First of all MMA, includes both striking and grappling, two of the most important elements of a real fight.
Many fights start as a one-on-one conflict but quickly become a multiple opponent situation.
Many MMA fighters have the grappling mindset and are inclined to take their opponent to the ground, where they prefer to fight.
Every grappling position on the ground will put you in jeopardy of being kicked or kneed in the head if you’re fighting more than one opponent.
Should you be taken down in a multiple opponent fight, you need to know ground fighting in order to escape the situation.
A common slogan among Jiu Jitsu practitioners is that “Most fights end up on the ground”.
Street fights rarely take place on a soft floor.
It’s important to feel comfortable fighting with and without shoes on.
Even many strikers, like Muay Thai fighters for example, have never trained with shoes on.
The individual who’s willing to take the fight to the next level, and knows how to, will often win.
In the old Catch Wrestling days, many fights were won with broken fingers and/or missing eyes.
Should you ever end up in the prison system, practically every fight involves a makeshift edged weapon.
MMA fighters like to compare themselves to modern gladiators.
It’s exactly like Jiu Jitsu or Muay Thai in that a skilled practitioner of knife or stick fighting can dominate a novice.
The unfortunate truth is that in a street fight setting a gun can often come into play.
Most everyone in the martial arts community knows that the Filipino Martial Arts of Kali and Escrima are the best arts for knife and stick fighting.
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Mixed Martial Arts has proven that being a well-rounded and complete fighter involves cross-training.
There is no single martial art that has everything needed to be a successful MMA fighter, even within the limits set by the rules.
Once the rules have been removed, as in a street fight, many more elements and skill sets come into play.
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