| From its barbaric, somewhat underground | | | | fighter. It was less about the belts and more |
| beginnings, MMA has evolved into a true art form. | | | | training in every aspect of different Martial Arts. |
| In the beginning, MMA was a Mix of the Martial | | | | Some would say it is still like that and that is the |
| Arts. It was the Karate guy against the Judo guy. | | | | way it needs to me for true Mixture of Martial |
| It was more about the art form and less about | | | | arts. Some would say that MMA lost some of its |
| the competition. There was no weight classes, | | | | class when it lost its discipline. I think MMA has |
| any size competitor against any size competitor. | | | | evolved into a different beast then when it |
| It was a also a fight between the different types | | | | started. I think now it's both. There are all kinds, |
| of Martial Arts to see what one rained supreme. | | | | there are the fighters that work everything and |
| At that time, in the beginning, it would seem that | | | | have no belts in any of the art forms. There are |
| Jujitsu or Brazilian Jujitsu rather was the one that | | | | Fighters that hold black belts in one main art form |
| rained supreme. It didn't take a big strong man to | | | | and work everything and there are fighters that |
| show everyone that the bigger they were, the | | | | have low belts in different art forms. |
| harder they fell. The two names in the American | | | | I think now it's more about the fighter then the |
| household were, Royce Gracie and Brazilian Jujitsu. | | | | art form. A fighter needs to find their strength |
| Once the sport as a hole become more popular, | | | | and focus on that, but also has to work real hard |
| in an attempt to gain more mainstream attention, | | | | on their own weakness. I think it varies from |
| weight classes were added and rules were added | | | | fighter to fighter and the strength and weakness |
| to make the fights and fighters more equal. Once | | | | that he or she has. I think the true Mixed Martial |
| that changed, fighters depended less on the | | | | Arts Fighter is someone that has a style that is |
| desired discipline and more one aspects of a well | | | | mixed with different art forms. In retrospect the |
| rounded attack. The boxer realized that if the | | | | discipline is not one single art form, but what it |
| Jujitsu guy got him down on the ground, he would | | | | takes for the fighter to perform at his or her |
| have the upper hand. So the boxer also trained in | | | | best and is different from fighter to fighter. I |
| Jujitsu or wrestling to counter the take down. So | | | | think the question has changed form what art |
| it was no longer the Black Belt in Jujitsu against | | | | form or discipline is the best to what fighter is the |
| the Black Belt in Karate, it begin to be the | | | | best. |
| Wrestler that trans in boxing against the shoot | | | | |