the ankle not with his foot

Imagine shoes though, but at that point an oblique

I saw a lot on this I was thinking he’s twisting his foot so his heel is hitting so even if they check it, it’s his heel I’ve tried it on the Heavybag

Thats a judo footsweep.

I still struggle to imagine how Alex stands with such huge balls

He's champion for a reason, I guess

Whatever he's doing seems to be working well for him. No one ever sees it coming.

Alex has different Bones and Painresistance can't compare his leg is like of steal

In the words of the great Cheeto Vera "Leg kick are not cool bro" 😂 literally said that after a fight where kicks were a focal point for him. The truth is they look cool, they look great even but they are scary.. At least for me when I was mma training. I was a big fan of teeping the legs. Plus I don't have the most dense bones 😅😅 so round houses to the legs was a BIG no no for me. And I didn't even know how to calf kick so that wasn't an option for me. That's why I love seeing low kicks because it's a mixture of a lot of things expertise, bone density and just a willingness to do it.🫡 Salute to all y'all low kickers

The noise when your foot lands 😂 Alex' timing is so crazy and he doesnt telegraph one bit, so its hard to check that, but I would like to see someone check it 😂

When you have knockout power in both hands people dont see the kicks coming

Hard to check when there is zero telegraph.

Stretch and strengthen your hip internal rotation and you can kick from your stance Also liam harrisob uses it

he does that because his kicks arent telegrfed and at the same time trows them after punches that makes it even harder to defend

In soccer, that side if done right can generate alot of power for a shot but yet also accurate. And also, not as painful as may seem. “If done right” I completely see where alex is going with this.

UNSUBSCRIBED! how can you follow someone that doesnt know what hes looking at?? he thinks alex kicked with side foot when he clearly wrapped the top part of foot around knee!

Its quite brilliant because first of all, its hard to check them because they're not telegraphed at all. Second of all, even if they do get checked, Pereira doesnt put much force into his kicks so getting checked will barely hurt him

Love your channel! I’m not sure this one is exactly as you’re doing. Years before the calf kick got popular (I’m a coach) I used to sweep people’s leg. When I missed the sweep it would hurt the shit out of their calf. Thus “discovering” it was powerful before it got cool. But I wasn’t confident... I thought “there must be a reason they don’t do it in Muay Thai”. I was wrong. lol. But… but …. Try the sweep and adjust from there. I think this might give you the angle. Keep up the awesome work!

Please don’t ever say "Pereira" like that again

an amateur guy telling us that a pro guy is doing something wrong *gotta love youtube nowdays*

Yep

He uses the very end of his shin and instead of turning like the traditional claf kick (I love how that’s a term now) he hits with the side of his leg with the bone while keeping his leg mostly straight

It’s not even a soccer shot its more of a soccer pass (Bc I like kicking upwards onto the leg which is more similar to a soccer shot {I also do other kicks to the leg but that one is nice to get a reaction with}) So basically he’s literally passing the ball and the ball being ur leg I dont practice it bc Im more comfortable the ways I do leg kicks and thats why I practice those (like going up and down to chop is a technique I also find very nice or doing the chambering rlly clean is also nicr or in a rectangle movement or sometimes I just throw it without much movement or force to test waters and such so I practice those kind of leg kicks) I think it’s also nice to work the knees if u dont throw it like pereira Obv I dont know everything and it seems to work well so yea

Nunca rompiste una madera para hacer fuego con la pata? Eso en LATAM es moneda corriente, tenés los pies de hierro después, sin contar lo que jugás al fútbol, y vas a trancar o te paren el pelotazo, uffff dolor, pain, agonía

He’s definitely still using his shin just at a more upward 45 degree angle, instead of chopping down

Football*

Hes hotting with the bony part of the ankle. Thats why it hurts the opponent so much

The kick is there whenever he wants it. because they're worried about that atomic left hook

He either connects with his heel shin or big toe knuckle.

I’m sure the two division champ is thanking you for your valuable insight

It's a kick used in Southern Kungfu styles. Alex is a very open minded martial artist and his coaches are too.

It’s all about hiding the telepgraph of the hip.

Pereira got kicked in the balls in the last fight and it didn't even bothered him. It says a lot about his pain tolerance

Pretty sure it's the ball of his ankle that he's technically striking with.

He has enough power that he can sacrifice a bit for more speed and less telegraph

I think he gets away with it bc he hides his kicks so well

Alex is on a different level of technical understanding. He's been at legendary status around the world for years and years and years. He knows exactly what he's doing

I think that's from judo there are sweeps like that

War Poatan 👊🏿

The stress it would put on my inner knee would earn me a doctor stoppage

Bro he is a professional kick boxer, he knows what he is doing.

This thing is though that he doesn’t telegraph his kicks whatsoever. You can’t check what you never see coming, and you can’t just fight with your shin turned out for kicks the whole fight

Alex is a kickboxer, he knows what he’s doing.

That’s what makes Alex’s calf kicks great tho it’s the fact he’s able to do it sneakily an the opponent barely checks it throughout the fight it’s incredible

Um... I think it hurts way less compared to shin to shin. Did you see what happened to Anderson Silva when his calf kick got checked? It snapped his shin. Your foot is way safer 😅

I do that in sparring now tbh lmao 😂😅...I leant from him

He's Brazilian no wonder he kicks like he is kicking a ball

Alex who? Lol

Oh also how would u feel about uploading just u working out on bags and on circle training and whatever Id love to see that and you wouldn’t have to cut it but u could generate views that way fairly easy Not many do it or sell it but doing that on yt would be like an investment and you could still sell courses and such and dont have to show or explain much while working out or leak anything that would be in a course Idk give it a thought maybe try it out unless ure too busy or have other ideas

When I saw Jan not liking Alex's calf kicks it just solidified how powerful those kicks are.

The mans accolades speak for themselves. I think he knows what he's doing.

The reason he's able to do that is because he is a world champion kick boxer and his kicks are not telegraphed at all... Nobody knows they are coming when he throws them.. or they would check them.. he's too fast. That's how he can get away with it

He doesn’t need to worry about that for two reasons : - it’s very sneaky,no telegraph from him Very difficult to check something you can’t see. -mental pressure from his punch, his opponent’s attention must also focus on avoiding that left hook.

Alex is kicking the same way Monks kick down trees.

now that’s a real canadian accent. none of that “you’re cheesin me fam”

Reckon only Alex can get away with this. He's built different

What about lore Heel work to the effect maybe

is it potentially the ankle bone?

I'm pretty sure you are not comprehending what you are seeing very well lmao

Its a very light calf kick, he uses it for range finding more than anything else

Inside of the shin not fit

Alex is doing so quick that his oponent doesn't have time to react.

Izzy was doing ok at checking early in their first fight, but alex low kicks are just too fast

This video will save lives

he hits with his shin tho

alex is a real life easter island statue thats why he can do that

That's how he got his blackbelt. Respect.

Alex is Brasilian, they all play soccer there. His calf kicks are classic football/soccer pass kicks. If you look closer the main impact on Alex' foot is in his heel and ankle with the front of his foot going around the leg

This guy is the most realistic fighter I’ve ever seen. I’m subbing 💯

The reason he lands it with his foot is because he picks his moments and is very slick with it. He doesn't just throw a leg kick to throw it, he sets it up and times it so that it's very hard to check

I did a bit of kickboxing for about 2 years at a local gym. In my expert opinion this guy has NAILED it.

His timing with it is the insane part 90% of the time he gets it off right as people put there weight on it and it buckles them

Alex is a straight up legend

"That's why no one will remember your name." - Achilles

We did that in USA Goju Karate all the time, it was expected for pretty much every combo