it definitely became homogenized, but i think it's just a young sport evolving....look at guys like jon jones and machida
It has gone through the transition of what was mixed martial arts. That is all the different arts were invited along. To a single mixed martial art.
oh god what a horrible idea....it isn't boxing...it isn't boxing, i don't know how many times i have to say that it isn't boxing people need to stop trying and turn mma into boxing it isn't boxing
I know it isn't boxing, and I know it wouldn't work. It's just a fantasy idea, my own personal opinion of making a fight fairer. Chill out bro, I'm not Dana. :yep
It needs to have a ruleset that isn't so geared towards grappling and then it will attain new heights from a spectators point of view. It doesn't have the right template currently.
Grappling isn`t the problem lay`n pray is a problem. Lesnar is a wrestler but finishes his opponents, so does velasquez. The main problem are wrestlers who lay on their opponents or press them against the cage for 15 minutes.
MMA is still spreading like a virus, its like wildfire. Don't hate, appreciate. Skills are improving everyday - see GSP, Silva, Melendez, Diaz etc as MMA looks to make a one man a master of all trades!
I see the OP's point and kind of agree. I think the longer the sport continues to stay popular, the more elite fighters will fine tune their repertoire: keeping what works and throwing out what doesn't. It's a lot like how Bruce Lee came up with Jeet Kune Do, and after a while I can see MMA being it's own martial arts style. At that point we might as well call it Pankration.
But those guys are the exception. NOT the rule. These guys are simply rare. That said Jones has a wrestling background. It's his natural athleticism length and size that make him a freak.
I agree with most of this statement, but I think Machida has a legitimate ground game to go with his stand up. I think you have the right idea with this thread, but worded it just a little wrong in my opinion. I think this guy took your side, and worded it a little better.
MMA has well and truly already reached that stage. It will still continue to evolve but it is already a repertoire of its own making that has taken in what works from the various styles, and thrown out what doesn't.
BJJ was almost totally dominant from the outset with Royce Gracie. Only outstanding practitioners of particular arts are still able to bring that art and little else to the octagon and continue to win. But I suppose even Spider Silva who prefers to be on his feet the whole time and wins with what amounts to not much more than his own insane version of mua thai, is also a black belt at BJJ.
Cung Lee is some one who has broken the mould of late....pretty much unlike any other fighters in his mostly single discipline approach..