Yep. That's why you see those lil' kids in Thailand kicking banana trees and shyt. Building bone resistance
That's still for shin on shin contact
the knee is harder than the shin, ain't conditioning gonna change that
they just know when the kick, and when not to
they usually set the kicks up with punches, to freeze the opponent in place and finish the combo with the kick so they opponent doesn't have the chance to check
In mma, they lead with the kick all the time, Anderson Silva lead with kick continously before Weidman checked with the knee, Weidman did the same shyt he lead with the kick against Hall, and Mcgregor he lead with the kick, you're not suppose to lead with the leg kicks
that's why I laugh when people say mma is real fighting, these dudes a jack of all trades master of none
I mean look at the velocity on this damn kick lmao, Conor would get broken half if that kick landed on him