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Originally Posted by WarChild
I'm not sure how you can say positvely that "a pure BJJ guy would get destroyed in the cage by an MMA fighter.".
My old instructor, a pure BJJ fighter is the Vale Tudo Panama champion, currently. On top of that, he fought in Bodog, against an MMA guy that was more rounded, mounted him and pounded him out.
So I guess it can't always be the same then?
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lol.. Even the BJJ purests cross train. We get board beating down the whole class day in and day out. We are already athletes, picking up new things like punching and kicking is easer than an athletic buff gym guy picking up MMA.
I do stupid shit, like hold a diet pepsi while playing guard or make a cell phone call and play guard with no hands for 30 min. at a time. And i do this to Purple belts. lol
I kick-box and box western style. I love it!! It sounds funny, but i like being a student too. Every where i go to train, i end up teaching. Its kinda lame for my personal training, but its even lamer if i dont teach and dont answer questions. People get so excited because of my level and my willingness to share info.
BJJ is an awesome start to MMA. But you cant neglect your striking
