Why does ducking makes a huge difference for surviving body kicks to the liver in ufc 5?

I complained about this back in Season 1, You can completely outplay your opponent by making them think you're throwing a head kick, then throw a body kick instead. They bite, duck, and take no dmg. Just another reason why the skill gap is almost nonexistent in the game atm

That side has the forearm assisting in shielding the liver & it's not as exposed, whereas if you hit the otherside that's more open you'd get slightly more damage off, however I'm not a fan of the inconsistent hit stun. against powerful kickers it should off balance + dmg more

Surely it should at least do damage to the block. The opponent should be punished for making the wrong read, especially when they’re not even blocking. That would be cool to.

It’s honestly so infuriating. If you throw a high kick and they’ve ducked it and have an easy counter, if you throw a body kick and it hits and they duck it does absolutely nothing. Such bs honestly. Body kicks are so not worth it in this game

Yea i duck a lot against body kick spammers and send in a hook cuz i know the damage gets negated, its broken but i do what i can do against cheese i cant block

Finnaly someone pointed this out. I came to the conclusion that the arm is taking the brunt of the kick but it still feels like a cheap way to block kicks

Been like this for ages but I won't complain I abuse it 😁

When you duck like that you have a heavier center of gravity and the kicks will not be as tough 121 though unexplainable

Lore Accurate McGregor

Been like this since ufc 3