Rednose.
I still beg to differ. Those men Fabricio, Cain, Jon, Johny, Rafael, Jose, TJ win more fights with their strikes then they do submissions! Jose is a Black Belt in BJJ, and still uses his strikes to win 90 percent of his fights! It's okay to have a opinion and have a good discussion on fighting! Now having a understanding or a background in wrestling is very important for defense against it! Besides St. Pierre, it's hard to close the gap for a wrestler against a good striker, unless they have good hands and feet! That's why St. Pierre uses a awesome jab. I put in over 5 hrs a week working with fighters for the last 40yrs, and a lot more when I was active fighting myself. Wrestlers were always easier to dominate in a fight then someone with good foot work and hands! Especially if it was a real street fight!
Watch TJ'S last two fights!! When did he wrestle?? Aldo?? Etc....
Not sure about any of that, and I respect your opinion Taz but the people you name are wrestlers first and foremost and yes they do win a lot of their fights with strikes but that is their decision as they control where the fight takes place, it is their wrestling that allows that. That is why wrestlers are sooooooo dominant in this sport. And its even easier in a street fight for a wrestler to dominate. I mean just look at the first 5 to 10 years or so of this sport before people were well rounded, what one style dominated? I am not saying striking is not important, it is absolutely vital but they can be strikers because their wrestling affords them that. Show me how many champs are pure strikers without a wrestling background. Their are exceptions but few and far in between, I have been in the Mecca of MMA from the start and I was boxing before I ever started wrestling and that just showed me how important it was. I won almost all of my fights by staying on my feet but it was because I was a college wrestler that allowed me to do that by not getting taken down and letting me decide where the fight was going to take place. Anyways like I said I respect your opinion Taz but I will just leave it alone now. Thank you for the discussion my friend.
