>>750825I just realized I got troll'd since this is copy pasta from another thread.
Anyway to make lemonade from lemons, i want to expand a misconception you have about my gif from
>>750743Leg riding in MMA is a huge example of wrestling ground work applied in the MMA ruleset.
Now the bottom man in my prior gif can't roll into guard because of the leg
ride.In fact, you can see the bottom man try to roll and pull guard. however the wrestler on top(Ben Askren) uses that forward momentum to get a stubbie (shove his heel under and lift uke's leg) this jams the go under, preventing him from standing up and preventing him from puling guard.
One aspect of ground fighting that wrestlers prevail at that BJJ lacks is standing up from being grounded, and keeping an opponent grounded.Wrestling's ruleset rewards points for athletes being able to get up from turtle, and rewards points for keeping an opponent grounded (riding points)
I am in no ways an elite grappler, however ive been chosen a few times by the local MMA coaches to train and drill their fighters in leg riding and getting up, over the local BJJ gym for ground training. I've even discusess it with them and they said depending on the game plan their developing they rather have a decent high school wrestler leading the drills of standing up and riding then a BJJ brown or black since it can have dicate a match.
I'll admit riding is insanely boring from an audience POV, and is probably overlooked as a tactic and technique (often dubbed as just being a blanket or lay and pray, or grinding out a dec) however it doesnt take away how powerful and useful a technique it is.
On that subject of excitement looking at people like Phil Davis and Ben Askren, once you understand leg riding it can be more dynamic and exciting since its so powerful a positions to land ground and pound, or leave openings to more varied submissions and tilts.
