Theory What cultures could create a viable modern day MMA fighter if only allowed to use what it originated?

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With the rules being really strict, like not even counting BJJ because it was based on jujitsu, which was developed elsewhere.

Japan:

Striking - kickboxing, various forms of karate

Grappling: jujitsu, judo, sumo

Greece:

Striking: pyx and pygmachia (boxing)

Grappling: pale (wrestling)

MMA: Pankration

Even with Greece it might be a stretch but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt since they practiced full on Pankration/MMA to an Olympic competition level and it was one of the more popular sports, so you would imagine they got fairly good at it.

And for Japan, we have to be honest and admit that jujitsu is a far cry from Brazilian jujitsu...but what other cultures could come closest?
 
Well, Russia with Combat Sambo.

Senegalese wrestling also allows punching.

Chinese arts have wrestling and striking

Sambo is heavily based on judo though so I wouldn't count it under these rules. Heck come to think of it I should remove kickboxing from Japan since it borrowed from Western boxing.
 
The Philippines have Suntukan (boxing), Panantukan (dirty boxing), Sikaran (kicking) and Dumog (grappling).

Korea has Tae Kwan Do (kicking), Taekkyon (kickboxing and throwing), Hapkido (kickboxing and throwing) and Ssireum (wrestling).

England has bareknuckle boxing (boxing and throwing) and Catch-As-Catch-Can (submission grappling).

I'd say England would put together something that looks pretty modern.
 
It is pretty much impossible to have a pure, truly original martial art.

Yeah that's true and it's hard to know where to draw the line. Even judo was influenced by Shuai Jiao and karate by other Chinese martial arts....but they are both far older than something like Kickboxing or BJJ, for example. Honestly though I was surprised to see how relatively new judo and karate are, they're not that much older than Sambo.

Pankration is thousands of years old but I'm sure ancient Egypt had grappling and striking techniques of some kind, probably even surprisingly advanced forms.....
 
And for Japan, we have to be honest and admit that jujitsu is a far cry from Brazilian jujitsu...

Also, Kosen Judo is shockingly similar to BJJ, so Japan is just fine in that department.
 
Japan definitely has a decent enough mix of striking and grappling arts to do it.

Russia because of Sambo.

Its admittedly stretch to give boxing to the UK (in spite of Queensberry rules) but if you do then they also have catch as catch can, so thats a very solid mix.
 
Canada - hockey fights


Came here to post this. I have written that many times here but most people would be surprised how much scrappy hockey players will inflict pain and no, ankle picking a dude who pulled your shirt over your head and just broke you front teeth with 5 small uppercuts is easier said than done.
 
Came here to post this. I have written that many times here but most people would be surprised how much scrappy hockey players will inflict pain and no, ankle picking a dude who pulled your shirt over your head and just broke you front teeth with 5 small uppercuts is easier said than done.
you didn't come to post this same video though ?

lol
 
I will choose Japan.

Shorin Ryu Karate
Kodokan Judo
Kickboxing
 
I would pick England, Boxing combined with catch wrestling would probably be the most well rounded style.
 
The late great Jong soo park
had a european kickboxing champion track down his dojang and ask to fight the toughest dude there.

Park was so triggered that he suggested he fight him.

Park beat the shit out of him, and impressed the kickboxers so much that he asked to train under him.

He said "man he"s tough", but when relayed the message park mistook it to mean: "a bad person."

Park freaked out and said: get him over here and I'll do the same thing again.

Anyway, they explained to Park what it means and they accepted the kickboxers as a pupil.

He was incredibly strong big, flexible, and agile.

 
The Philippines have Suntukan (boxing), Panantukan (dirty boxing), Sikaran (kicking) and Dumog (grappling).

Korea has Tae Kwan Do (kicking), Taekkyon (kickboxing and throwing), Hapkido (kickboxing and throwing) and Ssireum (wrestling).

England has bareknuckle boxing (boxing and throwing) and Catch-As-Catch-Can (submission grappling).

I'd say England would put together something that looks pretty modern.

We also have Shin Kicking.

 
The late great Jong soo park
had a european kickboxing champion track down his dojang and ask to fight the toughest dude there.

Park was so triggered that he suggested he fight him.

Park beat the shit out of him, and impressed the kickboxers so much that he asked to train under him.

He said "man he"s tough", but when relayed the message park mistook it to mean: "a bad person."

Park freaked out and said: get him over here and I'll do the same thing again.

Anyway, they explained to Park what it means and they accepted the kickboxers as a pupil.

He was incredibly strong big, flexible, and agile.


It's rare that I see a TKD video and think it looks useful, but those lead leg side kicks (like the one at 0:11) would have floored me for sure.
 
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