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You lose a lot of the forward throws without the gi (or at least they become a lot riskier and harder to pull off), but you gain some too. For example, I rarely throw people with sasae in the gi but I hit it constantly in no-gi and MMA. MMA, it's basically osoto, ouchi, kouchi, and sasae for me. Occasionally an uchi mata, mostly as a counter to sloppy outside trip attempts.
Same. Hit more sasae in my year of no gi dabbling than I ever did in Judo. Was still able to work the Sumigaeshi to good effect as well.
Also, holy shit did I forget about mat burn in the tops of the feet and toes in my layoff!
Not fun when wearing safety toed combat boots at work the next day.