Thurgood Thurston III
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I wanna learn but don't know where to start
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We gotta learn mma brehs...
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Elaborate.
People give respect to boxing (as they should) saying that if you’re not training since you’re a preteen then you will never be a decent pro because that’s how early you have to start to really be proficient. What they fail to realize is that it’s the same shyt with grappling. nikkas talking about: “Oh, he won’t catch me,” “I’ve slammed nikkas in fights,” “If you have good footwork, a takedown won’t work,” not realizing that unless they’ve been grappling since they’re a kid, they won’t even understand what the wrestler is trying to do to them before it’s too late. It’s the same shyt as casuals asking why the two boxers don’t just rush each other. They don’t even understand what they don’t understand.
The Wall Is Undefeated!
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'Going to the ground'. Putting emphasis on ground and pounding. Tackle (single and double leg) 'takedowns'.
Nah. Boxing won't do shyt against lower body takedowns, changing levels or if someone manages to get in and clinch up. You're helpless to any of that with no grappling knowledge.
Are you talking about wrestlers or mma fighters. Mind you They're not the same. My coach has been a pro mma fighter for 13 years. He prefers striking as do I. Sounds like you're talking about wrestlers.
Thread went how I expected 
You do know that's only one element of MMA, right? The trick is to become well rounded and be able to hold own your standing up or on the ground. You should at least be trained in both wrestling and boxing.
Secure Da Bag
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No you big goofy. Any martial art could be considered mma. Mma simply means mixed martial arts... As in, mixing different fighting styoes together taking the things that suit you best and discarding ones that don't work for you.
Mma isn't one fighting style. It's just a term used to describe guys that use multiple fighting styles simultaneously
El_Mero_Mero
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Post any other interesting fights from this league. I never heard of it.
The Wall Is Undefeated!
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At the bolded part - Mainly MMA doctrine as it pertains to self defence.
I agree with the principle. However, the flaws I mentioned can and has caused a lot of issues in terms of self defence situations. Btw I say this as a person with quite a bit of grappling martial arts experience.
I've taught mma Self defense classes, to women and that's not true at all. What gym do you go to that taught you that?
prince_peoples
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This makes no sense
Just because u train mma doesn't mean u have try and grapple someone in a real fight, but at least u will know how to stuff and takedown, check or block a kick, get back to your feet.
I'm a die hard boxing guy, but what good is all that if I get dumped on my head?
Bullshyt.
MMA has been a thing worldwide for almost a century with mixed style fights, Vale tudo/luta livre, shootfighting/shootboxing, etc. The USA is actually late as fukk to the party, it wasn't even known by the public until the 90s, became obscure again then blew up in the early-mid 2000s. Many nationalities, races and cultures were long involved in MMA before North American cacs even knew it was a thing....especially in South America where quite a few folks of African descent fought in vale tudo. Anderson Silva is one example of MANY of those dudes who happened to blow up here. A bunch of y'all know Jack shyt about MMA not its history and are just going off face value assumptions. Speak only on what you know.