Thank you streetfighter.
It is sad that a 17 year old is the only one brave enough to state the truth.
I was hoping someone would state the truth...[]bWhen The UFC first started somwtime around 1993 it quickly showed the ineptness of most Traditional MA
when it came to real no-holds-barred fighting.[/b] I thought it would put alot more Karate Schools out of business than it did.
The few TMA fighters that entered the early UFC matches were slaughtered.
I remember watching one particuliar Tai Kwan Do guy get knocked to the ground in about 45 seconds of the first round....the look of surprise and embarrassment on his bloodied face made me sad. Thankfully the Striker fighting him ended it quickly before the poor guy got seriously injured.
A Hsing I "master' also got knocked out in the first minute of the first round.
Soon....the combination of Gracie's dominance and the obvious failure of TMA
put an end to the TMA artists or masters even entering the Event.
Alot has changed as the UFC has progressed...the fighters of today would kill the fighters of the early 1990's.
I say this with sadness, because I really hoped a Gene Chicione, John Allen, Don the Dragon Wilson , or Benny the Jet Uriquees would step up and show that TMA was as effective as Octagon Fighters.
But , like everything else....life evolves and changes.
Its like if we were able to have the 1968 Greenbay Packers play last Years Pittsburg Steelers.....can you imagine the outcome ??????
JDK