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I was meaning the techniques more so than the practitioners as in Judo throws and trips are used more effectively than freestyle wrestling techniques and Greco is used more effectively than both. Ideally you want to incorporate all 3 like Jones does though.
Greco, and even Judo take abnormal amounts of strength to be effective. Greco tends to be more complex in a lot of ways too. It's just not as effective in MMA, and probably won't ever be again.
Ideally you want to incorporate every single martial art to 100% effectiveness, but that's not going to happen. We've done a good job of condensing, and people have spent more time studying a variety of arts than before and typically longer. However, it's never going to be perfect, or probably even close.
Like I said before, things like Judo are add ons, that are probably best spent preparing something else, but when not can still have some use just not as much as you're losing out on. It's why it's hardly trained by most people and rightfully so.