16 oz gloves, only in sparring, well I wear 12 oz 8 oz for fights.... anyway gloves mean jack shit when you are using knees and elbows.
This post is not directly directed at anyone personally so relax.
The reason why I get so fed up with UFC fans claiming UFC to be realistic is that these guys (the fellas making the claims) usually have no fight experience whatsoever and take the word of a couple of buisness men promoting themselves and using "street" as a good tool.
Going to the ground in a bar is dumb, can you picture it? I am ready to get into a fight and the next thing I know is there is some student guy who read a book about Gracie's and UFC trying to take me to the ground!!! haha, man that would be hilarious! The one thing you will do however is try and get the fight over as quickly as possible and that means hitting him hard and fast. You dont want to try and take him to the ground for a submission!!! haha, although how wonderful it may work in UFC I doubt it would be as effective in a crowded pub or club, hell even on the street I doubt that strategy would be the first to use....
....the truth is, to fight in UFC its a good thing to learn ground grappling and I am not knocking the effectivness of ground grappling, I think we should all at least know some aspects of grappling as thats where most fights actually do go, STANDING clinch, when they do go to the ground it is because of lack of fighting ability and bad balance and no control, what happens when you know how to stand and grapple and fight? then the ground will be a strange far away place that you'd be better off never visiting!
Face the facts, UFC has only proven one thing and that is, to fight in UFC it would be a good idea to really concentrate on Muay Thai skills and mix it with a little ground work so as to get it back to where you'll get a knockout, on your feet.
Just because you are trained in BJJ do not feel that you will automatically dominate your opponent simply because he doesnt know BJJ or something similar, thats utter bullshit.
UFC is boring, its like watching paint dry, two men going for a submission is probably the most channel changing sport I can possibly imagine, similar to golf, when they do actually strike each other the techniques and skill is 50% to say the least. So to compare UFC with reality is the dumbest thing you could do, its dumb to compare any ring sport with reality....
......if you want to learn street self defence I would recommend not to learn any mystical art that has some death touch technique but simply join a Muay Thai gym, an authentic Muay Thai gym, Muay Thai is the first thing I would learn for street self defense, THE FIRST and foremost, why? well because its the easiest to learn and the most practical, straight forward no shit, mix that with the type of person you are and you will either have a shit fighter who knows Muay Thai or one crazy mofo who knows Muay Thai.
you are either born a fighter or you are not, you cannot become a fighter, you will either be a fighter or you will not be a fighter its as simple as that. UFC guys are born fighters thats why they are so tough and just because you will train in what they train in doesnt mean that you then become instant UFC fighter...!
So if you are the Uni student training in martial arts and feel you are the dogs bollox or the avid UFC fan who has never fought or experienced aggression from another human being I would ask you to think about the shit that you claim before actually claiming it in public, its makes you look stupid and makes other people get pissed off at you.
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