Why did it become the main fighting style in modern day MMA? Is it really that dominant of a style? Do you personally think there are better fighting styles than jujitsu (such as judo, wrestling, karate, boxing, kickboxing, etc.)?
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It’s one of a kind b/c it deals with the ground and all the other ones are all stand up. It’s like one fish that evolved to live on land while the other ones are still living in water.
D’ya ever see Royce Gracie?
Dominant in the first two UFC’s, against many larger opponents. If you don’t know jujitsu, or how to defend against it, you will get beaten. Find UFC 1 on youtube, it’s very instructional as to how this happens.
I have trained a little in Taekwondo and jujitsu, and quite frankly, the more striking sports work great when your opponents aren’t allowed to close the distance and take you down. But once you get close, jujitsu tends to rule. (more so than wrestling since the objective in MMA is not to put your opponent on his back, (where a jujitsu expert is very comfortable) but to make your opponent submit)
I would also contest that it is the most popular fighting style, as, for example, in the last UFC (110 at time of writing) only one fight ended with a submission. The five other fights that stopped were due to strikes. So I would rate striking as more popular now. But all MMA fighters need to know how to deal with a jujitsu expert.
It has become the main Martial Art of the MMA because it is showy, and won’t kill you or immediately destroy you. These kicks and punches presented by the MMA are (whether they know it or not) are simply intended to tear the flesh not to be powerful. If you’re considering a martial art for yourself and you don’t care about belt rank and truly want to learn to defend yourself, look for a local Bujinkan and take Ninjutsu. I’m not saying that these MMA idiots can’t kill you or knock you out, but all they do is stand there and punch, and it doesn’t matter how strong you are if you are out of range you are out of range, and that is the basic principal of Ninjutsu (don’t get hit!).
cause you take what was once a dominate position for the opponent and turn it into a position where you can win the fight with a submission or transition into a dominate position for yourself.
It came to prominence in the US and around the world after Royce Gracie showed how effective it was against larger opponents with varying martial arts styles, e.g., boxing, karate, and wrestling, while winning the first, second, and fourth UFC tournaments.
BJJ is not the main fighting style in modern day MMA. It is only one of the many system used in mma, along with wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, judo, and other art forms.
There is no one better style. All style are effective and are dependent on the situation at hand and the practitioner. For example, many of BJJ champion have lost mma fights due to T(KO)s.
Im not an mma fighter but my guess is the fact that royce gracie beat everyone in the first few ufc’s… and if im not mistaken wasn’t the ufc started by the gracies?
The Gracie family, who originated BJJ, became famous for winning challenge matches against other styles, first in Vale Tudo (“Anything Goes”) matches in Brazil, then in the UFC (Royce Gracie won three of the first four tournaments), then in smaller shows in the US, and in shows in Japan. Even BJJ practitioners who weren’t members of the Gracie family, like Vitor Belfort, Allan Goes, and Marcus Silveria did very well in early MMA matches. The Gracies also had a good marketing strategy, which the original UFC was part of; by showing how “superior” they were to other styles, they got people to think their way was best, and to sign up for classes. Though BJJ only proved to be a limited strategy, it’s still the base for the ground game in MMA, and even practitioners from other styles (Sambo, Judo, Catch wrestling) must have an understanding of BJJ principles in order to succeed in MMA.
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