So it’s even better to be “mediocre” at something before branching out than straight up MMA training?GSP was a mediocre karate guy when he started doing MMA. DJ was a mediocre wrestler.
They branched out and became full fledged mixed martial artists
Yeah i guess it's good to start out somewhere else before doing MMA.So it’s even better to be “mediocre” at something before branching out than straight up MMA training?
I agree with you on that.
Don’t worry Erick Silva is finally peaking. He’s only 19 years old still.
For training BJJ? It’s coming down slowly. It was definitely worse 10-15 years ago than it is today.Hopefully it happens soon lol training is too expensive.
You may be right but still, MMA gyms have been around as their own MA for quite a while now and kids have been and will continue to go into them as their first MAs experience and coaches will continue to cater programs accommodating this and it will get better and better.Jam tomorrow?
I would argue that most MMA training isn't really setup for "MMA since day one" fighters, its setup to round out the skill base of fighters coming in from another sport/MA.
Fedor was Sambo based, which itself is Judo based.What top tier fighters use Judo as a base?
Outside of Rousey the answer is no one ever unless we're counting Karo Parisyan
Sambo is derived from Judo.Correct me if I’m wrong. Isn’t the ground part of Sambo, judo? I’m not too familiar.
No. Judo always had subs. Most were removed for Olympic competition in the 1950s.No judo has subs. All the basic and most of the advance subs BJJ has.
Under the wrestling family tree only catch wrestling aka submission wrestling uses subs.
I think Judo is. you've gotten a variety of throws and takedowns like wrestling with stronger ground work.
For training BJJ? It’s coming down slowly. It was definitely worse 10-15 years ago than it is today.
It was always a myth. Joe Rogan pushed that narrative as much as he could, but he backtracked on it lately.
Like you mentioned, specialist who branch out and learn different aspects seem to reach higher and farther in MMA. People were believing PVZ and Sage were the new breed of young fighters. Specialist will always have that one aspect they are good at that their opponents can’t match.
Look at all the champions for proof.
Wrestling is da god. Just take BJJ dudes and ring em out like wet towelsI love the myth that sherdoggers propagate that Wrestling is the best base for MMA.
If Wrestling is the best base, how come someone with no Wrestling can win a MMA fight, but someone with no BJJ can't?
BJJ defense is still BJJ, and thus it is the most important martial art and base for MMA.
Because that isn’t what they mean when they say that. They aren’t talking about only knowing one art. They’re talking about the best place to start training an mma careerI love the myth that sherdoggers propagate that Wrestling is the best base for MMA.
If Wrestling is the best base, how come someone with no Wrestling can win a MMA fight, but someone with no BJJ can't?
BJJ defense is still BJJ, and thus it is the most important martial art and base for MMA.
You can start training mma and become a «Striker»... mma striking is different from all other striking diciplins. Max has high level defensive grapling which comes from the fact that hes been focusing on mma hes whole career.Are you sure about Holloway? Wasn’t he a striker when he started out? And his striking is way better than his grappling, not that he has bad grappling but someone like Rory has comparable skill in both and uses both. Max doesn’t use his grappling offensively much