In all seriousness CJ, I would have to go with what I know. I haven't studied anything else enough to know what I would want to use.
What kind of contest? I wouldn't want to enter a striking contest because I don't like getting my face beaten in (i.e. kickboxing, MT, etc).
I'm assuming that you are talking about entering an NHB contest? If that is the case I would want stronger submission skills and excellent cardio. Striking, grappling, takedowns, all of these are important. But the ace in the hole has got to be submission.
As they say, "if you know submissions, you are never out of the fight." I have watched every MMA contest I can and rarely do I see a striker beat a submission grappler. Statistically speaking, but you can always find exceptions.
When a grappler and a striker square up in ring the grappler will usually win. Why? Because he makes it a grappling match. If the striker has crosstrained in grappling, then he has a strong chance of winning, but he is no longer a pure striker, and again it's a grappling match.
Self defense situations are quite a bit different. Here a pure striker can "win". In competition however, I believe that submission skills and conditioning are paramount.
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