Fighting styles in UFC
Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport standing up ( no ground game). Boxing will teach you how to punch harder, faster, and block anything your opponent throws at you.
<-------- Chuck Liddell used a straight hook move from boxing
<-------- Chuck Liddell used a straight hook move from boxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing will teach you boxing and kicking (no ground game). For kickboxing they will train you some boxing skills but will mostly be kicking, most times you will be kicking bags or people for sparring. Kickboxing will teach you how to kick your opponents in weak points in the leg to the body and to the head. It will teach you how to kick faster and harder.
<-------- Mikro cro cop using a high kick against his opponent wanderli Silva
<-------- Mikro cro cop using a high kick against his opponent wanderli Silva
Muay Thai
Muay thai will teach how to use mostly elbows, knees, clinching, punching and kicking. In Muay Thai they will make you train very tough to get things perfect when you learn it, you will be sparring people everyday. It will also teach how to use your elbows and knees properly and how to clinch the opponent without getting hit.
<------- Anderson Silva using the Muay Thai Clinch on his opponent
<------- Anderson Silva using the Muay Thai Clinch on his opponent
Wrestling
Wrestling is only ground game. Wrestling will only teach you how to tackle people nothing very special to it, but it will teach you how to hold the opponent down and using your weight as a force to strike them.
<------- George St Pierre first Canadian championship fighter using a double leg wrestling tackle
<------- George St Pierre first Canadian championship fighter using a double leg wrestling tackle
BJJ also known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Lastly is BJJ also known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is all ground game as well. But BJJ will teach you something a whole lot different then wrestling, BJJ will teach you how to submission a guy on the ground to, choke them out using the arm or leg bar to let him tap out.
Most times when you get you get submissoned by a fighter best thing to do is to tap out, or else you won't be able to fight in the UFC for a while because of a broken leg or arm. BJJ will teach how to also twist and reverse the opponents attack on the ground.
<------ Frank Mir Vs Antonio Nogueira Frank Mir using the amrbar on Antonio and breaking his arm
Most times when you get you get submissoned by a fighter best thing to do is to tap out, or else you won't be able to fight in the UFC for a while because of a broken leg or arm. BJJ will teach how to also twist and reverse the opponents attack on the ground.
<------ Frank Mir Vs Antonio Nogueira Frank Mir using the amrbar on Antonio and breaking his arm