If you had to teach a fighter....

Got it in one tbh. Seems to be the standard skill sets for training in modern MMA. Some TKD kicks can be effective at range and maybe Judo for the clinch too

 

your not gonna get much deviance from that list tbh except for judo perhaps

How would you rank those in importance tho?

 

Yeah, that's about it.

It's near impossible to rank them according to importance because all of those are necessary at some point. Roughly though, I'd be going

Wrestling
BJJ
Boxing
Muay Thai
Judo
other...

 

Kickboxing
Greco Roman Wrestling
Bjj

 

I would personally start with boxing then teach the other martial arts off of that. Many will disagree but I think if I teach someone text book boxing it is easier to teach them how to grapple and strike from that stance rather than teaching someone textbook wrestling or Muay Thai and then teach them different martial arts.

 

I'd start with boxing as well. Then wrestling then BJJ. I think a fighter who excels at boxing and is average at wrestling and bjj is more dangerous then any other combination of the three skills.

 

Id work from the ground up personally TD defence, BJJ defence, boxing, Clinch GrecoRoman/Dirty Boxing/Judo, TD & sub offence, add kicks when confident of TD Defence

 

Those are the 4 :good

 

i would start with muay thai then teach them defensive wrestling and TDD so they can keep the fight standing and everyone loves a banger and a KO reel will always get people interested. Then BJJ for when they eventually get taken down but mainly focus on stuffing the other person from doing anything. Perhaps some judo throws in there

 

As others have pointed out, you've mentioned the key areas. I'll attempt to put them in order.

1. BJJ
Do not forget the lessons learned in the first UFCs. Every fighter that amounts to anything learns BJJ. If you've never wrestled, you must learn it because you are going to be put on your back by a wrestler. You're not going to just out wrestler a seasoned wrestler if you're just starting out. If you are a wrestler, you have to learn the dangers of strikes and submissions from every position. Dan Severn is probably a more decorated wrestler than Royce Gracie is a BJJ practitioner. Severn also outweighed Royce by around 80lbs. Royce was still able to submit Severn.

2. Thai boxing
Most importantly, checking leg kicks. Learning how to avoid head kicks also helps. Muay Thai is the art of 8 limbs. It deals with punches, elbows, kicks, and knees. BJJ teaches you how to defend against these striking attacks, especially in the clinch and on the ground. Thai boxing allows you to expand your defense to other ranges, and teaches how to dish out some strike of your own.

3. Wrestling
Freestyle for the leg attacks, and Greco-Roman for the clinch. Take downs are huge, sometimes too huge, in mma. Hardly anyone executes, and defends, the take down better than a wrestler.

4. Boxing
A boxer's punches are shorter, and have better leverage, than most Muay Thai practitioners. Boxing also teaches the importance of one of mma's most underutilized weapons, the jab.

 

i like this breakdown :good

 

Krav Maga, and like 99% of it would be illegal or ineffective in MMA