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Originally Posted by StealthFighter
going to an mma gym without a base: you will become decent. a jack of all trades since you'll be learning bits from every art. but you'll never become good at just one thing.
say you train at mma gym for 5 years. if you go into a ADCC tournament, you will get destroyed because you aren't good enough in submission grappling.
assuming both of you train equally as hard and are both about the same skill level. with your 5 years of mma, a guy with 4 years spent training at muay thai and jiujitsu who then spends 1 year at mma will most likely tool you. he will have a strong base at stand up and kickboxing. the 1 year of mma was just the glue to let the fighter be more well rounded.
if you're looking to compete. don't go into just mma. you gotta take separate arts at the same time and then use mma to be more complete. like getting use to the smaller gloves or learning to ground and pound.
almost all top level mma guys have a base in something. the best are the ones that can transition their base into mma. some guys can't transition that well even though they are the most elite in their arts. like ricardo arona
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Theres nothing wrong with just going straight into MMA training with no prior martial arts experience, aside from the fact that your physical strength and conditioning wont be up to par.
98% of guys who take part dont have the physical/mental abilities to have a succesfull career anyways, so mentioning about competing in elite grappling tournaments like Abu Dabi to an absolute beginner is a moot point.
Arona is one of the top reps to ever come into MMA from BJJ, so saying that he wasnt successful is a foolish statement. He could easily come back into MMA and dominate the majority of 205 guys, especially if he came back into a promotion that uses the cage. You think GSP has an explosive double leg? lol Have a look at that guys mma career.