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Originally Posted by Kevsh
I think you kind of missed my point - I did point out that guys like GSP are good on the ground, but how the fights have been won lately seems to lean toward striking, and avoiding takedowns. Look how each won their titles?
I'm not calling GSP a striker, clearly he has a ground game, but it's not how he beat Hughes. Nor how Liddell won his title, Sylvia or Silva.
And yes, it is "MMA" but all won their titles without ANY true ground game in their fights (unless you count avoiding takedowns as ground game!)
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Takedowns are part of grappling. Without a good ground game, you have no take down defense.
Everything is tied to gether in MMA. the striking is used to setup the shot, the shot is used to get top position, the scrample back up to the clinch is to get back to the ground, or to escape to get back to striking.
MMA is complete fighting.