Better self defense Judo or BJJ?

Half the class is standing, using throws. The other half is pure ground work. Ground submissions is a part of Judo. No striking technique though, which is too bad.

 

There was not one Judo or Sambo fighter in the UFC in the first 4 UCF events ( which Gracie dominated)! Why is that? There was Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Savate, Jo Son Do (Lol), even Sumo, everything you could think of basically. Rorion Gracie owned the UFC, it was like great big infomercial for BJJ grappling. None of the fighters with the exception of Shamrock, and finally Severn by UFC 4 had ground expericance. I have alot of repsect for the Gracies and BJJ, and all that they done for the sport. But I think they intentionally didn't pick any Sambo or Judo fighters to compete in the early UFC's that Royce won.

Judoka, Masahiko "Kimura" gave Helio Gracie the beating of his life. Kiruma repeatedly took Gracie down with throws, choked Gracie unconscious, and broke his arm! Helio wouldn't give up and his corner had to throw in the towel. The Gracies knew that a great Judo or Sambo fighter could defend themselves. The Gracies wanted to prove that BJJ was the best self defense by creating the UFC, but why not pick the Arts that they personally knew were the most dangerous to BJJ?

Royce Gracie showed the world BJJ, and it really took off after the early UFC's. Everyone was like god damn, I need to learn that. Had Royce been a Muay Thai fighter or something, everyone would of wanted to learn that.

 

I admit, I don't know much about Padoel. Although Sherdog has his " Style" listed as "Jiu Jitsu / BJJ". Even if he does have vast Judo experiance, you take an average Judoka and put him against the very best BJJ grappler it is not an even fight.

http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=33

 

Congratulations to Richard Crunkilton for his WEC victory tonight. He is local fighter to where I live now, and is a brown belt in Judo. Richard teaches MMA at the Armory in Daytona.

Richard had some awesome take downs tonight. Richard was lifting his opponents leg over his shoulder and taking him down. No way he wasn't going down.

 

What are the differences between Judo and Sambo???


I asked my Sensei, and he said they are nearly the same thing. And I really havn't seen much of a difference. All I have read is that Judo doesn't allow leg leg locks but uses chokes. Sambo uses leg locks, but doesn't allow chokes.

 

Care to elaborate any? Just saying Sambo is a much broader art doesn't help out much. I have been reading on the subject, the biggest differance I see is that chokes are not allowed in Sambo, but allowed in Judo. Leg locks are not allowed in Judo, but used in Sambo.