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Originally Posted by TimBone
How well do you follow the sport? For years there has been controversy in judging where fighters working from their back have lost decisions to wrestlers who did very little with top position. This was because judges didn't know what they were watching and assumed the guy on his back was losing, simply because he was on his back most of the fight.
Wrestling is a great base for mma. Wrestlers are usually strong, understand body positioning and momentum, and most have the time have great endurance. They can usually survive their first few fights using simply their wrestling knowledge, while the train up other aspects of their game.
That being said though, a lot of the way the survive is safe, top control. The rules allow them to hold top position without doing much damage, as long as they appear 'active.' Adding more rules to help wrestlers will promote the practice even more, and in turn make the sport more boring. **** that in general.
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You make some solid points. I guess I just can't stand seeing a guy lay there with his legs coiled-up and the other guy dancing around him. It's just boring to me.
And I'm a wrestler, so it's in my DNA that losers count lights.
It's all good, and even with the flaws I percieve there to be, it's x100000 better than traditional boxing. Neither is easy, anybody who thinks that is silly, but for 95% of the world who "want to see a fight," MMA is by far a better product.