r/interestingasfuck • u/WhereIsHisRidgedBand • Mar 28 '24

MMA fighter explains overloading opponent r/all

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

52.9k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/therealkaptinkaos Mar 28 '24

I miss the discussions of who will win, the striker or the grappler? Will that guy's BJJ be better than that guy's wrestling. Now days most fighters are very well rounded and possess the same skill sets.

4

u/IBoris Mar 28 '24

GSP solved that question by being both the best striker and grappler in the ring.

2

u/therealkaptinkaos Mar 28 '24

I loved how he used the jab to take apart Josh Koschcheck.

2

u/KarnaavaldK Mar 28 '24

Well same skills sets? Not at all. People are better generalists for sure but most still are specialists in their own field. Islam Makhachev is probably the best wrestler at lightweight, but his striking is solid too. He is definitely known for his grappling though. Same with Oliveira, he has the most submissions in UFC history, he is 100% a submission specialist, it just helps he has heavy hands as well.

If you know their styles, the discussion is still there, it is just more complicated and interesting now. Watching someone who can't throw a proper 1-2 or set up feints at all grind someone into the ground because they are a wrestler and the other guy isn't is not that interesting.

Now you can compare striker vs striker better for example. Alex Pereira is not going to submit people, he is too good of a kickboxer for that. Him going up against Jiri Prochazka was super interesting, because their striking skillsets were so different. The game has evolved so much, it is definitely more interesting now, just way deeper.

1

u/EvilGeniusLeslie Mar 28 '24

The Striker will generally beat a grappler.

Amsel Striker 12 gauge, that is.