The most important skill in MMA.

It's not a skill but cardio is the most important thing to have. You can have all the technique in the world but if you can't go 3 rounds eventually you're gonna get embarrassed.
 
dragonclaw said:
When and if a high level Krav Maga practitioner decides to compete in the UFC, he will become champion of his weight class.

Krav Maga is a no holds barred form of martial arts, but if it can be tweaked to conform with the rules of the UFC, there's no doubt in my mind it is the ultimate skill-set to defend against all others.

I've seen high level Krav Maga experts in action, and there's no stopping them (literally).
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Do you realize that if you took out all the striking and holds in Krav Maga that would be considered illegal according to the current rules in MMA, you'd end up with....exactly the same thing everyone's already training?!?

To answer OP: Wrestling. Good TD's & TDD allow the fighter to determine where the fight takes place.
 
Shonuff1980 said:
Do you realize that if you took out all the striking and holds in Krav Maga that would be considered illegal according to the current rules in MMA, you'd end up with....exactly the same thing everyone's already training?!?

To answer OP: Wrestling. Good TD's & TDD allow the fighter to determine where the fight takes place.
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Yeah, there is nothing special about Krav Maga. The Isreali's came up with a system that would help their military have half-way decent hand-to-hand ability. It's very basic. It is basic JJJ, BJJ, wrestling, MT, boxing and Arnis. They will be in better shape than the avg dude out on the street, too.

To the OP: Wrestling. They naturally seem to be the best at doing everything half-way decent.
 
dragonclaw said:
When and if a high level Krav Maga practitioner decides to compete in the UFC, he will become champion of his weight class.

Krav Maga is a no holds barred form of martial arts, but if it can be tweaked to conform with the rules of the UFC, there's no doubt in my mind it is the ultimate skill-set to defend against all others.

I've seen high level Krav Maga experts in action, and there's no stopping them (literally).
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lol no.

From what I've seen from Krav Maga, it is self defence against a bunch of "what if?" street scenarios. The training involves role playing what you'd do if a guy came at you with a knife or some crap. Defending yourself in slow-motion against a compliant "attacker" who has a rubber knife and is in no way going to hurt you.

Just because you wear camo pants doesn't make you a badass. These "Martial Artists" would get KTFO by even the lowliest MMA trained guy.
 
Oh, and the answer is wrestling. I found that out the hard way going to an MMA gym with some good kickboxing skills but not much else. Wrestlers will just manhandle you and you won't be able to do anything about it.
 
All things being equal(fighting skill), the guy with the best cardio will win.
 
Other than wrestling I would say footwork has become a lot more important with guys like Anderson, Machida, Cruz, and Gustafson being more and more common, you don't necessarily have to have a great sprawl to have good/great TDD anymore people are using footwork more to avoid takedowns.
 
dragonclaw said:
They aren't dominating because competition isn't part of Krav Maga, like how it is with all other forms of martial arts.

It's the purest and most lethal form of martial arts training there is.

You put a MMA fighter up against a Krav Maga specialist on the street and I guarantee you, the MMA fighter will walk away with broken bones or seriously injuries if they're lucky, and if not, they'll end up dead.
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I don't care how "skilled" someone is if there's a huge athletic and power/speed advantage. A top MMA fighter (who will be very "skilled") will blow a Krav Maga specialist out of the water. And literally bash their brains in.
 
The two most important arts are BJJ and Muay Thai IMO. Wrestling is so overrated.

Look at Anthony Pettis, he throws his strikes liberally because he doesn't care if he gets taken down.
 
the reality of the sport today is that you need to be well rounded - if you don't have some of the basics, you will lose. One dimensional fighters are a thing of the past.
 
Duxtape said:
The two most important arts are BJJ and Muay Thai IMO. Wrestling is so overrated.

Look at Anthony Pettis, he throws his strikes liberally because he doesn't care if he gets taken down.
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Tell the judges that..
 
EliteLurker said:
I don't care how "skilled" someone is if there's a huge athletic and power/speed advantage. A top MMA fighter (who will be very "skilled") will blow a Krav Maga specialist out of the water. And literally bash their brains in.
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That's just false. A trained special forces operative will kill an MMA "athlete" and I mean that literally, especially Krav Maga. You're trained to take on quite literally, double digit numbers of opponents who are trying to kill you. Same with Navy Seals and Army Rangers to a lesser extent. And before you reference Brian Stann or Kennedy in terms of their losses, just remember in the cage, even in MMA, there are a but load of rules. Take the rules away, and those MMA fighters are dead. Pure and simple. I don't care how "athletic" they are.

Krav Maga is even worse. You're trained to go for all the parts and all the blows/strikes that professional fighters are trained to avoid.
 
This goes about it all wrong. There is no most important skill in MMA as they are all important. I'm talking about the 4 predominant martial arts: boxing, muay thai, bjj and wrestling.

If you favor one skill over another, then your opponent will emphasize on the skill you are least proficient with. They will try to attack you where you are least skilled and prevent you from using your strong skill. Basics fighting really.




The way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak - Sun Tzu
 
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