When it comes to all-action fights, few permutations could be put together that would beat out UFC on ESPN 2’s main event, which may as well be dubbed the Battle of the Leg Kicks.
That’s because lightweight headliners Edson Barboza and Justin Gaethje have not only long established themselves as two of the most violent men in the UFC’s most talent-rich division, but also two of the most fearsome leg-kick practitioners in the entire sport. The two have surgically slashed away the limbs of countless hapless foes in the past, and even before their March 30 fight was ever made official, Gaethje was already promising to do the same to the Brazilian once Barboza’s time came.