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Were the gracies really the best guys in the world at that time??
Or would the best guys in Combat sambo who were already wrestling, throwing submitting, defending TD, kicking boxing and clinch striking. Would those guys have REALLY been the best and not the gracies?
I think the reason Fedor did so well is because he was the only one doing modern fully integrated MMA while everyone was still mixing 2 styles poorly or staying with 1 style or had a 1 style that was modified against grappling etc
So guys were growing up as kids doing combat sambo or modern MMA and we are only now supposed to be witnessing a crop of new blood that has had kids training MMA since childhood.
Sorry that was happening ages ago, and the gracies were not the best in the world the champions in combat sambo where they were much more complete fighters and had a deeper pool of competition to fight against.
I mean Fedor might have even been competing in combat sambo when the gracies were supposedly number 1 in the world. If not it would have been someone almost as good as Fedor.
I noticed the gracies had a lot of trouble with a Sanshou fighter because they have takedown defence and throws and striking, I think a combat sambo guy with a bigger grappling skill set using open hands not boxing gloves (takedowns and TDD) and better submission defence would have been too much for a gracie fighter
Or would the best guys in Combat sambo who were already wrestling, throwing submitting, defending TD, kicking boxing and clinch striking. Would those guys have REALLY been the best and not the gracies?
I think the reason Fedor did so well is because he was the only one doing modern fully integrated MMA while everyone was still mixing 2 styles poorly or staying with 1 style or had a 1 style that was modified against grappling etc
So guys were growing up as kids doing combat sambo or modern MMA and we are only now supposed to be witnessing a crop of new blood that has had kids training MMA since childhood.
Sorry that was happening ages ago, and the gracies were not the best in the world the champions in combat sambo where they were much more complete fighters and had a deeper pool of competition to fight against.
I mean Fedor might have even been competing in combat sambo when the gracies were supposedly number 1 in the world. If not it would have been someone almost as good as Fedor.
I noticed the gracies had a lot of trouble with a Sanshou fighter because they have takedown defence and throws and striking, I think a combat sambo guy with a bigger grappling skill set using open hands not boxing gloves (takedowns and TDD) and better submission defence would have been too much for a gracie fighter