Steve Mocco to enter MMA

Umm where did GSP wrestle in college?

Also, the state of MMA right now is that everyone needs to have a wrestling base, but wrestling alone will not get it done anymore at the top levels. Too many fighters have learned how to stop a takedown, especially against the fence. Without something to threaten with on the feet, a wrestler is dead in the water in modern high-level mma.

Watch Chad Mendes vs. Jose Aldo for an example.
 


Umm where did GSP wrestle in college?

Also, the state of MMA right now is that everyone needs to have a wrestling base, but wrestling alone will not get it done anymore at the top levels. Too many fighters have learned how to stop a takedown, especially against the fence. Without something to threaten with on the feet, a wrestler is dead in the water in modern high-level mma.

Watch Chad Mendes vs. Jose Aldo for an example.

ESPN "pound for pound" Top Ten ranked MMA fighters:

#2 Jon Jones- Junior College National Champ
#3 GSP- Trains with the Canadian National team and considered an attempt at the 2012 Olympics
#6 Ben Henderson- NAIA All-American
#7 Frankie Edgar- 4 time National Qualifier @ Clarion
#8 Dan Henderson- Olympic wrestler

Yep, wrestlers are dead in the water in high modern MMA.

The easiest thing to teach in MMA is the strike as it's the most natural of fighting techniques. The thing that makes the wrestler so successful, isn't the wrestling alone, it's the training and mental toughness that has been forged through the years. They are the best equipped with the weight cut, and the wrestling room is the best environment to mold mental toughness in ones pre-adult years.
 




ESPN "pound for pound" Top Ten ranked MMA fighters:

#2 Jon Jones- Junior College National Champ
#3 GSP- Trains with the Canadian National team and considered an attempt at the 2012 Olympics
#6 Ben Henderson- NAIA All-American
#7 Frankie Edgar- 4 time National Qualifier @ Clarion
#8 Dan Henderson- Olympic wrestler

Yep, wrestlers are dead in the water in high modern MMA.

The easiest thing to teach in MMA is the strike as it's the most natural of fighting techniques. The thing that makes the wrestler so successful, isn't the wrestling alone, it's the training and mental toughness that has been forged through the years. They are the best equipped with the weight cut, and the wrestling room is the best environment to mold mental toughness in ones pre-adult years.

He did say w/o something to threaten w/ on their feet they'd be dead in the water which i agree with. All of those guys on that list can really throw their hands. But i do agree with everything you said. as long as a wrestler is well rounded, that's the best base.
 






Jon Jones, GSP, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Frankie Edgar, Gray Maynard, Rash Evans, Rampage. All college wrestler.

How could you forget about Matt Hughes? He never became a great striker, but added ju jitsu along with ground and pound, submission skills to become a dominant fighter.

I look at the 3 most dominant fighters currently(GSP,Silva,Jones) and all of them are just freakish athletes. Jones' wingspan and length is such that he can practically do anything he wants. He throws elbows the way most people throw jabs. GSP/Silva have unreal flexibility and can contort their body to do about anything they want it to. Couture/Hughes were a little rigid and stiff, but were able to add other elements to become great fighters.
 






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