Fighter with damaged leg in R1 who managed to overcome and win the fight ?

[Jean-MMA]

I have the impression that as soon we see a fighter in R1 with leg compromised (calf kicks or leg kicks) ,with good oignon on calf, almost always lose the fight at the end ?

 

[sdpdude9]

Off the top of my head Cejudo got his nerve kicked by DJ in the first round of their rematch that had his ankle rolling all over the place but he managed to get the close decision.

 

[ArtardFiesta]

machida beat shogun
izzy beat alex in the second fight
gsp beat bj in the first fight
big nog beat cro cop

 

[Liverkick-king56]

Lawler vs Manhoef

 

[EndlessCritic]

Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Chase Sherman

 

[Bluntforce420]

Cyborg was blasting Nick Diaz with leg kicks in their strikeforce fight

 

[WeiserBucks]

Lawler vs Manhoef

If OP had seen this fight he would have never considered posting this thread.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Crocop over Pat Barry ?

 

[ElLunico]

Can't remember if it was the 1st round but Ankalaevs leg was giving out on him against Jan and Jan couldn't take advantage and still lost

 

[felmmando]

Miocic vs. Dos Santos 2

and maybe
Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje

 

[JoeRowe]

Off the top of my head Cejudo got his nerve kicked by DJ in the first round of their rematch that his ankle rolling all over the place but he managed to get the close decision.

Cejudo vs Moraes too. Marlon landed 9 or 10 devastating low kicks in rd 1 & cpl more to start rd 2.

 

[Jean-MMA]

If OP had seen this fight he would have never considered posting this thread.

Meh, Lawler did not really overcome the fight, he landed a lucky punch

 

[Buff]

Meh, Lawler did not really overcome the fight, he landed a lucky punch

Manhoef came in hands down, head up... There was nothing lucky about that punch.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

machida beat shogun

According only to Cecil Peoples

Manhoef came in hands down, head up... There was nothing lucky about that punch.

"Every punch is thrown to knock your opponent out, so any punch that lands, was intended to land, therefore a lucky punch is non-existent."
-Diogenes, probably.

 

[F15]

Didn’t Ankalaev salvage a draw against Jan? He shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place but has a tendency to fight like an idiot.. not a win but a relatively recent one

 

[Milenkovic]

Cejudo vs Moraes?

 

[tritestill]

Meh, Lawler did not really overcome the fight, he landed a lucky punch

Yes, trained fighters throw lucky punches

 

[Pequeño Corey]

I like the opposite side of this coin. Ya’ know, when a guy just acts like leg kicks don’t exist and eats them all.

 

[Goat Poster]

Didn't Irene Aldana got her leg hurt bad in the 1st round vs Karol Rosa?

 

[Buff]

According only to Cecil Peoples

"Every punch is thrown to knock your opponent out, so any punch that lands, was intended to land, therefore a lucky punch is non-existent."
-Diogenes, probably.

Was pretty much the only punch he threw that whole fight too...

That blood squirt was like something out of a movie...