A solid Greco guy trumps Judo in MMA in terms of takedowns usually and this is coming from a Judo advocate (and form practioner). There are still a lot of inside/outside trips that more people are utilizing and when clinching against the cage lots of guys leave their hips open to the big throws. Karo used to nail most his tosses off the fence and even GSP has good Judo when applied to MMA. Two guys I want to see use more Judo more despite having entertaining fighting styles is Yoshihiro Akiyama and Rick Hawn.
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