is it better to be well rounded or specialised in one aspect of mma?

You have to be well rounded to be anywhere near the top ten in MMA.
 
It's better to be well rounded. Sure, you can win a lot of fights early in your career as a one dimensional fighter, but you will eventually face opponents who can counter your strength and then you're screwed.
 
The Crocodile said:
I think its good to be great at one martial arts but learn the others as well .. as Bruce Lee said ..

" I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." ~ Bruce Lee
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the hilarious thing is some guy earlier in the thread with this as a sig said the exact opposite
 
I would say both, all of the current champions are more well rounded than most but have one or more areas where they are really great as well.

Cain: cardio and wrestling
Jones: wrestling, creative striking, reach
Weidman: wrestling, BJJ, distance control
Hendricks: wrestling, KO power, covering distance
Pettis: creative striking, distance control
Aldo: striking
Barao: striking, killer instinct
Mighty Mouse: wrestling, keeping them guessing
 
The Crocodile said:
I think its good to be great at one martial arts but learn the others as well .. as Bruce Lee said ..

" I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." ~ Bruce Lee
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Well obviously it's better to be great at something than just good at something. But if you are training for MMA, only a fool would only concentrate on one thing. This thread is dumb. Why is being well-rounded and great at some specific aspect of MMA mutually exclusive?
 
NoBiasJustMMA said:
I would say both, all of the current champions are more well rounded than most but have one or more areas where they are really great as well.

Cain: cardio and wrestling
Jones: wrestling, creative striking, reach
Weidman: wrestling, BJJ, distance control
Hendricks: wrestling, KO power, covering distance
Pettis: creative striking, distance control
Aldo: striking
Barao: striking, killer instinct
Mighty Mouse: wrestling, keeping them guessing
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In boxing trainers build a fighter's style around his strengths. All fighters will have strengths and weaknesses. No one is going to be great everything.
 
It's best to be great in all areas of MMA. Every champion in the UFC are very well rounded fighters. Even those that had a base in something else.
 
Fantomas187 said:
In boxing trainers build a fighter's style around his strengths. All fighters will have strengths and weaknesses. No one is going to be great everything.
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It's the same in MMA at least for the best trainers and fighters, all the guys I listed are very well rounded but they are also the best at certain aspects of MMA, or among the best which is why they are champions. IMO jacks of all trades aren't going to be champions anymore, you have to be the king of something.
 
It's better to be well-rounded, but it's ideal to be well-rounded with one outstanding area of skill.
 
NoBiasJustMMA said:
What is the blue on Pettis' belt?
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It's actually purple (because he spends most of his training nogi), but that would be the B game to his hybridized Taekwondo/kickboxing, in the same way that Barao and Aldo's kickboxing is the B game to their jiujitsu (A game). Just because he loses rounds when the judges are incompetent doesn't mean his closed guard isn't pretty freaking dangerous. Guida spent more time defending armbars than he did attempting to pass or strike lol, maybe not the worst decision ever but certainly up there. That fight was a draw.

Unless, you were talking about my avatar (DERP)... in which case, I have no idea... maybe a reflection of something in front of it lol? :redface:
 
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There are soooo many variables.

Each one of us will have varying opinion on who/what is well rounded and who/what is a specialist, obviously there are a few black and white examples.

IMO Fighters who are specialists who round out their skillsets have more success.
 
Steve08 said:
It's actually purple (because he spends most of his training nogi), but that would be the B game to his hybridized Taekwondo/kickboxing, in the same way that Barao and Aldo's kickboxing is the B game to their jiujitsu (A game). Just because he loses rounds when the judges are incompetent doesn't mean his closed guard isn't pretty freaking dangerous. Guida spent more time defending armbars than he did attempting to pass or strike lol, maybe not the worst decision ever but certainly up there. That fight was a draw.

Unless, you were talking about my avatar (DERP)... in which case, I have no idea... maybe a reflection of something in front of it lol? :redface:
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I was talking about you're AV, I don't remember that being on the belt when I've seen you're previous posts. I agree with what you're saying even though Aldo and Barao might have better BJJ than striking, it's not their plan A, they like to strike more.
 
I think it's the best way to be well round and to be an expert with one or two disciplines.
Wrestling seems to be very effective in mma, that a good start.
 
Dutchman101 said:
I think it's the best way to be well round and to be an expert with one or two disciplines.
Wrestling seems to be very effective in mma, that a good start.
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Wouldn't it be best to be expert in all disciplines?
 
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