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Originally Posted by Muay Thai Guy
Ok let me put it to yous this way K-1 World Max in Japan is where the very best and I mean the best fighters in this world compete in a tournment to see who is the best top of the line fighter. And what do you know a Muay Thai fighter from Thailand named Buakaw Por. Pramuk went and won it all for the $100,000 bank. And I didn't see any san-show fighters in it because the aint good enough to have a world event yet. San-Show is not bad I was just laying it down with the facts that Muay Thai is the ultimate fighting style ever Mcay  |
agreed
In my opinion, the muaythai vs shanshou tournaments has nothing to do with the question which art is better. This is because, when thay used shanshou rules, it means the shanshou fights between thais and chineses. In contrast, if they applied muaythai rules, so, we just see the muay thai matches between guys from the two countries.
Muaythai (the old version) was designed to be used in the battle field so they don't need to spend time on the gound that is why there are not many groud games in it. The concept is to kill or stop your opponent(s) on the field (as you can see some muayboran moves in Ong Bak, Tony Jaa emphasised on brutal knee and elbow strikes).
In the early 90's the fighters could score from takedowns just as shanshou does now. I think they prohibited that rule because they need to see the more flowing fights and it is easier for the judges to score.
If you aim to practice martialart for self-defend or street fights pure muaythai is more than enough. For whom doesn't believe me, go to read this story (
http://manager.co.th/Daily/ViewNews....=9470000039045) if you can read Thai
. If you wanna fight in K-1, muaythai is probably the best choice. If you wanna be good at MMA, practice muaythai + groud fighting arts then.
just my two cents