Comments on: Why call it mixed martial arts when its really just college wrestling?

By: Hugh Jass

Hugh Jass — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:26:53 +0000

Well let me break it down for you:

1. Most of these guys start off specialized in one art and then play “catch up” in the others, ie someone is a BJJ blackbelt and then they learn a little striking and start fighting

2. I have never seen anyone in MMA with a rank of above blackbelt in any art. Blackbelt is nothing, at blackbelt you haven’t relly begun to understand the art yet.

3. Yes a good percentage of these guys would have trouble in a street fight. Street fights have no rules, they have weapons, there are no rounds, no ref, no gloves, no weight classes, and worst of all for the people in the sport martial arts you can’t sit there and size up your opponent and spar like you would in the ring.

I’m not saying MMA is bad, it’s the best version of two guys beating the sh!t out of eachother so far. BUT what I want to see is some people in there who actually have some experience in at least ONE art before they decide they’re “the man to pwn all others.”

By: solarianus

solarianus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:02:20 +0000

Hmmmm, did a little folk style wrestling myself…..and i don’t remember and of the punches, kicks, elbow strikes, or submissions. Really, having done both wrestling and combatives…..wrestling is important background, but has little to do with the actual combatives.

By: DbHK

DbHK — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:07:33 +0000

You’re an idiot….I’d love to fight you. I’ll make you regret the day you dishonored MMA by calling it wrestling….

By: shootersway

shootersway — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:05:06 +0000

I dont care for MMA or the people who think it is the end all and be all of fighting disciplines and use examples and situations they and you wouldn’t have the balls to be in to back up their claims but your comparisons are dead wrong .

By: Student123

Student123 — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:17:33 +0000

I see what you mean but your going too far since most of the welterweight divison are wrestlers but thats just clueless thing to say since there is striking and submissions some fights stay on the ground but they are showing countless submission attempts strikes and passes which is the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu its like a game of chess on the ground if you ever studied the art and actually did with some one you would understand the strategy and thinking that has to take place to say its just wrestling is not true because its actually jiu jitsu

By: jay j

jay j — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:01:05 +0000

GSP vs josh koschek will show u why. Yes a karate guy with some wrestling and submission training wasted an all american wrestler. Y is it mma and not wrestling, because wrestling is a just one part of the game.

MMA===============wrestling

striking, grappling,—————take downs n’ try’n to pin.
and submissions

another fight u should take a look at is a fight bettween a red haired guy who was in the Ultimate fighter (the Ultimate fighter that matt serra was fighting in) vs some olypic wrestler. To discripe the fight, sprawl and brawl. the fight was an old one and the red head was in the lions den.

By: Frank the tank

Frank the tank — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:39:07 +0000

Because everybody else doesn’t seem things the way you do….. that’s why.

I didn’t realize the College wrestling allowed strikes!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:22:09 +0000

ok so what ur saying is they wouldnt do good in a real street fight? so u would probably beat them? HAHAHAH u are clueless. first of all no one “helps” them tapout. tapping out isnt something you wanna do. second they do Boxing, brazzilian jiujitsu and a variety of martial arts if it was just wrestling then just tune into WWE which is fake. Does WWE look like MMA ? didnt think so you dont see half the stuff in wresling that yu see in MMA

By: adamfletcher

adamfletcher — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:47:22 +0000

Are you serious? How many fights have you watched? Do you not see people fight from the clinch, throw punches and elbows and knees, and use submissions that no wrestling program allows? Go rent some Pride FC DVDs or check out the second Hughes-St.Pierre fight. These guys do more than wrestle.

By: Dustin B

Dustin B — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:21:13 +0000

You should try watching it before making yourself look like an idiot. If you paid ANY attention at all, you’d realize how fucking stupid that statement is.