Favourite mixed martial artist's ?

[lunk71]

Bruce Lee

 

[apharing]

I sort of agree with you , Do you think fighting in a cage instead of a ring makes a big difference ?

its not the cage that makes the diffrence, its just the new rules, many of the techniques have now become illegal and the gloves make many locks and strikes impossible. it is also a honor thing. Dana has been trying to get some great fighters like Cung Le into the UFC for years, but they refuse. If you want to see good technique watch K1 or Shanshou. Here is a link to a video of Cung Le fighting in Shanshou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL1paOMDtwY. That is much better fighting

 

[greenearthlawns]

chuck liddel, anderson silva, gsp, matt hughs

 

[jojo_nature]

its not the cage that makes the diffrence, its just the new rules, many of the techniques have now become illegal and the gloves make many locks and strikes impossible. it is also a honor thing. Dana has been trying to get some great fighters like Cung Le into the UFC for years, but they refuse. If you want to see good technique watch K1 or Shanshou. Here is a link to a video of Cung Le fighting in Shanshou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL1paOMDtwY. That is much better fighting

Nice link , wow ive seen some Cung Lee fight's but ive not seen that before beautiful takedown at 1.40 .

 

[apharing]

Nice link , wow ive seen some Cung Lee fight's but ive not seen that before beautiful takedown at 1.40 .

yeah, its called a scissor takedown, its more of a traditional takedown that is not used in modern mma, but it can be extremely effective when used correcly.

 

[elevatethis]

MMA used to encompass matches where one style of fighting went against another. You had boxers going up against karate guys, kickboxers against wrestlers, and so on. They stuck to their respective discipline and banged it out according to what they were good at. This is why Gracie Jiu Jitsu become so popular - Royce Gracie would win the match once he took down an otherwise superior striker who was clueless on the ground. Obviously, the need to be effective in more than once discipline become necessary to be successful.

As MMA has developed, the fighters are becoming more well-rounded. While they have started as a specialist in a certain technique, they have to tailor themselves to be effective within the given rules.

I think you'll see less and less pure styles being used in the cage as time goes by. The next generation of fighters are training under multiple disciplines as a result of the popularity of MMA. Some schools aren't even muay thai or BJJ schools anymore - they are just exclusively titled as teaching MMA, cherry picking techniques from various disciplines and using what is effective under the given rules. Given that, I think that true masters of one style or another are going to become fewer and far between.

That being said - I hope that Muay Thai catches on in the states. Its way more exciting than regular boxing, and doesn't have the ground game that changes the dynamics of the stand-up competition as it doesn in MMA, because lets face it - a fight standing up is more entertaining to the average viewer out there.

 

[apharing]

MMA used to encompass matches where one style of fighting went against another. You had boxers going up against karate guys, kickboxers against wrestlers, and so on. They stuck to their respective discipline and banged it out according to what they were good at. This is why Gracie Jiu Jitsu become so popular - Royce Gracie would win the match once he took down an otherwise superior striker who was clueless on the ground. Obviously, the need to be effective in more than once discipline become necessary to be successful.

As MMA has developed, the fighters are becoming more well-rounded. While they have started as a specialist in a certain technique, they have to tailor themselves to be effective within the given rules.

I think you'll see less and less pure styles being used in the cage as time goes by. The next generation of fighters are training under multiple disciplines as a result of the popularity of MMA. Some schools aren't even muay thai or BJJ schools anymore - they are just exclusively titled as teaching MMA, cherry picking techniques from various disciplines and using what is effective under the given rules. Given that, I think that true masters of one style or another are going to become fewer and far between.

That being said - I hope that Muay Thai catches on in the states. Its way more exciting than regular boxing, and doesn't have the ground game that changes the dynamics of the stand-up competition as it doesn in MMA, because lets face it - a fight standing up is more entertaining to the average viewer out there.

i couldnt agree more. Muay Thai is a great sport to watch. But over here even the "Muay Thai" guys fight just like every other fighter in mma. im not saying they cant fight, but i really enjoyed it when there were more masters of specific disciplines

 

[jojo_nature]

MMA used to encompass matches where one style of fighting went against another. You had boxers going up against karate guys, kickboxers against wrestlers, and so on. They stuck to their respective discipline and banged it out according to what they were good at. This is why Gracie Jiu Jitsu become so popular - Royce Gracie would win the match once he took down an otherwise superior striker who was clueless on the ground. Obviously, the need to be effective in more than once discipline become necessary to be successful.

As MMA has developed, the fighters are becoming more well-rounded. While they have started as a specialist in a certain technique, they have to tailor themselves to be effective within the given rules.

I think you'll see less and less pure styles being used in the cage as time goes by. The next generation of fighters are training under multiple disciplines as a result of the popularity of MMA. Some schools aren't even muay thai or BJJ schools anymore - they are just exclusively titled as teaching MMA, cherry picking techniques from various disciplines and using what is effective under the given rules. Given that, I think that true masters of one style or another are going to become fewer and far between.

That being said - I hope that Muay Thai catches on in the states. Its way more exciting than regular boxing, and doesn't have the ground game that changes the dynamics of the stand-up competition as it doesn in MMA, because lets face it - a fight standing up is more entertaining to the average viewer out there.

You have some good point's , i like Muay Thia definatley more exciting than Boxing . I'm a big fan of Jujitsu though the first mma that i saw was UFC 60 Matt Hughes vs Royce Gracie and even though Royce lost i just though wow . Just a shame i didn't become a Gracie fan before that fight .