Ok first off MMA is in no way indicative of what happens in a street fight. Anyone that thinks that has never been in a real fight. I would have no problem fighting an MMA guy in a street fight where I can eye gouge, bite, grab/kick/punch the groin, crack knees, etc. You take away an MMA fighters ability to fight on the ground and you eliminate 50% of his efficacy. Now put me in a ring with an MMA fighter with rules and I'd have my ass handed to me.
The question if you really want to test an MMA's fighting ability is to put them in a street fight with someone 50lbs heavier than them and the tenacity to kill them. I.e. a real life or death street situation.
These MMA debates are bullshit. And its obvious many on this board have no clue as to the difference between fighting and self defense.
But hey Bluto thinks being a soccer "hooligan" means you're a street fighter. LMAO!