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If Pedro Rizzo‘s performance against Ken Shamrock at Impact FC proved anything, it’s that even when the other skills start to atrophy, leg kicks are the last to go.
The 36-year-old Brazilian spent the first few minutes feeling his opponent out with his jab, then used his heavy right leg to batter Shamrock’s thigh in the opening round of their main event fight in Sydney, Australia.
While it usually takes time for the damage from leg kicks to accumulate, it only took a few of Rizzo’s slicing shots before Shamrock was left hobbled and helpless, forcing referee “Big” John McCarthy to stop the bout at 3:33 of the first round after the wounded Shamrock offered no response to a few perfunctory punches from a reluctant Rizzo.