what is the meaning of freestyle mma?

Question

i saw rich franklin bio and it says his mma style is a freestyle.
is freestyle is a mix of many type of mma like bjj,kickboxing,wrestling ect..

Answer 1

MMA is Mixed Martial Arts, which means to be trained in multiple styles. Freestyle means feel free to use any style you choose. So now that comprtitions like UFC and PFC etc have come about. It makes it difficault for a person only trained in Karate to fairly fight against someone who is only trained in Judo. So lets say the Karate fighter looses more often so he goes and learns a little bit of Judo and now he wins more. So the Judo fighter learns some Karate. Now you have 2 fighters who are equal as far as training goes so now the winner is based on stamina, strength and who wants it more on that day.
The problem is now that UFC is becoming so popular people think that they can bypass training in a particular martial art so they attend gyms and dojos that claim to teach MMA or freestyle fighting. And some at least give the style their own name like Militich fighting systems or Gracie Jiujitsu. You are learning specific martial arts in these dojos however they have just taken what they like from each one and tell you that it is the best. But if you look at each similar dojo and fighters they all have a different idea of what is the best. So a fighter who is listed as a freestyle fighter is one who has probably never trained in a martial art or never made it that far in it. But in some case people who train for years in one or 2 martial arts may loose every MMA fight they have but a guy with only a couple years of training in an MMA gym may win everyone.And if you watch these fighter you will see even they will always stick to one main style.
At times it is the training and at times it is just the fighter.
MMA is not a style it is a discription of a type of competition.

Answer 2

Freestyle Mma

Answer 3

Lol, guys it's not that complicated. I actually know Rich and trained with him and Gurgel. The origin of that term came from when he fought Ken Shamrock, the UFC still asked fighters for their background style, the marketing didn't let him just say "MMA" they wanted something that sounded unique for all the fighters, so he just made up "Freestyle MMA."

So to answer your question, he just made it up because they said he had to come up with a background style. everyone else in here is just making up crazy nonsense.

Answer 4

If you train MMA it means you are training for MMA style fights. A combination of techniques from kickboxing/boxing, brazilian jiu jitsu and wrestling will be mainly used.

Freestyle means he's not limited to one specific style of fighting. I guess it's listed that way because he is skilled in a lot of different fighting styles.

With that kind of experience you have great foundations for MMA fighting. I suggest trying out some (kickboxing) lessons at a local gym. Striking and getting hit is kinda different than grappling and you might have to get used to it, but it's an essential part of MMA. After you've done some kickboxing lessons you can transfer to full MMA training to integrate your kickboxing skills with the grappling/wrestling part of MMA.

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Answer 5

The concept of MMA is this. Mixed Martial Arts. In other words it requires more than just grappling. It also requires more than just striking. It is the MIXTURE of these techniques that define a Mixed Martial Art. If you get right down to it all Martial Arts teaches these facets of combat. Some tend to focus more on one aspect than another. Which is why there are so many misconceptions of a Martial Art that tends to stress striking over grappling as a "striking Art." Vice versa for Judo, or Ju Jitsu. These are considered "grappling Arts" although the form of Ju Jitsu I studied did teach strikes as well. To my knowledge Greco Roman wrestling teaches only grappling. Therefore, it isn't considered a Mixed Martial Art.

Answer 6

The term freestyle frees one from the rigid rules of traditionalism.
Once an instructor employs this term they can do as they please.
Often when a style is refered to as "freestyle" it is a homemade art, I also find that people using this term are using their own experiences to create a style rather than subscribing to an established system. How do we know a trainers lineage if they jump from style to style. What if they never mastered one complete system? I would rather have one mighty oak tree than a forest of saplings.

Be careful with this. Our town is full of homemade styles. 99% of them are garbage. I am sure this is is not across the board for the whole world but the fact of the matter is there is no evidence to support their system works. Sure, it may work for that individual person but who is to say it will work for all people. Also, who is to say this brand new style of training is effective? If it is new it has not been tested yet. This is not to say that they all stink, all I am saying is buyer beware.