Originally Posted by CanFightIt

A successful street fighter will usually rely less on submission and more on control and damage. Therefore, a competent stand up game utilizing either kick boxing or Thai boxing (or both preferably) is necessary. Also, in a street fight you will need to be able to take your opponent to the ground as well as defend a take down. Therefore, knowledge and training in wrestling or judo is advised. Once these basics have been accomplished, I would work on choking submissions (rear naked and guillotine) as they are the most effective in real life scenarios.