Who are the best kung fu fighters in the UFC?

[superpunch]

I'll start with Zabit. He spent his childhood going to kung fu school instead of normal school. He is a Kung Fu master, being given the title of Master of Sport in Sanda.

 

[Ares Black]

Roy Nelson

 

[superpunch]

Roy Nelson

He doesn't really train kung fu.

 

[Jojomojo]

Mike Perry

 

[PD4838]

Jason De Lucia

 

[GangGangGang]

Muslim Salikhov is the King of Kung Fu

 

[Jose Beehive]

El Cucuy and Kevin Holland

 

[superpunch]

Muslim Salikhov is the King of Kung Fu

Everyone dissed kung fu for decades. Now all these Russian fighters from places like Dagestan are bringing it back and dominating the highest levels of the UFC with it. Very interesting.

 

[Egészségére!]

Kung Fu in mma

 

[pulling guard]

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Kung Fu in mma

Karate Kid

 

[Egészségére!]

Karate Kid

I didn’t even think of that

the crane! Lol

 

[Mondo Freaks]

Thiago Santos
William Knight
Gilbert Burns
Niko Price
Calvin Kattar

 

[Deleted member 576123]

 

[FIghtxIQ]

I'll start with Zabit. He spent his childhood going to kung fu school instead of normal school. He is a Kung Fu master, being given the title of Master of Sport in Sanda.

He mixes kung fu with his overall style. Sanda is an effective striking style because they actually practice full contact and compete with takedowns (just no grappling). His western boxing is lacking though and that is his weakness - that's why he was able to get walked down by Bochniak.

 

[Travis Alexander]

Kevin Holland

 

[superpunch]

He mixes kung fu with his overall style. Sanda is an effective striking style because they actually practice full contact and compete with takedowns (just no grappling). His western boxing is lacking though and that is his weakness - that's why he was able to get walked down by Bochniak.

It is his style. He did grades 1-12 at a sanda boarding school where he trained 3 times a day.

 

[FIghtxIQ]

Everyone dissed kung fu for decades. Now all these Russian fighters from places like Dagestan are bringing it back and dominating the highest levels of the UFC with it. Very interesting.

Kung Fu moves work, just like tae kwon do/karate moves work. It all depends on using the right technique at the right time and the person's skillset in being able to do the technique in a full contact/combat setting. It's just most people don't practice those styles or techniques so most people don't think they can work. Even though there's all these spin kick KO, you still don't see many fighters using that technique.

This goes back to the Tai Chi vs mma from the other thread. Their traditional styles don't work because they never tried it in a full contact/combat setting vs other styles. Zabit and the others are using it in a full contact/combat setting in sambo/mma, so they are able to make certain techniques work through practice and combat.

 

[TheMessiah]

Song yadong

 

[Fesaine]

Wushu or Sanda is very different compared to Kung fu

 

[Fesaine]

Everyone dissed kung fu for decades. Now all these Russian fighters from places like Dagestan are bringing it back and dominating the highest levels of the UFC with it. Very interesting.

They're wushu or Sanda fighter, not Kung fu.