Three years ago, I boarded a plane from New York to Los Angeles to see Shogun become the UFC light heavyweight champion at UFC 104. I waited so long to see it happen and figured he’d walk right through Lyoto Machida with a superior striking skillset in a fight that definitely wouldn’t hit the ground. Eight hours and $750 later, I was sitting thirty feet from the cage and watching one of the most technical kickboxing matches I’d ever seen. Oddly enough, despite landing dozens of vicious leg kicks in every round, and making a mess of Lyoto’s face, Cecil Peoples and the remaining members of the CSAC gave the decision victory to Lyoto Machida. Shortly thereafter, sensei Peoples went on to suggest that leg kicks don’t win fights and we had to re-learn everything we ever knew about combat sports. All the bruises on our shins from year of Muay Thai were completely pointless and fighters around the world fell into a deep depression. We’ve been in a confused state-of-mind ever since, but today, all of that is about to change. We’ve found a place where your leg kicks are welcome to frolic and prosper; The British Shin-Kicking Championships in Gloucester will never take your leg kicks for granted. Press play on the video below, and never listen to anything Cecil Peoples tells you ever again. Props to ITN News for the footage.

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+13 # Guest 2012-06-06 18:45

brandon vera vs shogun. WOW rip vera

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+7 # Yoshinegro_Blackiyama 2012-06-06 18:54

Pedro Rizzo vs Pat Barry. Who wins?

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-1 # Some Guy 2012-06-06 20:22

Quoting Yoshinegro_Blackiyama:

Pedro Rizzo vs Pat Barry. Who wins?

Rizzo

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+6 # KingGhidorah 2012-06-06 19:07

Crazy Brits

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0 # Miaou 2012-06-06 21:18

Saku vs. Royce Gracie... oh wait.

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+13 # Guest 2012-06-06 23:22

That wasn`t the shin kicking championships, that was actually the first day of the olympic games in recession Britain.

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+5 # Absinthe 2012-06-07 00:12

Joe Rogan came by and came

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0 # Cheebo 2012-06-07 04:46

Best lead in I've read in a while!

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+4 # Smashida 2012-06-07 07:07

get Daniel Ghita in there, he'd win the whole thing in record time

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0 # Guest 2012-06-07 11:07

throw jose aldo in there

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-1 # Sambro 2012-06-07 16:35

That's almost as gay as kicking a ball into a net on a grassy field.

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