Is the front kick used much in mixed martial arts?

Not as much as it should be.

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I answered the above question on Quora and thought it would make a nice post here.

For reference, I have nearly 30 years of martial arts training, most of which was striking before I got into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). I hold a black belt in BJJ and a brown belt in Ishin-Ryu Karate. In high school, I did…