you also forgetting that UFC rules.....i.e the gloves hinder Jiu Jitsu
It makes it harder to control your opponents wrists and ankles.....an harder to control the body..
The gloves also protect your hands........so you are more likely to throw more blows to the head without hurting yourself.
Watch some Vale Tudo videos if you want a more realistict street fight..--no gloves..hardly any rules..
See how your karate does there
that is why you have bjj without kimono as well.... no gi bjj
it is really not the gloves that hinder, they are grappling gloves you know?
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it is the fact that without a kimono certain moves are difficult to perform.
hence no gi bjj (without kimono) , really designed towards mma competition.
agreed about karate being useless in a mma fight. it is an martial ART... emphasis on ART.
a lot of moves are really useless and even dumb to do in a fight.... same goes for kung fu, tkd is even worse....aikido whatever.... etc etc..
mma is designed as a complete martial sport, fighting standing and ground fighting, pankration.....the old greeks were doing it already.
and there is a reason that wrestlers and bjj guys perform well in mma.... it is effective!
look at the average streetfight..... 90% of the time it ends on the ground.
and if you want real effectiveness in real life fighting there is krav maga.... but that is impossible to do in competion, because people will really get hurt... lol....