According to my opinion, judo is one of the strongest backgrounds for any MMA fighter. Of course - there are no kicks and punches in the judo training, but for the grappling and ground fighting judo can give you a great advantage. The necessity to learn the rest is very important, but we can see in the practice, that this concept just works - let's mention Fedor Emelianenko, Hidehiko Yoshida, Karo Parisyan or Yoshihiro Akiyama - these great mixed martial art warriors have a very sound judo background and they are among the world top fighters. Other great MMA Judo warriors are on the way...

One very important aspect of Judo in the MMA fights is "correct" falling - when there are two warriors fighting within very short distance or in a clinch, and they fall together - the Judoka is controlling the "fall" to his advantage. This advantage can be one of the greatest as he can continue with the direct punches or armbars...

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