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Of course it does. Around 2007-2008, Fedor also changed his fighting style, And more or less abandomed his grappling. It might have been injuries or that he stopped training.
For Hunt it was probably just that he knew What would work, And had a gym that saw that a good striker with tdd can do great in a weaker HW division.
Hey bro I love you either way I just think its ridiculous to think that Hunt had a better ground game 13 years ago because he had 13 years of less mat time at that point.
As a long time BJJ practitioner I know Ricardo Liborio doesnt give out brown belts to people just for working on their takedown defense.
Hunt is a better grappler today than he was in Japan when he was training with nobodies in New Zealand shortly after his K1 career.
He would tell you this himself.
You can say he was younger and more athletic back then but there is no way he was a more skilled grappler before spending years at ATT.