do you think mma is the closest thing to a real fight?

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Kaiser_JKD

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I always hear mma fans talking like mma is the closest thing to a real fight and I am positive it isn't. In mma there are rules to protect the contestants from serious harm so by training like that you lose awareness of moves like slaming people on their neck/head, hair pulling, tracheal grabs, strikes to the back of the head, headbutts and how to counter them while vale tudo on the other hand fighters have to learn to counter and use those moves in order for them to win, what do you think?
 
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pmuellerblue22

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As stated - MMA doesn't train for more lethal shots (throat, groin, etc.) and therefore the MMA fighter does not bother to practice these techniques. Traditional styles (Karate, Taekwondo, etc) incorporate these lethal strikes as common practice. Therefore I feel the more traditionally trained martial artist has an upper hand in a "real fight".
 
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pmuellerblue22

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As stated - MMA doesn't train for more lethal shots (throat, groin, etc.) and therefore the MMA fighter does not bother to practice these techniques. Traditional styles (Karate, Taekwondo, etc) incorporate these lethal strikes as common practice. Therefore I feel the more traditionally trained martial artist has an upper hand in a "real fight".
 
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pugpaws2

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What a joke. The only thing close to real fighting, Is real fighting. Every other style including mma has rules. Real fights have no rules and anything goes. It does not matter how rough a fight gets if it has rules it is not the real thing. That does not mean that you can't get hurt. It just means that the realism is limited by the rules.
 
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