Red nose I think that most mma fighters have wrestling back grounds cuz after college there is not much left and they in most cases have spent there life training. And I agree about there wrestling being so good that it makes them stand to strike. But I will say imo a good striker will make his opponent try take downs even if he isn't as good as the other. My brother inlaw runs bjj dojo in Monroe north Carolina 15 yr ago that was the secret potion. I went and goofed off with them bjj is a joke unless you are at a high level and truly under stand the movement. Just like they use to say karate is only good in a karate fight lol.
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Judge they have wrestling backgrounds because they are the most effective backgrounds to have. Pro football players have not fared very well, pro boxers even worse. If there was a better background to come from you would see people coming from it. But what you see are these Managers and promoters scouting the college wrestling events because they know that is where they will get their next champ from. Well at least it will give them the best odds of that anyways.
Hey Judge I don't think I understand what you are saying could you please explain when you say "But I will say imo a good striker will make his opponent try take downs even if he isn't as good as the other.". Do you mean a good striker will make someone try a take down even if they are not good at take downs? If so I totally agree, but we were speaking a good striker vs a good wrestler I thought?
I mainly was a striker when I was still fighting, you can't win in today's game if you cannot strike period. But I was talking with all things being equal a good wrestler will beat a good striker 9 out of 10 times. I mean even with the rules emphasis changing to standing the fighters up to make fights more exciting which greatly favors striking you still see almost all of the very best guys are still wrestlers. I don't think normal people really understand how extremely easy it is for a high level wrestler to take down some one with no wrestling. I mean it is just toooo easy I cannot even over exaggerate that. Personally I have won a few bets with some of my buds who I played football with (lineman) saying I could not take them down and that it would not work on them lolol same thing with BJJ hahaha. But anyways great discussion Judge, I hope I don't come off too rude, not my intention at all. Just it was my life for about 17 years, I was there when it all started and I am just passionate about it.
