adboxerz28
White Belt
Ok I know this subject has been beat over many times so I will try to make this post somewhat original.
I'm a little frustrated with the muay thai that you see in mma matches which looks more like kick boxing than anything, I see alot of mma fighters that say they have years in muay thai training but I don't see any muay thai techniques whatsoever all I see is boxing with a few leg kicks. It seems mma has almost become its own martial art in which everyone in the sport trains in a western version of "muay thai" and BJJ. Don't get me wrong I love mma but thats all it seems to be nowadays, which is pretty basic stuff. My first question is, is there a reason why traditional muay thai techniques are not used in mma or even other forms of ma like shaolin kung fu are never practiced in mma. I understand mma fighters train and fight on a regular basis as opposed to many ma's and I understand to survive in the ufc and such you must cross train and get yourself a ground game, however why does it seem so limited to a westernized version of MT and BJJ. Did other ma's just not work or do the practicioners (talkin master level) not care enough to bother with mma competitions.
For example someone fully trained in other ma's like muay boran, lethwei, kung fu and others (i know a little over the top) you would think they would be superior to a regular mma fighter no? I know alot of the techniques used in those martial arts would by no means be allowed in an mma competition, but people that train every day in such brutal ma's would definately have that physique and toughness needed to compete in mma competitions. Add the fact that they are superior arts I don't see an mma fighter having much of a chance. Again this is completely hypothetical and probably not realistic because so far we haven't seen any hard evidence of this I just can't figure out why, and I can't accept the fact that these mma guys would be the best fighters in the world. Although I do understand mma is a sport and they are trained in that sport and a traditional ma or even combat artist is not trained in that sport but in combat so with certain rules it can make for different outcomes.
I'm a little frustrated with the muay thai that you see in mma matches which looks more like kick boxing than anything, I see alot of mma fighters that say they have years in muay thai training but I don't see any muay thai techniques whatsoever all I see is boxing with a few leg kicks. It seems mma has almost become its own martial art in which everyone in the sport trains in a western version of "muay thai" and BJJ. Don't get me wrong I love mma but thats all it seems to be nowadays, which is pretty basic stuff. My first question is, is there a reason why traditional muay thai techniques are not used in mma or even other forms of ma like shaolin kung fu are never practiced in mma. I understand mma fighters train and fight on a regular basis as opposed to many ma's and I understand to survive in the ufc and such you must cross train and get yourself a ground game, however why does it seem so limited to a westernized version of MT and BJJ. Did other ma's just not work or do the practicioners (talkin master level) not care enough to bother with mma competitions.
For example someone fully trained in other ma's like muay boran, lethwei, kung fu and others (i know a little over the top) you would think they would be superior to a regular mma fighter no? I know alot of the techniques used in those martial arts would by no means be allowed in an mma competition, but people that train every day in such brutal ma's would definately have that physique and toughness needed to compete in mma competitions. Add the fact that they are superior arts I don't see an mma fighter having much of a chance. Again this is completely hypothetical and probably not realistic because so far we haven't seen any hard evidence of this I just can't figure out why, and I can't accept the fact that these mma guys would be the best fighters in the world. Although I do understand mma is a sport and they are trained in that sport and a traditional ma or even combat artist is not trained in that sport but in combat so with certain rules it can make for different outcomes.