Originally Posted by
sanjuro_ronin
Its a valid question.
Those that have fought know the answer:
The Ruleset of a match will dictate the "look" of that match.
Vale Tudo matched don't look like MT matches and WTF TKD matches don't look like K-1 matches.
Now, one can ask why is it that when you see MA in a full contact environment with rules or limited rules, that it tends to look like "kick boxing"?
Well, if you punch, you "box" and if you kick and punch you "kick box", but that is to obvious an answer.
Fact is, under real pressure, the human body will revert to its most "effective" mode of fighting.
That is why, regardless of the skill of a WC fighter, when you see him fight full contact, on the surface it will look like "kickboxing" to a certain degree.
Unless there is a huge skill descrepency between fighters.