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na its called engaging in a fight and getting hurt, the other is just avoiding a fight altogether
It's 2020. Professional MMA has been a thing for almost three decades now and grappling has been a dominant force in it since the beginning.
Get over yourself. Wrestling is a fundamental part of fighting, just like striking.
I think certain kinds of wrestlers are boring.
If you take someone down to not do anything I can't really cheer that on. If you make someones life hell while they are down there (GnP, submission threats) then that's just as great as anything else. I like watching Demian Maia fights more than say Holly Holm fights.
Agreed. I've seen some boring as fuck matches between two relative purists with striking backgrounds, just as I've seen absolute edge-of-my-seat performances from dedicated grapplers.
Boring fighters come from all walks. I would rather see Curtis Blaydes take someone down and lay on top of him while pounding the shit out of him than see two "elite" technical counter-strikers circle one another for three rounds throwing the occasional leg kick or 1-2.