No, you wouldn't. BJJ is based around the concept of a no holds barred fight, thats what it was made for. It's a useless stategy, I can fight with a broken finger, I can fight with one eye, you can't fight choked to death. Vale Tudo has had more than its fair share of special forces guys, kung fu masters, street fighters, and ever other system too tough for BJJ, and they all lost.
Well yes, yes it is, this is why the same people who won vale tudo events won MMA events, why the same teams produce champions, why the same basic style prevails. All the things you mention are actually favoring the boxer more than the BJJ guy. The more rules you take away, the more imporant positional grappling becomes; in the grand scheme of things somebody raking your eyes while you have them mounted is nothing, you can easily stop it, but when you are underneath the mount of somebody who knows what they are doing and you don't, all the dirty tricks in the world can't stop him, in fact those same dirty tricks are going to be 1000x times usefull for him, he can hold you in position all day long. You can break every finger and gouge out both eyes, he is still going to choke you out, you don't even need hands to choke somebody out properly, and after you've done that, he will probably hold on until you are dead.
I love how people say that MMA isn't the same as a real NHB fight as if that is an adequate reason. IT IS TRUE, a sanctioned MMA fight DOES have rules, but how in God's name does that imply that a boxers skillset is more appropriate for a NHB fight than MMA? There is a huge gap of logic there. MMA has rules. NHB doesnt have rules. Therefore boxing is better for a NHB fight?
I think what podhead is trying to say is that if you take wawy rules MMA guys wouldn't have a clue what to do. Don't bother it's like trying to talk sense into a brick wall.
Did you guys even read what I posted? I never said BJJ or VT was useless, they may be the most wonderful fighting styles ever divised by man for all I care. My one and single point is MMA is not a 'real fight' per se. I don't see how you could argue otherwise; for a start they don't let the BJJ guys work as the fans get bored and start boing. God you guy's are sensitive.
By the time Lytle made his pro boxing debut he had already had twenty MMA fights and fought in the UFC.
