Mixed Martial Arts, as the name suggests, is a hybrid combat sport that incorporates techniques from various disciplines, including boxing, wrestling, judo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), and others. However, each athlete typically excels in one discipline over others. At UFC 294, fighters from the card, including Islam Makhachev, Khamzat Chimaev, Alexander Volkanovski, Anshul Jubli, and more expressed their preference for wrestling over boxing when asked. Let’s delve into the details to understand their choices.
Islam Makhachev, Anshul Jubli, Khamzat Chimaev, and More Choose Wrestling as Their Preferred Discipline.
At UFC 294, fighters participated in various intriguing interviews. A recently surfaced video on the internet captures moments from the Makhachev vs. Volkanovski event, where several fighters were asked about their preferred choice between wrestling and boxing. Interestingly, many expressed wrestling as their favorite discipline.
Islam Makhachev, Kamaru Usman, Khamzat Chimaev, Alexander Volkanovski, Anshul Jubli, Johnny Walker, and Muhammad Mokaev choose wrestling as their preferred discipline compared to boxing. Check out the video below.
Wrestling style is quite popular and many fighters choose it because it is used everywhere in the fight game ’cause wrestling lets fighters control the match – take opponents down, get heavy on them, and dish out damage. Unlike flashy strikers who can get KO’d, good wrestlers hardly worry about submissions when they’re on top. So many from Dagestani, Indian and others have wrestling in their background so it is needless to say they pick wrestling over boxing.
However, let’s not forget that many fighters with no such good wrestling but just sheer power dominated inside the octagon. Nevertheless, wrestling is one such arsenal that Khabib Nurmagomedov used and never lost a fight in his career.
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