Ground and pound, hasn't made much impact in Hollywood movie fighting yet.

That's because most people wouldn't understand it and appreciate it. Honestly most people don't understand the striking game either but, it looks much more flashy.

 

So?

 

You see people punching people on the ground all the time, sure they might not have proper control, but still it's ground and pound.

 

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The world will take some time to be desensitized. Unfortunately then it will become more acceptable.

 

normal people wont ever understand the ground game unless they are personally exposed to it in some way. most mainstream fans or casual viewers are always going to question wtf two guys are doing on the ground.

 

I guess you never saw Fight Club?

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Ground and pound happens in movies all the time dude, **** I was watching Hot Tub Time Machine the other day and even that had gnp.

 

@ GNP being too "sophisticated" for the layman or above anyone's head.

It's an effective but ugly style, and will always be considered ugly compared to pure stand-up striking or artful application of BJJ. Get over it.

 

I'm not sure what the point of this thread is anyway. Movies are usually the works of fantasy are they not? Action movies often depict all sorts of unrealistic scenarios which literally defy the laws of physics. The fighting scenes are often every bit as overly-dramatic and exaggerated. What difference does it make? Am I supposed to wait for Hollywood to accept MMA? How many people who direct and produce mainstream films know the least bit about fighting and what aspects to appreciate?

 

Real life isnt biased towards wrestlers, these wrestlers would get knees to the head, soccer kicked, blows to the back of the head etc etc. Why do you think wrestlers isnt so huge in Japan? Its because the rules is again different, where submissions and KO's wins matches and not some point LnP garbage.

 

I do agree that rules can change everything.

but a good wrestler would be hard to contend with on the street or anyplace else.

 

Wrestling is huge in Japan, dumbass.

Street fights don't take place on mats, and wrestling isn't just on the ground; hint, the wrestler is going to be throwing people onto concrete, usually head first.

 

not really the dominate style though, right beebs

 

Wrestling is huge in Japan but not wrestling in MMA, judo is bigger there within the context of MMA.

As for wrestlers in the street, WTF, in street fights, you dont have the comfort of 10 minutes wrestling each other with no one else getting involved.