BJJ vs. Muay Thai

These 2 arts seem to be very practical. Many people reccomend training both.

However, which style is the superior style? If you had one guy who trained in BJJ for 20 years, and his identical twin trained in Muay Thai for 20 years, who would win?

I would assume the BJJ guy would win becuase BJJ can work both standing with the clinch and on the ground, while Muay Thai only works when your standing. Can someone who has experience with both give a description of how one is superior to the other?

Pagan, you’ve raised some solid questions that – quite frankly – some other people have been too scared to ask. There are expert fighters who can help edify you, and I hope that you have a chance to ask around at some of the many fine events that 1996 promises to bring us.

I ask this question becuase I plan on taking up one of these 2 styles.

Most people will point out that Muay Thai will make you a better striker. I already know that. Or they will point out how BJJ will make you a better grappler. I know that already too. I want to know which style will consistantly defeat the other.

I think MT would win because they have a knee strikes. BJJ suck at knee. Knee rules.

Interesting. I do think knees might counter a BJJ guy becuase knees are close range weapons and that would prevent the BJJ guy from coming into grappling range.

Also, this is assuming both fighters only know 1 style. They are not crosstrained. The BJJ guy has no experience in striking styles and the Mauy Thai guy is pure Muay Thai.

I’d consider the troll style…It’s usually pretty good against logic-fu

it depends on the capability of the 2 fighters. say the 2 were fighting.

Muay thai users are great stand up and clinch fighters, but when they get taken to the ground they might as well just give up.

Bjj will, most of the time, go for the take down, but if they arn’t able to take the person down they will have to face the dreaded knee’s and round kicks of the muay thai user.

so my advice to you is to train both because depending on the situation a MT user could beat a BJJ user or a BJJ user could beat a MT user.

also this may have been talked about before i think there was a big thread about it a while ago searching for that thread may help you.

you fail for taking this thread seriously

The Muay Thai guy will elbow you when you shoot in. If you’re on the ground he can stomp on you. Either way, BJJ loses.

some times internet sarcasm doesn’t come accross too clearly

Sometimes Internet idiots communicate too readily.

Teach the MT guy wrestling takedown defense and he MIGHT have a chance.

Now I’m confused…who got insulted with this one?

not me, Locu5 lubs me :slight_smile:

Pretty interesting, given my experience on both is slim to none, I’d pay it to the muay thai guy coz of a UFC clip I saw sometime back where the grappler (dont know if he’s BJJ or not) went for the legs, only to cop a sweet knee in the face.

And what i really posted here for: please, for the love of god, dont let this degenerate into an argument on how,IF the BJJ guy got close, it would all be over, or how the MT guy would win PROVIDED he stayed at striking range. Hypotheticals piss me off. Just state your opinions straight out.

Hypotheticals piss me off. Just state your opinions straight out.[/QUOTE]

In that case…

BEE JAY JAY 4 t3h WInZ

WOO! WE HAV A WINNAR!