The Downfall

​I wrote the other day about bottom being better for competitive Jiu Jitsu. I don’t have a particular coach to look at this time, but here is an alternate perspective. Bottom being better in competitive Jiu Jitsu makes Jiu Jitsu less effective in MMA. It’s not that submission grappling can’t be effective in MMA, but the way we teach Jiu Jitsu to reach a world championship level does not translate well to MMA as we have seen. So what has to change? Generally, to make Jiu Jitsu successful in MMA, we would need better striking, leading to attachment, leading to pins. The model is there, and it would not have to be the same as the dagestani sambo/judo/wrestling route, but how we teach Jiu Jitsu for MMA needs to change if we want to retake the mantle that gained our martial art popularity.