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It's absolutely true that the Thai clinch is greatly impacted by takedowns and the cage in MMA. Learning the inner working of the thai clinch (especially with underhooks & overhooks, and along the fence) can be very useful for MMA though, and when you see a big discrepancy in thai clinch ability (especially when both guys are strikers), then you can get results like Silva/ Franklin. Anderson really wasn't doing that much better striking at range than Rich, but his far superior striking from the clinch was what gave Ando such a huge edge.
I think the amount of K-1 style kickboxers to do at least moderately well, compared to the amount of boxers & Nak Muays to do well in MMA speaks volumes. Crocop, Rutten, Hardonk, Barry, Schilt, Reem, Manhoef, etc are all dutch style kickboxers, how many boxers could you name? Davis & Lytle? Noons? And how many Thai boxers? Malaipet (3-3 in MMA), Vuy Colossa (2-0), Ole Laursen (5-2), _____?
I think the record of Dutch kickboxers speaks for itself, as far as effective MMA striking styles.
I think the amount of K-1 style kickboxers to do at least moderately well, compared to the amount of boxers & Nak Muays to do well in MMA speaks volumes. Crocop, Rutten, Hardonk, Barry, Schilt, Reem, Manhoef, etc are all dutch style kickboxers, how many boxers could you name? Davis & Lytle? Noons? And how many Thai boxers? Malaipet (3-3 in MMA), Vuy Colossa (2-0), Ole Laursen (5-2), _____?
I think the record of Dutch kickboxers speaks for itself, as far as effective MMA striking styles.