Ultimate fighting Championship aka UFC

shawninoz SG

definately todays fighters are usually of a hybrid style, u can see reignin champion chuck lidell, applies a weird unorthodox kickboxing style with wrestling knowledge.

its a mens game, real fights = very brutal

IMO, k1 and pride would be better to watch, because they encourage stand-up fighting , rather than grappling. also more asians in it, ufc is pro-american

btw BJJ is so effective! do a google video search on Royce Gracie and u'll understand, bjj is to close down striking space between opponent and urself and submit them.

Simon Dean SG

I think that the cage is more favourable to grapplers/ground attacks in a way.However i disagree with their statement of being the leading MMA show, there seems to be more PRIDEfc fans…

subjerre SG

Sg hold such contest?

mighty_megatron SG

All styles are effective in MMA today. It's just how you utilize each aspect of the art and adapt it to MMA. Judo for example, a skill people that many would think wouldnt be really effective in MMA. Wrong! You need to watch Karo Parisian and see how he's adapted judo to his game and even Fedor Emelianenko, Pride HW champion who is a judoka amongst other disciplines. Every little helps in this sport.

The days of the Gracies are over. True, and thats because fighters HAVE to crosstrain in various other disciplines. Fighters are more well rounded than before. The sport evolves continuously and will keep doing so for many years.
Even the Gracies have been forced to incorporating striking. Look at Renzo Gracie for example who is probably the most recognised out of the Gracies for incorporating striking into his GJJ teachings. Or look at Nick Diaz, a Gracie Jiu jitsu brown belt fighter, who is known for going toe to toe with opponents to trade punches rather than takedowns and submissions.

But is the UFC the biggest MMA organization? well not quite yet at this moment but Zuffa, the company who own the UFC are probably the most financially dominant MMA organisation at the moment with their success in the US with their Spike TV shows like The Ultimate Fighter, UFC Access all areas, the free to air Ultimate Fight Night, etc... as well as their deal with HBO. Zuffa if not yet are definitely making a huge step to becoming the biggest MMA organisation. Zuffa, also recently acquired various independent promotions in the US such as the WEC and WFA as well as the fighter contracts with each promotion. and with whats in store for 2007, it seems that they will continue to grow.

But how bout Pride? Despite being the hardcore MMA fans favourite organization, Pride have been through some difficulties recently after losing mainstream coverage free to air programming in Japan due to some scandals involving the yakuza. And with some of Pride's big draw fighters leaving the company ('Gracie Hunter' Kazushi Sakuraba to
K-1 Heros as well as Mirko Crocop and Quentin Jackson both to the UFC) to go elsewhere, Pride may find themselves having to put on the fights we've seen numerous times before, such as nogueira vs fedor 4, or coleman vs fedor 3.

Pride still have a great roster despite the losses to the roster but whether their matchmaking will be as exciting remains to be seen.Will Pride's attempt to expand to the US be successful? Maybe that question will be answered at the end of the year.

K-1's attempts at MMA is their Heros event and that isn't as successful as their the main K-1 show. If anything Hero's is the least popular MMA event amongst most Hardcore MMA fans.

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