White_Savage
Mentor
Alot of people, seeing that the number of people K.Oed standing in MMA events is often exceeding the number grounded'n'pounded or submitted, seem to think grappling is waning in importance in MMA.
WRONG
Like I try to explain to the grappling un-iniated who watch this sport, you can never be a great striker in MMA without FIRST being a good grappler. You've got to have an excellent takedown defense, and the confidence in your ground skills if taken down, if you want to stand a prayer of a chance of KOing a guy determined to put you on the mat.
The best example of this is the most famous MMA striker of all, Chuck Liddell. His ability to avoid being taken down and to stand back up is legendary.
Time to time, I hear people debating how well various MMA strikers would do in regular boxing/kickboxing-what is more pertinent IMO, is asking whether boxers and kicboxers have the high level defensive grappling to avoid being easily destroyed by grapplers, as was the striker's usual fate in early MMA events. Edited by: White_Savage
WRONG
Like I try to explain to the grappling un-iniated who watch this sport, you can never be a great striker in MMA without FIRST being a good grappler. You've got to have an excellent takedown defense, and the confidence in your ground skills if taken down, if you want to stand a prayer of a chance of KOing a guy determined to put you on the mat.
The best example of this is the most famous MMA striker of all, Chuck Liddell. His ability to avoid being taken down and to stand back up is legendary.
Time to time, I hear people debating how well various MMA strikers would do in regular boxing/kickboxing-what is more pertinent IMO, is asking whether boxers and kicboxers have the high level defensive grappling to avoid being easily destroyed by grapplers, as was the striker's usual fate in early MMA events. Edited by: White_Savage
