OTHER than wrestling, BJJ, boxing and muay thai...

[BigMuffler]

Which one discipline/combat sport would you rather have a high level background in before starting in MMA? For example judo, karate, TKD, catch wrestling, sanshou, sambo... hope everyone doesn't just pick sambo now that I mentioned it, lol.

 

[basementdweller]

definitely sambo though. kickboxing or karate would be good as well

 

[TheIrishPsycho]

Whatever style this is:

Or maybe bar brawling style:

Ok not exactly combat sports but everyone is going to pick either sambo or karate - you'd be an idiot otherwise - like me.

 

[ElCasca]

Karate cause it's aesthetic

 

[Rittsy]

I always max out speech/charisma.

 

[Verace]

Look-see-do

Gaidojutsu

And the most feared of them all: The Edmund Wushu

 

[RenegadeMMA]

Touchbutt

 

[Hi-Tech]

Combat Sambo obviously. The best single martial art.

 

[Topguntrophey]

Patty Cake

 

[Kyler Ruxin]

krav-maga, if they would only slightly alter the MMA rules.

 

[kflo]

Combat Sambo obviously. The best single martial art.

they dominate mma.

 

[Joe Rogan's Kettlebell]

high level tae kwon do can be a good asset

 

[TheNinja]

Karate for the roundhouse kicks

 

[Hazuki Ryo]

Sanshou is sick : great kicks and takedowns.

 

[Hi-Tech]

they dominate mma.

There aren't many of them entering but those who did are legit. Fedor, Khabib, Minakov...

Stiker Nikita Krylov started training Sambo a bit and started submitting BJJ black belts with ease.

 

[kflo]

i'd probably say judo or karate as they both offer unique skills that are leveragable to mma. once you apply your skills to mma you need to train boxing, muay thai, bjj, wrestling anyway.

 

[Hard To Tell]

WWE

 

[SirKratos]

Torn between Freestyle and Panic wrestling

 

[kflo]

There aren't many of them entering but those who did are legit. Fedor, Khabib, Minakov...

Stiker Nikita Krylov started training Sambo a bit and started submitting BJJ black belts with ease.

fedor and khabib are high level judo black belts. judo + bjj seems to be a better and more complete package than sambo. imo.

 

[El Fernas]

Judo, TKD seem to help.