What is Soccer kick?
{{Orphan|date=February 2022}} A '''soccer kick''', also known as a '''soccer ball kick''', is a [[kick]] that is close to kicks used in [[association football]]. It is the term for a kick performed against a kneeling, rising or on the ground opponent by a fighter who is in a standing or semi-standing position, mostly to the head of the opponent on the ground.<ref name=bleach>{{cite web |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1235767-ufc-rule-changes-why-there-is-nothing-wrong-with-soccer-kicks |title=UFC Rule Changes: Why There Is NOTHING Wrong with Soccer Kicks |publisher=Bleacher Report |date=2012-06-25 |accessdate=2014-06-11}}</ref> The soccer kick was used in the first match of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] at [[UFC 1]] in 1993. [[Gerard Gordeau]] used a soccer kick to win the match against [[Teila Tuli]]. The soccer kick also knocked out some of Tuli's teeth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m.uk.ufc.com/news/UFC-I-A-Look-Back-at-Where-It-All-Began-2013 |title=UFC 20: Revisiting UFC I |publisher=UFC |date= |accessdate=2014-06-11 |archive-date=2015-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113004733/http://m.uk.ufc.com/news/UFC-I-A-Look-Back-at-Where-It-All-Began-2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Sources== <references/> {{sport-stub}} [[Category:Football (soccer) terminology]] [[Category:Mixed martial arts]]