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Originally Posted by KennyG
Coming from someone who has a strong background in both (wrestling scholarship, Judo Brown Belt) I would say you pretty much hit the nail on the head. Wrestling is all about control. The whole point of 'pinning' your opponent is to demonstrate that you have complete control of them. That is the objective of the sport. So wrestling is important in MMA because control is important. Obviously wrestlers are also good at takedowns, because you have to take your opponent down to control them. Judo is more about submitting your opponent, and Judo focuses more than any other sport at throwing your opponent to the ground. Like I said, you pretty much hit the nail on the head.
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You know that judo relies heavily on control for throws and subs .....as well as holdowns....for 30 seconds. If you add submissions to wrestling then I would think it would be close.