GRAPHIC WARNING! Fighter SHOCKINGLY breaks leg after throwing calf kick in Muay Thai fight

In a viral video, Maaten Sit Jaopho's calf kick meets a devastating end as his opponent checks it, leading to a gruesome leg break during a Muay Thai fight.

GRAPHIC WARNING! Fighter SHOCKINGLY breaks leg after throwing calf kick in Muay Thai fight

Leg break at a Muay Thai event (Image via: X)

Combat sports is a brutal sport, and it has given a lot of career-ending injuries to athletes. Recently, an Irish MMA fighter, Ryan Curtis, suffered an injury during training, and that has left him without movement in his body. Conor McGregor donated money for the fighter’s treatment. McGregor has also faced a severe injury in his career. He broke his leg in his fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.

Recently, a video went viral on social media for a similar leg break. However, the leg break in the video was due to the opponent checking a calf kick in a Muay Thai fight. It was Maaten Sit Jaopho who threw the calf kick and had his leg broken. Jaopho threw a naked calf kick, which his opponent, Annas Sasiprapa Gym, easily checked. As he began to land the right foot back, it broke completely into two.

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Jaopho cried in pain as he realized what happened. Moreover, Gym also showed his empathy to his opponent the moment he saw the leg break. The leg break was reminiscent of two notorious leg breaks that happened in the UFC. Anderson Silva broke his leg in the fight with Chris Weidman. Incidentally, Weidman similarly broke his leg against Uriah Hall.

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Calf kicks are an important part of MMA strategy now. UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has effectively used it in his fights. Pereira used it to great effect against Israel Adesanya and Jiri Prochazka. In the recent UFC 298 PPV event, Marcos Rogerio de Lima defeated Junior Tafa via calf kicks.

Fight fans react to brutal leg break in Muay Thai fight

The Muay Thai fight between Maaten Sit Jaopho and Annas Sasiprapa Gym went viral on social media. However, it was not due to the fight itself but due to Jaopho’s unfortunate leg break. Gym easily checked Jaopho’s naked leg kick to cause the damage.

Leg break injury at a Muay Thai event
Leg break at a Muay Thai event (Image via: X)

Fight fans reacted to the video on social media. See how fight fans reacted to the video below.

https://twitter.com/MmaUnderdogs/status/1761076998959481107?s=20

Fight fans agreed that calf kicks are an effective technique to use in MMA and Muay Thai. However, they also added that the usage of naked calf kicks will cause more damage to the user.

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