
Originally Posted by
frank-theman-james
Hate to disagree with you, but a takedown scores anytime you successfully take your opponent down. If he is able to stop any control beyond the initial takedown, then he as just got good abilities in getting back up, but he still got took down and the mark goes in the column. Thus why wrestlers must compete in jj matches at compatible skill levels in years. Otherwise they would dominate beginner divisions by just scoring takedowns.
They compete at the same level because wrestling involves more than just takedowns.
A takedown only scores when it is effective. If NOTHING else happened in a round then it could be said that the takedown was the factor, but that is not realistic. Think of the fight with Oliviera (can't remember the opponent) Oliviera gets taken down and within 15 seconds submits his opponent...who really benefited from that takedown?