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Originally Posted by uppercuts21
Actually not true at all. There are alot of great one-dimensional guys in MMA. It really depends on what style you're good at.
And define "great?" Great as in great in MMA at each discipline or great as in hes great compared to the best boxers, MT fighters in the world. Because they might be great in comparison with other fighters in MMA but their boxing, MT etc does not compare to the best in the world and its not even close. So really you can say in MMA to be truly the greatest you have to be competent at everything but their likely never going to be considered great at anything more than 1 MAYBE 2 disciplines.
lastly, the majority of boxers who werent complete tomato cans all had success in MMA. So to say that the clinch is the reason why they dont succeed is completely inaccurate because many boxer have indeed succeeded and the ones who have not it certainly wasnt due to their clinch ability.
And the clinch is such a minor part of MMA, i'd say the most important aspect if you had to pick one would be wrestling ability. If you dont have good wrestling you're likely not going to go very far. Of course there are a few exceptions. There are some very good MMA guys who cant fight out of the clinch. But that certainly hasnt deterred them from succeeding.
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That is complete and utter bullshit, clinch is universal in all fighting arts. Pretty much all fights you see a clinch. You show me a world class boxer and i'll show you a world class wrestler that will clinch him and take him down and pound him out. Wrestling is essentially clinch fighting.
I have a few questions,
1. who is these boxers that succeded you speak off???
2. what would you attribute the failure of previous boxers too??
3. who are these good MMA fighters that aren't good in the clinch you speak off??