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What fighting system is generally dominant in irish mma-striking or grappling?

  • 01-11-2006 7:44am
    #1
    mickoo
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    What fighting system is generally dominant in irish mma-striking or grappling?
    obviously its best to have both but just interested as in ufc it used to be grappling and i think the strikers are taking over a bit-probably learned how to prevent take downs!


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  • #2
    paddyc
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    I aint no expert in it, but i'd say grappling is still well out there i terms of what people are training fro MMA


    go to any fight night and see how much is pent on the ground and how much standing up... in saying that things are starting to slowly change with a couple og gyms having thai boxing and boxing lads teaching there now, like in the US and UK, where they seem to be producing a lot of tidy fighters...


    Give it another few years and i am certain you will see the balancing up of styles...


    paddy


  • #3
    gymrabbit
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    MMA is MMA and each fighter is going to have his own style and preferences.

    Striking happens outside the clinch, within the clinch and on the ground. Don't forget that. Just because 2 people aren't haviong a boxing match doesn't mean there's no striking taking place.


  • #4
    FiannaGym.com
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    MMA is a new sport in Ireland. Gyms that train MMA are more often than not BJJ or Sub-wrestling gyms. So grappling is the most dominant "system".

    Things are changing though and fighters are training more and more striking. I think it is also only a matter of time before good thai boxers start making waves in MMA.

    To summurise, in Ireland, as is the case all around the world and through out history, the combination of thai, wrestling and bjj is dominant, that system is called MMA.

    One last thing, it drives me crazy when people say "both" in MMA like there are 2 separate entities, if anything there are 3 and even thats not quite accurate. (Stand-up, clinch and ground)

    "Conditioning is your best hold" - Karl Gotch, on second thoughts I'd say "cardio" is the dominant system in Irish MMA.

    Peace


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