What skillset is best to make a good fighter?

[Darren Avey]

Im learning BJJ at the moment and have some boxing experience but I think learning so Muay thai would be good. What about Judo?Wrestling?

[BigCyp]

Do more boxing.

[gracie bjj]

judo/bjj/muay thia is all a person needs imo

[Simple Simon]

Smith and Wesson.

[benchmstr]

Im learning BJJ at the moment and have some boxing experience but I think learning so Muay thai would be good. What about Judo?Wrestling?

Boxing and Krav Maga

If you don't master the art of throwing a punch what's the point of the rest of the game?

And unless your gonna do actual MMA type events bjj and wrestling are kinda useless since they are based on single attacker situations

Bench

[jon cole]

Im learning BJJ at the moment and have some boxing experience but I think learning so Muay thai would be good. What about Judo?Wrestling?

killer+survival instinct.

The rest is bullshit.

[benchmstr]

killer+survival instinct.

The rest is bullshit.

That's referred to as the super type A

Bench

[Palpatine Q]

Why are you so obsessed with fighting people ?

Are you a pissed off person ?

[OneMoreRep]

Im learning BJJ at the moment and have some boxing experience but I think learning so Muay thai would be good. What about Judo?Wrestling?

For standup, I'd train heavily with Muay Thai.

For groundwork, I'd train mainly with no-gi Brazilian JiuJitsu with a focus on MMA application that includes strikes (versus sports JiuJitsu). Sports JiuJitsu, like what is seen in the Pan Ams and Worlds, is great if you look at a fight as taking place solely on the ground and with no use of strikes. Learn the basics of BJJ (up until about 4-stripe Blue or 1-stripe purple) and then concentrate more on no-gi JiuJitsu and make sure your instructor incorporates both strikes and uses guards that are good for evading strikes (Lister Guard, Penn's Damn Good Guard etc).

Within your groundwork, I would incorporate Wrestling in order to learn how to better control your opponent once on the ground and also to learn to have proper takedown defense.

Spend some time with a Judo sho-dan in order to pick up excellent hip control and throwing power, which can allow for great transitions into your ground game.

So, in order, to maximize your potential stick with Muay Thai and no-gi JiuJitsu with MMA application. The combination of these two will allow you to have solid standup and ground game. Polish both disciplines by incorporating Judo and Wrestling.

"1"

[CalvinH]

Why are you so obsessed with fighting people ?

Are you a pissed off person ?

Lots of midgets have a Napoleon complex.

[Kwon_2]

Styles i trained
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For Standup / striking i used to focus on Tapout

And for Grappling / Takedowns and the Groundgame in general i trained Bellator.

For the general athletic training (cardio, strength, flexibility etc), i trained UFC.
Many useful techniques, like how to hone the lactic acid etc

I also trained self-defence (not to be used in the ring/cage) with many lethal techniques to incapacitate(and even kill!) a person when i trained the art of Mirage Hotel.

For the final drill (and when we got our exam), we trained standing in Paperbags.

Hope this helps Darren!

[RagingBull]

Assuming a person is athletic, coordinated and has natural ability, BJJ and Muay Thai are a great combination.  Just because you have a black belt means absolutely nothing.  "Serve the time and get a belt" philosophy of schools gives many a false sense of security. 

[oldtimer1]

Wrestling for take downs and take down defense. So many BBJ guys can't take people down because they don't really practice it and eat a lot of strikes. A lot of wrestlers can win the majority of their street fights with a simple ground and pound. We see now in the UFC how many top tier guys come from a wrestling back ground who transition into BJJ and Muay Thai. I really believe in ten short years Brazil will play a very small role in the UFC as the US gets more of their wrestlers involved in the sport.

Boxing or Muay Thai. Most guys that haven't been in a striking match have no clue how getting hit actually is. If you could stay on your feet with sprawling and other techniques a good striker can put a beating on BJJ guy because I have seen so many BJJ strip mall dojo guys that can't get someone to the ground. They are always starting from the knees.

Brazilian Jui jutsu for submissions.  


I said this many times. In the streets weapons come into play. A good knife fighter is just about impossible to beat. A guy with a base ball bat is also tough. Many are carrying guns both legally and illegally.

[gracie bjj]

i agree,that starting from knees is crap,ive left afew schools cause of that. thats why i wrestled in high school n took judo in addition to my NO-GI grappling. my 7yrd old son been wrestling 2 yrs now n wrestling is best base ever for MMA PERIOD

[Henda]

Darren you arent the most handsome of chaps and fighting will only make matters worse.

[_bruce_]

Weapons in order of deadliness...

3 MOAB
2 Fusion Bomb
1 Full frontal view of Darren

[gracie bjj]

we should all just carry weapons of mass destruction n when someone fucks with us we just scream (getbig forever) n blow up the whole fuckin country

[Thick Nick]

1. Speed

2. Balance

That is all.

[bigmc]

Lots of midgets have a Napoleon complex.

i should really knock this out of the park

[Tapeworm]

Lots of midgets have a Napoleon complex.

Stay outta Russia, kid.

[Shockwave]

Boxing/muy thai/jiu jitsu

judo is awesome as well, it just looks badass.

seems like boxing focuses on a lot of techniques that are somewhat glossed over in more traditional forms of MMA stand up. .. the couple dudes I knew who made the transition to MMA from boxing had excellent luck, as some of their boxing skills put them ahead of skme of the other guys that had just been training muy thai/kickboxing. ....

[the trainer]

Im learning BJJ at the moment and have some boxing experience but I think learning so Muay thai would be good. What about Judo?Wrestling?

You need to be brave with killer instinct and no gym can teach you this.

[GRACIE JIU-JITSU]

 Master yourself... first.

[Pork_Chop]

Krav Maga is extremely effective, but timing aquired through hundreds of hours of boxing is unrivalled in my opinion.

But intimidation/confidence can scare a threat away or question themselves, to the point no fists are thrown.

[Hulkotron]

You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance.