Alan Belcher vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

About one minute into his fight with Alan Belcher at UFC 100, Yoshihiro Akiyama attempted to step out of the way of an inside leg kick.

Michael Bisping vs. Yoshihiro Akiyama

Apparently, being “Sexyama” comes at a price.

In just three fights with the UFC, Akiyama has endured two of the worst groin shots in recent memory. The second blow came via another inside leg kick from Michael Bisping at UFC 120.

Trevor Prangley vs. Travis Lutter

It isn’t often that a fighter lands an accidental punch to the groin in MMA, but that is exactly what happened to Travis Lutter with less than one minute to go in the first round of a fight against Trevor Prangley at UFC 54.

Looking to land an uppercut to the body, Prangley missed a little too far south of his target and Lutter was given time to recover, which he sorely needed.

Efrain Escudero vs. Charles Oliveira

Mirko Filipovic vs. Junior Dos Santos

Mirko Filipovic is well-known for the power he possesses in his leg kicks, which made it all the more difficult to watch him land this kick to the groin of current top contender Junior Dos Santos at UFC 103.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mirko Filipovic

Mirko Filipovic has taken a few shots below the belt himself over the course of his long career.

Fighting Cheick Kongo at UFC 75, “Cro Cop” took several knees to the groin while pinned against the fence.

Cheick Kongo vs. Mustapha Al Turk

Cheick Kongo’s path of destrcution of his opponents’ private parts did not end with Mirko Filipovic. Only three fights later, Kongo was at it again with a knee to the cup of Mustapha Al Turk at UFC 92.

Georges St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes II

At UFC 65, a welterweight title fight was stopped not once, but twice to allow Matt Hughes to recover from two misplaced inside leg kicks of Georges St-Pierre.

Frank Trigg vs. Matt Hughes II

Defending his UFC Welterweight Championship against Frank Trigg for the second time, a knee to the groin almost resulted in Matt Hughes losing his belt at UFC 52.

Ron Faircloth vs. Alessio Sakara

Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer

Speaking of dry heaving, Chris Tuchscherer suffered a similar fate to that of Alessio Sakara when he was blasted in the crotch by Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 102. Writhing in pain, Tuchscherer began puking in the middle of the Octagon.

Keith Hackney vs. Joe Son

Finally, we go back to a time when nut shots were perfectly legal.

At UFC 4, Keith Hackney provided the MMA community with one of the more distasteful moments in the sport’s history by delivering repeated groin shots to Joe Son.

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