Event primer - UFC Fight Night 31

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Prelims (Facebook/YouTube)

Middleweight - Derek Brunson vs Brian "B-Hue" Houston

• Brunson's Style - Striker, poker
• Houston's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Houston by KO

Welterweight - Seth "Polish Pistola" Baczynski vs Neil Magny

• Baczynski's Style - Grappling
• Magny's Style - BJJ, wrestling
• Prediction - Baczysnki by decision

Lightweight - Yves "Thugjitsu Master" Edwards vs Yancy Medeiros

• Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu
• Medeiros's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Edwards by TKO

Middleweight - Chris Camozzi vs Lorenz "The Monsoon" Larkin

• Camozzi's Style - BJJ
• Larkin's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Larkin by decision

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Women's Bantamweight - Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes vs Germaine "The Iron Lady" de Randamie

• Nunes's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• de Randamie's Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Nunes by KO

Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Bermudez vs Steven "Super" Siler

• Bermudez's Style - Wrestling, striking
• Siler's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Bermudez by KO

Bantamweight - Francisco "Cisco" Rivera vs George Roop

• Rivera's Style - Striking
• Roop's Style - Kickboxing, emaciation
• Prediction - Roop by decision

Lightweight - Bobby "King" Green vs James "The James Krause" Krause

• Green's Style - Hood
• Krause's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Green by decision

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Michael "Maverick" Chiesa vs Colton Smith

• Chiesa's Style - BJJ, beard
• Smith's Style - Wrestling, Army mans
• Prediction - Chiesa by submission

Lightweight - Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal vs Rustam "Tiger" Khabilov

• Masvidal's Style - Kickboxing
• Khabilov's Style - Suplex
• Alternate Khabilov Nickname - Rustam "Rusty Hobby Lobby" Khabilov
• Prediction - Khabilov by KO

Middleweight - Ronny Markes vs Yoel Romero

• Markes's Style - BJJ
• Romero's Style - Wrestling, ankle picks
• Prediction - Romero by KO

Women's Bantamweight - Liz "Girl-Rilla" Carmouche vs Alexis "Ally-Gator" Davis

• Carmouche's Style - MCMAP, ground and pound
• Davis's Style - Submissions
• Prediction - Davis by submission
• Thoughts - This fight is giong to be so awesome, it might cause lame people to go blind.

Middleweight - Tim Kennedy vs Rafael "Sapo" Natal

• Kennedy's Style - Army combatives
• Natal's Style - BJJ, tennis
• Prediction - Kennedy by decision

Technique Appreciation Station - German suplex

Welcome to Leg Kick TKO, a MMA blog that's never met an opponent it didn't try to duck.

Well lookie here, a new article category that I'm sure will be used once or twice and then forgotten or ignored! This time, instead of talking about dudes what do cool moves, I'm just going to focus on cool moves done by a bunch of different guys, because screw analysis, let's just look at GIFs!

There are a lot of different grappling arts at play in mixed martial arts, and since every fight starts standing (Wheelchair karate bouts notwithstanding), they all include various methods of getting an opponent to the ground. The cooler arts include throws, because the ancient masters knew that hucking some dorkus through the air and onto his face looked pretty sweet. Wrestling has some exceptional throws, which makes sense since it was devloped initially by thick-necked farmhands as a means of transporting livestock. The raddest of all wrestling throws is the suplex, and at the top of the suplex list is the German variant (Or belly to back if you want to be a lame pedant about things)

Soup-Flex, You Say? Do Go On!

First of all, this ain't no portmanteau, it's a dang suplex, so get it right, or pay the price. Second of all, fake dumb reader I constantly berate, I think we should watch a brief tutorial on how to properly suplex some jamoke out his (Or her!) shoes.

Now that proper suplexery has been explained to us, it's time to see the German in action for real. Check out a plethora of GIFs and videos after the jump because I don't want to explode anyone's browsers or however that works.