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This Day in MMA History: Watch Amanda Nunes get a rare leg kick TKO

Today we are throwing it back to some rare and unorthodox highlight reel finishes. Two of those stoppages were delivered by fighters who are now considered two of the greatest to ever enter the Octagon.

March 21, 2015: Amanda Nunes defeats Shayna Baszler via leg kick TKO

Leg kick TKOs are rare and precious things in MMA. When we think of brutal leg kicks our minds automatically go to Brazilian strikers Edson Barboza and Jose Aldo. But on this day we are celebrating another Brazilian, Amanda Nunes, who — since 2015 — has turned herself into one of the greatest fighters on the planet.