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Muay Thai is extremely effective, as well as western boxing.
I would rate Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as effective, but not as useful as most people here seem to think it is. If you are in a bar and a 300 lb dude comes at you, you don't want to hit the ground with him because you don't know where his buddies are in the crowd, and when you are busy trying to wrap up Bubba, his friends (or drunk bystanders) have plenty of time to find a pool cue or beer bottle to smash over your skull, and you aren't going anywhere, you are on the ground already.
And to those who say fights nearly always go to the ground, bullshit, and if they do go to the ground, its usually 1 person hitting the ground and immediately trying to get back up.
The Gracies started the whole "going to the ground" myth because for them, nearly every fight DOES go to the ground, because they take it there!
That said, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu really is great for wrapping people up, and I would call it absolutely essential as a supplement to your primary stand-up fighting art (Muay Thai/Boxing).
I have been training Muay Thai/San Soo/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for just over four years now, and this is my conception from my experiences and from others.
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