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well silva is one of the few in UFC who display a dominant clinch game mixed with knees and elbows. everyone thinks of the roundhouse as the showcase strike for muay thai, but its the clinch, knees and elbows that distinguish it from other sports under the kickboxing umbrella.
@paradigm yeah silva has TKD lineage, but hes still one of the best muay thai practitioners in ufc. when it comes to good mma artists, its hard to say "this guy is TKD, or this guy is bjj fighter". ppl look at nick diaz as one of the posterboys of boxing in ufc, but no one denies he's a legit bjj fighter.
as for TKD style, how often do you guys see anderson silva throw a spinning kick?
Silva is not muay thai. He rarely throws roundhouse kicks to the body. His clinch is basic double plum that every other mma guy knows. He rarely throws standing elbows. Matt Brown has better MT clinch.