jclaudevandamme
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Back in the old times, BJJ guys were good at takedowns too. I am using 2012 standards and it is hard to find top judokas in the highest levels of MMA when comparable to top wrestlers (and impossible to find people with good takedowns coming purely from BJJ).Fedor. Noted for his hip tosses, Russian Judo and Sambo champion. One of the greatest MMA fighters ever.
Yes. I do not deny that this really keeps top people from making a successful Judo -> MMA transition, but also my point was that Judo is indeed not the go-to MA for no-gi and MMA takedowns. You can have a good Judo and use it in MMA, but it is obviously harder than learning other thing.It's true. The truly awesome Judoka care about the Olympic gold medal, not winning MMA matches. Most top Judoka fighting in MMA are past their prime.
Do not misunderstand. I am not saying that Judo isn't no-gi or MMA-able, because you will find plenty of examples that it is, but for someone that isn't already doing Judo, to start training thinking in MMA isn't going to reap so much benefits because the gi to no-gi training in case of Judo is a decent gap in terms of what you cannot do anymore due to no-gi.
Anyway, Judo is both a good plus to someone that uses primarily freestyle (due to his lacking clinch work) or greco (crosstraining in judo-greco would be what I would do it I ever wanted to get good in the clinch).