If you had to teach a fighter....

Boxing
BJJ
Greco roman wrestling
Muy thai

 

How is it usefull in sport then? Theres a reason you see no krav maga experts!

 

krav maga is the art of groin shots and eye gouging

 

Turn of the century boxing would be far etter to study IMO, the parries and accuracy that were vital for wearing 4oz gloves are far more relevant to MMA than the hands up approach (most) favour today.

Bob Fitzsimmons seems in a good position to sprawl if Corbett woulda shot for a double leg IMO ;-)

Wrestling
BJJ
Muay Thai

Wrestling seems the most dominant base in UFC. The other two would be for finishing, although I'd teach BJJ defensive techniques primarily.

 

Well, it's not designed as a sport, and as far as I'm aware there's no competitions or sport aspect in Krav Maga.

Yup. It's meant purely to incapacitate an attacker as quickly and effectively as possible.

 

krav maga in of itself is already a mix of the above (punches, low kicks, TDD, a BJJ guard w/attacks from the guard), so in a way, i see your point...but yeah, the rules in modern day MMA would hinder most of the nasty stuff...and in early MMA and Vale Tudo, military hand-to-hand guys were never top dogs, as i think too much of their training revolves around using and surviving weapons assisted fights (for a good reason)

 

most fighters now train at an MMA gym and train and spar MMA most of the time, most pros train in the day but also have different days doing just BBJ, wrestling, boxing, muay thai etc.

 

Agreed! :bbb

Also I believe that a person with a good jab will do very well on the stand up aspect of the mma game, mixed with kicks, elbows, knee, and a great sprawl. That would make a great mma fighter.

Notice that not to many mma fighters have a good jab, and the ones with great jabs most of the time dominates the fight. For example Gsp. He threw slot of jabs against Koschek, and pretty much dictated the fight.

 

for arguments sake, GSP also has sick TDD, which helped with that fight....so a jab alone won't do it....but yeah i pretty much agree

 

Boxing as their primary style
Muay Thai to learn how to defend kicks, knees, elbows.
Wrestling to stuff takedowns, etc.
BJJ to defend submissions, etc.

 

I wouldn't concentrate on any one thing. If anything I'd concentrate on take downs and staying out of submissions. They win fights TOO easily.
As a base I'd still prefer Mui thai then wrestling because footwork and the distance is much closer to MMA than boxing is.

 

1) Collegiate Wrestling
2) Peek-a-boo Boxing
3) Gracie Jiu-Jitsu