Originally posted by Lord_Talron
its very unlikely that hes going to get k-o'd quickly at all. m-aers and grapplers are trained to take hits. i was talking to a mma-er the other day and he said concerning knockout punches you basically dont get knocked out. i mean how many times have you seen someone get k-o'd when they werent wide open?
You gotta stop believing mma shows are real combat. blows to the chin, throat, temples, solar plexus, kidneys can take you out of the fight even without ko, sometimes with a single hit. Not to mention eye gauging, fish-hooking, knee, wrist and elbow breaking etc. and of course, grapplers have weaker defenses against stand-up sparring blows.
the distinction here doesnt have anything to do with martial artists vs grapplers (who are also martials artists) but with ground vs stand up fighting (eagle claw for instance, is a stand up fight built arround trappings, joint locks and fractures). Neither one provides a clear advantage over the other and decent hybrids combine both.