r/judo • u/Wise-Self-4845 sankyu • Mar 27 '25

Judo x MMA Judo black belt Islam Makhachev with beautiful technique and execution

can you guys name all of these techniques? I got all except one hahah

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u/crashcap Mar 27 '25

I think its quite funny that judo is by all metrics a lesser art in MMA terms but some of the GOATs are highly skilled in it. Fedor was also pretty good

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u/jscummy Mar 27 '25

I don't think it's a "lesser art" in MMA at all tbh

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u/crashcap Mar 27 '25

It clearly is. And thats ok its not our intent

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u/jscummy Mar 27 '25

I guess it depends what you mean by lesser art. A lot of the top guys use it often like you said, and it gives you a great set of lower risk takedowns and tools in the clinch. I'm primarily MMA these days and love to bust out some throws in sparring

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u/crashcap Mar 28 '25

Definitely dont see a lot of the top guys using it, I think you misread what I said. I said some of the goats use it, specially the ones from Russia. But pretty rare combared to wrestling