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Originally Posted by nwtogame
OK (ok maybe just to fire things up a lil) but I'm going to decide and go against the grain. Now I'm new to all this so I need and appreciate your opinions. I have some time before I can beign classes so I figure i might as well research what I can about all styles and go from there. As of late I've been doing the forum thing and reading what ppls views are. Right now I have to admit though that I'm thinking a base of muay thai with basic knowledge of BJJ would be the best bet. Maybe I'm kind of biased though cause I used to box and still love to strike (spar). I don't see the advantage of being a good grappler if someone is very good striker and you can never get a hold of him or if you do it doesn't last long enough to finihs because of him close distance striking. I do really have respect for BJJ though and will prolly undoubtly be taking that as well but I'm a little confused to where the advantage to grappling over striking is in the MMA ring? I have almost sealed the deal in my mind that in a real life situation I don't want to be grappler, lol, most fights now a days are rarely one on one and who want to be on the ground when facing multiple opponents if you don't have to? All opposing/for opinions very welcome. One more thing if you come on here saying that BJJ is the only way to go and the only thing you KNOW is BJJ you already too biased thus negating your opinion (again my opinion).
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If you are fighting mma you will need at least a purple belts knowledge. If you go in there with only very basic knowledge you will get creamed unless your fighting some untrained idiot. I have done a lot more than BJJ. I have done muay thai but from my experience and from people I know experiences. It is better to start with it. Depending on what level you are fighting on, you can get a purple belt in bjj and train a year of mt and probaly do o.k. But the other way around, several years of mt and then just doing a year of BJJ the result will probaly be different. You will probaly be taken down by a more experienced grappler and get tapped. It is better to get the several years of grappling out of the way first. It is much easier to close the distance and grapple then to stay away and strike. I doubt you will find a person you can't touch and they keep you away. Especially the primary a striker. The really ironic thing is that people skilled in grappling are more qualified to keep the fight standing and strike then the striker. Here is a drill you can do, get a friend and have him charge forward for a takedown or clinch and you try to stay away. Even though this is a thread about mma I will answer your multiple opponent thing. A striker faces the same disadvantages as a grappler. Actually the grappler is more qualified to keep the fight standing in a multiple opponent situation because they practice breaking out of clinches and defending takedowns more. While a primarily a striker would easily get taken down and stepped on. The funny thing is that I have had to fight multiple opponents and I used my grappling skills more than my striking. It was impossible to stay away and strike so I spent a lot of time defending takedowns and I ussually used a body as a shield and I found doing a simple takedown on the opponent and then attacking the other was a much better strategy than trying to defend the takedowns and keep away and strike the person while the other one was hitting the back of my head. It was better to simply take one down and then you only have one to deal with until the other gets up, it was much better than trying to strike and defend takedowns leaving the others to hit you because they are still standing.