Quote (RubyDuby @ Jul 16 2022 10:49am)
I respectfully disagree with some of your points, but see where you're coming from. If Muslim wins, I don't think this affects China's prospering MMA scene. Find me a group of people who are intrigued by MMA and would be swayed by a TMA fighter winning an MMA fight. I just don't think you'll find many that think that way. I think the old TMA vs MMA debate is something that is held on to by an older generation, and some believe that this can still influence MMA's potential globally. Time has shown that MMA is what intrigues newer generations; BUT older generations (e.g. parents) can still influence where the newer generation intially start out. Either way the fight goes, it won't deter China's growth in MMA.
Excited for the fight though too! I think Muslim takes it if he can avoid being taken down by Li.
Bro the #1 combat sport in china isn't TMA
Its San shou = modern wu shu
San shou is mma; but only standing/ the San shou throws has a rule where u can't fall on the ground,
That's why I was so proud of weilei for upgrading to Olympic style wrestling
Weilei messed around with Chinese wrestling, but Chinese wrestling doesn't allow u to land on the floor either, u have to stay standing cuz it was designed for war, n u didn't wanna be on the floor during a war
This is mma Vs San shou or San da or modern wu shu, whatever u wanna call it, but it mixed all the striking arts and added throws,
I credit cung le for bringing top tier San shou to mma,
I watched a video saying cung le brought Tae Kwan do to mma,
Totally disregarding San shou,
I litteraly first heard of San shou from cung le, so I went down the rabbit hole,
Most likely the upcoming Chinese ufc fighters will come from San shou,
San shou fighters have a easier time transitioning to mma,
Like how Americans were converting top wrestlers into mma fighters, but that formula isn't a guaranteed success anymore
I'll name 3 high level wrestlers who dropped the ball in mma, but kept getting talked about
Gregar gilipsee / Kevin Lee/ ben askren
Kamara usman is actually only a division2 wrestler
Colby is a divison 1 wrestler,
Usman is better at mma then he wwas at wrestling
( they have a whole article on mma junkie , where the leech explains the big significance of this fight in china, china is very patriotic n cheers for our country men; but the leech made it seem like Muslim salikov has alot of fans in china, his name is big there, maybe bigger then the leech)