It is vitally important in today's competitive world of MMA to plan and think through your fighting style. Fighting styles are often predominantly determined simply by the martial art or sport we take up first. For example if you "got into" MMA through boxing your style will likely be that of the typical MMA boxer. Now whilst this may suit some people the best fighters will have taken some thought over how they should approach they're training.
Good examples of fighting styles can be seen in these modern MMA fighters:-
- Jake Shields, Frank Mir and BJ Penn (Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu)
- Karo Parysian (Judo)
- Frakie Edgar (Boxer)
- Gray Maynard and Ryan Bader (Wrestler)
However some interesting fighters have made it their style to be prolific in multiple areas, some further examples of these are:-
- Georges St Pierre
- Anderson Silva
It is no coincidence that these two examples are probably the most dominant fighters in their respective weight categories of the modern era. The only fighters to come anywhere near this level of dominance were Liddell, Hughes, Couture and Penn.
So we can see that the pro's all have their own fighting styles. New MMA fighters should carefully consider what they wish their style to be, which particular martial art suits their body type and shape, whether the training available in a specific area is of a significantly high standard or simply which art they enjoy practising. In order to do this we should look at the main martial arts that are driving forward modern MMA in the next upcoming blog.
Remember fight hard but fight smart.
Yak
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