Ok, so most of us have seen the sanshou highlight videos and can we agree the takedowns look pretty awesome? Since these takedowns are done without a gi, we would think these trips and throws would translate well to MMA.
Question is, how come the sanshou fighters that crossed over into MMA(Cung Le, Pat Barry) barely used their awesome takedowns? If you look at Cung Le's fights, most of the things that worked for him were his spinning kicks and superior kickboxing, I never saw him use one throw.
Is there something about the Sanshou ruleset that makes its throws easy to pull off in a Sanshou match but not practical in MMA?
What do you guys think about this?
Question is, how come the sanshou fighters that crossed over into MMA(Cung Le, Pat Barry) barely used their awesome takedowns? If you look at Cung Le's fights, most of the things that worked for him were his spinning kicks and superior kickboxing, I never saw him use one throw.
Is there something about the Sanshou ruleset that makes its throws easy to pull off in a Sanshou match but not practical in MMA?
What do you guys think about this?