Soccer kicks are banned under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. Aside from obvious safety concerns, the spectacle of a full on soccer kick to the face is simply not accpeptable for most people, at least in the West. Roger Huerta vs Zorobabel Moreira did little to change that.

The Asia-base ONE FC organization is not regulated by an Athletic Commission, and has made the decision to use a rule set that includes elements from both the Unified Rules and the rules set from the now defunct Pride, inlcuding of course Soccer kicks.

ONE FC 4: Destiny of Warriors

23 June 2012

Stadium Negara

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Zorobabel Moreira def. Roger Huerta via KO soccer kick at 3:53 of round 2

One FC 4: Destiny of Warriors Results

Renato Babalu Sobral def. Tatsuya Mizuno by Arm Bar, R1

Zorobabel Moreira def. Roger Huerta by KO (Soccer Kick), R2

Leandro Issa def. Masakazu Imanari by Unanimous Decision

Adam Kayoom def. Gregor Gracie by Unanimous Decision

Eric Kelly def. Bae Young Kwon by Unanimous Decision

Arnaud Lepont def. Brian Choi by Submission (Rear Naked Choke), R3

Mitch Chilson def. AJ Vaa by Submission (Rear Naked Choke), R1

Marcos Escobar def. Rodrigo Praxedes by Submission (Choke), R3

Peter Davis def. Quek Kim Hock by TKO, R1

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