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Introduction
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I easily hope you appreciate this article. Take care and have a great day.
There is no denying that the two most productive and dominating styles in the sport of mixed martial arts (Mma) today are wrestling and Brazilian jiujitsu (Bjj). As a combat sports consultant and a drive coach for mixed martial artists, I often have to create the training camp agenda and thus decide how the chronological currency of 8, 12, or 16 weeks should be consumed.
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Doing this not only is difficult but also has the added challenge of creating something explainable, because there's nothing like designing the agenda and looking across the table and looking the head coach shake his head and then begin the next sentence with, "Why?" or "How come?"
Because I don't want to turn this piece of written articulation into a dissertation or a journal, and I assure you there is sufficient facts to do that, let's state some assumptions so that we can come to some level of understanding on which style works best for Mma.
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Assumption #1:
We are talking
about cage fighting
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Why? The data I've pulled comes from cage fights, and the rules and environment of the sport turn the talk to the question. For example, the ring provides a contentious context that is dissimilar from that of the cage. If you are on the bottom in the cage, being able to position yourself and put your foot on the cage to turn yourself nearby or get your hips in the air is a huge advantage.
You can also put your back against the cage and shimmy yourself up into standing position.
You cannot do this in the ring unless you are in a padded projection (which normally isn't the case). Also, penalties are given more fast for grabbing the fence when trying to fight a takedown in cage fighting than they are for grabbing or draping your arm over the ring rope (for an example, watch all of Fedor Emelianenko's fights, especially the one against Matt Lindland).
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Assumption #2:
We are talking about the
modern day Ufc, meaning
from 1996 to 2009
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Why? Once again, because the data pulled can be misleading if the sporting context changes. The initial rules of the greatest Fighting Championship (Ufc) are dissimilar from the rules of today, especially in terms of standing up the competitors or spellbinding them off the cage in the clinch if the referee deems the operation to be lacking and the weights of the competitors varied. Also, the time limit of the events is not the same, and some of the competitions of the past were 20-minute long superfights while others were tournament based.
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Assumption #3:
We are looking at the
dominating style of the fighter
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For example, every person learns boxing, grappling, Bjj, Muay Thai, and so on, but the dominating style of Rashad Evans is wrestling, the dominating style of Frank Mir is Bjj, and the dominating style of Quinton Jackson is boxing. With that being said, we easily had to look at some of the fights to identify the styles clearly if the style was not clearly identified through http://www.Ufc.com or a fighter's Web site. If many styles were listed we looked at the background of the fighter and matched that with his style. Case in point, Brandon Vera has a huge Greco-Roman wrestling background, but his style is clearly Muay Thai.
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The Data
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The data we chose were from 1996 to 2009. What we did was look at the dominating style of the title possessor and how many times that dominating style held the title. Without diving deep into the data, we will have you know this:
Bjj is better than wrestling.
Wrestling is better than Bjj.
According to the data from the Ufc, there is an inverse association between grappling styles and weight. As the weight class increases in weight, wrestling becomes the more dominant style, with wrestling being the clear-cut winner in the heavyweight class. As the weight classes decrease in weight, Bjj becomes the more dominant style and is the clear-cut winner in the lightweight class.
What does this mean? Well, it means what it means. At this singular time, it is potential for a Brock Lesnar to walk into the Ufc and come to be the heavyweight champion, but if he was a lightweight it would be nearly impossible for him to rise to the top. It is why Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson had miniature to no opening of winning a title without his opponents being hand selected. Statistically speaking, he had a chance, but based on cage fighting data, the probability of him beating a wrestler is low.
This also means, as it does in Every other combat sport, that the middleweight classes are the toughest in the world because (1) there are a greater citizen of men at that size in the world and (2) you have to have the most depth and breadth of styles to dominate those weight classes. This is why Georges St. Pierre and Anderson Silva are carefully to be the best in the sport. They are the best-rounded fighters today because, in their weight category, if you are not, you will not hold the title for long (e.g., Matt Serra). And the increase of the sport is why a Matt Hughes could exist 5 years ago, but not today, and a Randy Couture, although older, is still a title threat.
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The bottom Line
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The bottom line in Mma is that you live by your sword and you die by your sword. You pick your poison and you hope that your opponent doesn't have the antidote for your poison or at least never accesses it if he does have it. In this business you have to know a lot of everything, not a miniature bit of everything, and the more facts that you have to make a potential decision the better. All of these things work on your training.
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The Key
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The key is to apply your off time wisely to improve in the areas in which you are deficient.
Take care.
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