Checked Leg Kicks --- Please Cause Damage in UFC 3

[Boiler569]

I definitely hope that UFC 3 re-works leg damage/leg kicks. I'm not much of a leg kicker myself, but on one hand they are underpowered; on the other hand, they are *overpowered* too!

* I've never been leg kick TKO'd in more than 2,000 fights including high level league fights. Probably means leg kicks are underpowered, right?

* I've also never broken anyone's leg after checking DOZENS of leg kicks throughout a fight, Weidman vs. Silva style lol --- i'm not asking for that to be in the game of course....but if some bum is 'spamming' leg kicks all day to score points on the judges scorecard; i'm checking 50%, 60%, 70%+ of them......he needs to be hurting!!!

* Also, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but leg kicks count as SIGNIFICANT STRIKES on the scorecards, right? But a non-modified uppercut (that rocks someone or even puts them on their ***) doesn't count as a sig strike. Dumb lol ... Sig Strikes need to 100% be based upon DAMAGE rather than 'type' of strike. That's a whole different thread though


Thoughts? If someone is tearing up my leg, I want them to get a benefit, and perhaps even force me to switch to southpaw/etc

however, if i'm fighting some 6'8 CAF with massive leg reach, who literally just throws leg kicks to score points and runs the whole time --- I check 60%+ of those leg kicks --- but he wins on points and his leg is totally undamaged though he had 30 leg kicks checked over 3 rounds --- blahhhhh lame



P.S. I always liked the concept of "If you take leg damage; your grapple advantage decreases" --- never really seen that used to anyone's advantage, on purpose anyway. Maybe keep this idea for UFC 3 but double the effect of leg damage and how it negatively affects grapple advantage (and maybe even punching power/etc)

but again...if I check a bunch of power leg kicks, you should be hurting!!!

[fballturkey]

Leg kick KOs hardly ever happen in the UFC so them being very rare is a good thing. Leg kicks should have more of an impact on mobility (and a gradual impact, not a "ok now your leg is hurt, now it isn't" impact) though. And on takedowns I guess.

Significant strikes are completely broken. Any standing strike that lands in a significant strike. I don't know why they won't just put it in the game right.

[Boiler569]

True leg TKOs are almost non-existent 'in real life' so I'll change it to this ---only a few times in more than 2,000 fights did I even feel threatened from leg damage let alone a leg TKO

And yea sig strikes in the scoring are definitely annoying and broken.

My personal fight style includes lots of 'weak' strikes to find distance; feint; setup combos; etc --- so it's pretty annoying when I land a three-piece of 'weak' strikes that stuns opponent; and none of them count as sig strikes...

Also, hammerfists from mount, pretty sure those don't count as sig strikes? lol

I haven't done any experimentation to determine what EXACTLY counts as sig strike but yea, needs a revamp, and the way it stands now IMO leg kicks score wayyy too many points

[zeric]

Leg kick tkos rarely happen. But damage from leg kicks can have a significant impact on a fight. Barboza vs melendez for example. Melendez could barely move around the cage.

[Bigg Cee]

Boiler my friend... ppl have been yelling about checking leg kicks since launch and giving them a nice buff when doing it but nothing got done. Honestly though I think there fine and i really don't want to see that much crazy leg stuff happen.

[Boiler569]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bigg Cee

Boiler my friend... ppl have been yelling about checking keg kicks since launch and giving them a nice buff when doing it but nothing got done. Honestly though I think there fine and i really don't want to see that much crazy leg stuff happen.

lol i know my man but I'm hoping to keep the message alive into UFC 3!!! I have a feeling right now is when they're really getting into the meat and potatoes of UFC 3 gameplay development

I also don't want to see too much crazy leg stuff going on; people might remember in the Beta, leg kicks were probably a bit OP at that time. Definitely don't want that.

But if someone lands 20 leg kicks on me in the first 2 rounds; or I check 20 leg kicks in that same period; there should be some major consequences one way or another (lose mobility; lose kicking power; lose grappling advantage; yadda yadda yadda)

[Dave_S]

I like the idea of checked kicks causing damage. I think health events from checked kicks could be interesting.

The thing is right now holding low block checks a kick, I think it should be more difficult to properly check a kick and cause damage.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by fballturkey

Leg kick KOs hardly ever happen in the UFC so them being very rare is a good thing. Leg kicks should have more of an impact on mobility (and a gradual impact, not a "ok now your leg is hurt, now it isn't" impact) though. And on takedowns I guess. Significant strikes are completely broken. Any standing strike that lands in a significant strike. I don't know why they won't just put it in the game right.

Are jabs considered "significant strikes" in real life? I thought they werent.