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Wrestling is the Best Style for MMA
The explosion in popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and other Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events has shined a light on one of America’s most popular and yet ignored sports, folkstyle wrestling. Any realistic Martial Arts system includes wrestling as proven by fighters such as Randy Coutore, Matt Hughers, and Matt Lindland. But what about wrestling has led so many wrestlers to MMA success?
One of the most important reasons is that lack of financial opportunities for wrestlers post-college. The United States is the only country in the world that actually teaches a different style of wrestling than the two types featured in the Olympics: Freestyle and Greco-roman. The folkstyle or scholastic style taught from youth all the way to the end of college is not an international style and so barring a bid at the Olympic Games, an event that occurs every four years, most wrestlers can not depend on wrestling to make a living. The opportunity to even make $1000 for a single low-level MMA fight is very tempting to amateur athletes.
Secondly, the skills developed through wrestling have direct applications toward Mixed Martial Arts. MMA and wrestling both include takedowns, greco-roman clinchwork, and the ability to scramble. Once the wrestler undergoes true MMA training which includes boxing, muay thai kickboxing, and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, he will become even more dangerous.
Finally, the work ethic of wrestlers is legendary. Pain and hard workouts are both parts of the sport of wrestling, both of which also are part of MMA. Furthermore, they are used to short-term weight loss… an aspect of professional MMA competition that is oft-ignored. Fighters such as Tito Ortiz and Rich Franklin routinely cut 20 lbs from one day to the next which gives them a huge advantage. Being used to such a physical ordeal from their grappling days, wrestlers can adapt more easily to it.
Since the United States is so good at wrestling, there is no doubt that any aspiring fighter should be training at wrestling.
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