Best Martial Arts Ranked By PRO MMA Fighter

I asked professional MMA fighter and<br>YouTube content creator Jeff Chan to<br>rank martial arts from s to F based on<br>how effective they are for street<br>fighting and then for MMA let's start<br>with the martial art which is close to<br>my heart since I've been doing it for so<br>many years that's iido for street<br>fighting I would give it like an A minus<br>or B if it's in the streets the average<br>person is untrained and the average<br>person will overcommit on their punches<br>overcommit on their push sometimes<br>they're drunk sometimes they just don't<br>know any better average people don't<br>know how to fight and when they<br>overcommit that's where feel aido is the<br>most effective from my very general<br>understanding of akido when it comes to<br>MMA I would say it's less effective<br>simply because your opponent is probably<br>trained and trained Fighters are usually<br>less committed they faint they fake<br>making a keto much harder that isn't to<br>say that it isn't effective an MMA at<br>all if you can get your opponent angry<br>or tired and overc committing on those<br>strikes that's when aido works so what's<br>ao's score for MMA I drop it to like see<br>now I'm super curious about the next one<br>which is BJJ since BJJ was so hyped for<br>a long time because the gra se's<br>dominated early UFC with it but then<br>other Fighters learned it too and now it<br>doesn't seem that top fighters are<br>necessarily bgj black belts BJJ street<br>fighting it really depends on who your<br>opponent is but average person BJJ on<br>the street very very effective with that<br>said that bgj practitioner does need to<br>have some understanding of distance<br>control understanding of takedowns like<br>pure BJJ doesn't have takedowns the<br>Jiu-Jitsu guy has a bit of takedowns<br>then okay I would say a if not s for the<br>fur the streets but then again if<br>there's multiple aelan then that's a<br>little bit different as well let's let's<br>go to on a minus and you know what I'm<br>going to I'm going to put it down to B<br>because the person might grab a weapon<br>and if you're on the ground and you're<br>tied up with someone on the ground that<br>that's the whole game changer again MMA<br>I would put it at an a I would put it at<br>an S and I used to think it was an S<br>because you know the Gracies were were<br>killing it in the in the UFC and at the<br>time nobody knew Jiu-Jitsu so Jiu-Jitsu<br>was extremely extremely effective but<br>nowadays actually I'm sure you heard the<br>saying you get punched in the face once<br>you become black to Brown then Brown to<br>and so on and you just go down the<br>ladder that's that's number one number<br>two there's all these certain rules<br>where you should never give your back<br>for example if someone has my back in<br>Jiu-Jitsu I should never try to stand up<br>I should immediately try to scrape my<br>back onto the mat and try to get my back<br>on the mat but that gives him a chance<br>to get on top but in MMA nowadays if you<br>have my back I'm willing to allow you to<br>keep having my back and I would try to<br>stand up with you on on top of me<br>because I can cause a scramble and<br>possibly get you off my back on the<br>other hand if I do the traditional back<br>Escape where I slide my back onto the<br>mat now there's a chance that he gets on<br>top and ground to is no good another<br>example is when you get taken down from<br>say a double leg normally in Jiu-Jitsu<br>you would keep your back on the mat and<br>play Jiu-Jitsu play open guard but in<br>MMA nowadays if you see the top level<br>Fighters you get taken to the ground<br>they instantly pop back to their feet<br>and they give their back they're willing<br>to give their back to cause a scramble<br>to stand back up because getting on your<br>feet is better than being on the ground<br>so people used to think like okay Jitsu<br>is everything the best but now it's like<br>okay no no actually there's sport j<br>Jitsu and then there's MMA Jiu-Jitsu so<br>that's why the ranking for Jiu-Jitsu has<br>gone down just a bit what about COA I<br>would I'd give it a B minus I don't know<br>too much I think kerera has wild kicks<br>wild punches it's very unorthodox and if<br>you're on the street against an<br>untrained fighter that kick can land<br>pretty easily I think I think any<br>martial arts can defeat a untrained<br>fighter I believe all martial arts work<br>it just depends on specific individual<br>you're fighting that's not my first pick<br>just because it's it's a a lot of high<br>kicks head down your average person on<br>the street can just like throw an soccer<br>kick to the head at any time in MMA I<br>would give it a B I still don't believe<br>in dropping your hand that low all the<br>time and just kind of like putting your<br>hand on the mat there can be a knee or<br>kick at any moment with that said I<br>don't I wouldn't drop it down to C or D<br>because I like how coera is very<br>unorthodox seeing me Spar and move and<br>fight I dropped my hands a lot dip my<br>head low sometimes very inspired by<br>Dominic Cruz and just because he got<br>head kicked by chova recently does not<br>mean head movement doesn't work everyone<br>gets caught throw a jab you'll still get<br>caught with a jab as I get more and more<br>experience the hands down style worked<br>the best for me and I just think cap<br>where has that unorthodox style where<br>you think that you can head kick them<br>but it's harder than you think but but<br>but the the I think the weapons are not<br>as effective it it's a surprise attack<br>you can catch them with a surprise so<br>let's let's go down to B minus boxing I<br>would give an S for street by the way if<br>you're looking for a gift either for<br>someone else or even yourself I have a<br>really cool suggestion it's an extra a<br>super slim and functional wallet this is<br>actually my own extra wallet that I've<br>been using for the past 3 years and 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doesn't<br>require too much time to get good at it<br>so if a guy trains boxing for one year<br>versus a guy who trains let's say kung<br>fu for a year I believe the boxer will<br>win because Kung Fu and again I'm just<br>using this as an example is so much more<br>complex like the way they they block and<br>punch it would be like like it's it's<br>crazy it it makes sense logically is so<br>much more complicated and you need to<br>put so much effort and timing in that<br>art for it to be effective whereas<br>boxing you train one class you learn how<br>to throw a jab cross that's your<br>knockout right there on the average<br>person a lot of traditional martial arts<br>don't Spar they don't put into<br>application so not only are they not<br>getting the real-time application so the<br>techniques become ineffective but if a<br>Kung Fu Fighter was a professional<br>fighter then that would be a different<br>story cuz they're putting that much time<br>into Kung Fu now in terms of MMA I still<br>keep it at an S because boxing is is<br>your standard your fundamentals for for<br>MMA the only downfall is The Stance<br>keeps you open for low kicks keeps you<br>open for takedowns and if the boxer<br>doesn't have wrestling or Jiu-Jitsu then<br>that's also a big issue but I'm assuming<br>that the boxer who's fighting an MMA<br>would know some takedowns ziu Jitsu if<br>it's just pure boxing and no takedowns<br>ziu Jitsu I would put it down to like a<br>seat but if the boxer knows a bit of<br>takedowns a bit of ji- Jitsu then I<br>would keep it at an s that applies to<br>every martial art that we're going to be<br>talking about today make sure you check<br>out Jeff's YouTube channel MMA shredd it<br>after you finish watching this video it<br>has a ton of awesome MMA and fighting<br>based videos ninjitsu I don't know what<br>Ninjutsu is this is like ninja stuff<br>throwing stars and stuff if you have a<br>star and you can throw it on the street<br>I would give it an s in terms of MMA<br>it's it's a f because you can't use<br>weapons and that that's as far as my<br>knowledge goes with nun Jitsu there are<br>many styles but next one is wrestling I<br>usually think of wrestling as one<br>General thing as well on the street I<br>would give it um again I'm saying this<br>assuming that the wrestler has like<br>basic boxing fundamentals I would say a<br>wrestler is I give it an s on the stre<br>wrestlers are just like built<br>differently not even in terms of just<br>skill but just like if you're a wrestler<br>you've been through the grind and like<br>you're just so physically strong and<br>mentally strong that I would I would<br>give it an S and same with MMA having<br>heart having the grip but also in terms<br>of technique for both MMA and streets I<br>give it an S if you have wrestling you<br>determine whether the fight stays<br>striking or goes to the ground a good<br>wrestler can take down a striker and a<br>good wrestler can defend the taked down<br>and keep it striking do you know of<br>Japanese Jitsu I have a general<br>understanding of traditional Jitsu which<br>is that it's it's not close to Brazilian<br>Jitsu it's striking and like wrist locks<br>and it's like like a combination of<br>everything I think it's effective to a<br>degree but the problem with is I just<br>don't see traditional Jiu-Jitsu guys<br>spawn and putting into application so we<br>never really see the effectiveness of it<br>but logically like it makes sense and<br>and it works it's I think it's a good<br>fundamental curriculum to put kids<br>through to help you understand the<br>basics of how your body works mechanics<br>every school I've been to when there's a<br>kids program they usually teach<br>traditional Jiu-Jitsu cuz they get a<br>glimpse of a bit of striking a glimpse<br>of a bit of ground stuff and a bit of<br>takedowns helps build your fundamentals<br>so that you can apply them in or or or<br>or transition into another martial art<br>give it a b b be minus be minus both for<br>street fighting and MMA Okay C CC again<br>I I could be totally wrong sure jundo I<br>think it's good on the streets I I give<br>it a a minus what about MMA see it<br>depends on what kind of JKD there's like<br>your concept JKD and then there is your<br>principal JKD take what works for you<br>and discard what doesn't which basically<br>turns JKD into MMA so we have JKD guys<br>who are literally doing kickboxing Muay<br>Thai rest like everything and then<br>there's pure JD where it's like The<br>Stance is different and it's a very<br>specific stance and if you don't use<br>that stance they would call you out on<br>it and say that's not JKD I'm not going<br>to make a comment on JKD concept meaning<br>take what works for you and discard what<br>doesn't but I'll make a comment on JD<br>that's pure J I would give it B minus<br>Judo judo's awesome judo's awesome for<br>for the street I actually made a video<br>on best techniques to use on the street<br>I would say Judo because you can take an<br>opponent down you can throw them in the<br>air and slam them on the ground without<br>falling to the ground yourself whereas<br>wrestling you know usually got to drop<br>to your knee if it's concrete that's<br>going to hurt of course there's body<br>locks and whatnot but when people think<br>of wrestling it's usually like double<br>leg takedowns at least that's my<br>favorite move for wrestling in Judo you<br>can throw them on cement you can stay<br>standing so I think judo's great for the<br>street in terms of MMA again it really<br>depends on how much knowledge they have<br>in the Striking Department department<br>and the Jiu-Jitsu Department too because<br>the the problem with Judo is when they<br>go for their throws they over this is<br>such a powerful sport they overcommit so<br>you'll see in judo competitions they'll<br>go for a throw and they they'll roll<br>after and they'll end up on the bottom<br>because they just want to get the<br>takedown and then they they win after<br>you finish the throw you're at a loss if<br>you have a great understanding as to<br>when to not overcommit then I think Judo<br>becomes effective but with that said I'm<br>going to hly bump it down to an to to an<br>A minus is it difficult for Judo guys to<br>transition to MMA because of the ghe<br>I've trained Judo in the ghee but my<br>ghee game is non-existent I can't throw<br>anyone with the ghee but my Judo game no<br>ghe is actually I would say pretty good<br>I've been using Judo more and more in<br>noi only noi Judo works really well<br>obviously it limits you to how many<br>throws you can do but the way I see<br>things and the way I've been training my<br>martial arts journey is I'm I'm trying<br>to learn from every martial art and I'm<br>taking a few things and I'm adding it to<br>my game and kind of just literally<br>forgetting the rest so in Judo I got<br>about three throws my go-to that I'm I<br>think I'm pretty good at and I'll go for<br>it but any other throws outside of those<br>I won't I won't use have you ever come<br>across Filipino martial arts there is a<br>gentleman doctor actually Dr Chris who<br>I've had the pleasure of meeting he is a<br>klie fighter a champion the way he it's<br>crazy if he had a weapon he'd kill me<br>kill me instantly I haven't seen his<br>unarmed combat with kie do you have a<br>weapon on the street I would give it a s<br>if it's MMA and just my understanding<br>from what I've seen i' i' give it maybe<br>like a c karate when I think of karate I<br>think of Wonderboy Thompson but that's<br>an exception though no I don't know<br>every every karate guy that I've sparred<br>with I never sparred Wonder Boy but any<br>every guy I've sparred with is kind of<br>fights like Wonder Boy kind of hands<br>down wide stance in and out honestly<br>looks all the same to me again it<br>depends on how much knowledge they have<br>in taking the defense takedown in ji-<br>Jitsu but for the street if you have the<br>space karate is like super effective<br>it's funny because I used to hate on<br>Karate and I used to say karate sucks<br>and I used to say karate doesn't work<br>this and that but now I find myself<br>using karate so much more and and I<br>believe karate is super effective like<br>even more effective than than Muay Thai<br>sometimes Bo has my background but it<br>just depends on how much space you have<br>on the street there's many variables do<br>you have limited space are you in a bar<br>if that's the case then karate is going<br>to be very ineffective if you're out on<br>the field and you got a lot of space<br>like a parking lot karate's very<br>effective in MMA very very effective CU<br>you have a lot of space and you have a<br>lot of grip on the floor for the street<br>I'd give it a b and an MMA I'd give it<br>an A minus what made you skeptical about<br>karate before when you watch Karate<br>practitioner practice they come here<br>they punch from down here and they go ha<br>then they go here ha but I understand<br>now that that's just like your patterns<br>and that's not actually how you fight so<br>I obviously had a big misunderstanding<br>of what karate was that goes with kawan<br>do as well but after seeing real<br>Fighters compete with karate I I<br>realized how effective their high kicks<br>are how great their movement is I used<br>to also hate on the hands down style<br>obviously we both know that's not the<br>case anymore but I used to think like oh<br>your hands are down I'm going to punch<br>you in the face going to be so easy but<br>now I understand it's all about distance<br>management so you can drop your hands<br>but if you know how close your partner<br>your opponent is you can keep those<br>hands down and bring them up only when<br>they get close enough that's the the<br>beauty of karate is it's all about<br>distance management kickboxing I would<br>give it a um a street fighting yes and<br>and for MMA and again this is making an<br>assumption that they have some general<br>knowledge and take down defense in<br>jiujitsu it's it's just like boxing<br>super effective you learn how to throw a<br>kick your first day of class and you<br>kick someone in the body you might break<br>their ribs and when it comes to your<br>average person keeping it simple is what<br>makes it effective when it comes to MMA<br>it's practical effective and the more<br>time you put into it the more effective<br>it becomes what's the reason for<br>kickboxing being lower than boxing<br>because we're we're blending in MMA and<br>street fighting as as one and you don't<br>want to kick to the body or the head in<br>a street fight cuz there's just a chance<br>of you slipping and falling but I still<br>give it a b or or an A because you land<br>that one kick to the body of your head<br>it causes a lot of damage this is a hard<br>game MMA and street fighting Yes<br>actually that's a good point that I<br>didn't mention in MMA and for the street<br>fighting you shell like this it might<br>slip through but if it punches your form<br>it still hurts and you're still taking<br>impact to the brain but it still it<br>still works if you're tough like Peter<br>Yan you take those shots you fire back<br>so there's two things if your hands are<br>up and tight I find my opponents will<br>tea off me and throw punches when you're<br>blocking impact impact impact it's<br>making you Tighter and tigh Tighter and<br>hard to respond whereas if your hands<br>are down as the punch comes you can take<br>your head off line and just throw a<br>counter punch and when your hands are<br>down it makes your opponent think hm<br>what's this guy up to because he know<br>that you're kind of like baiting there's<br>more head movement in boxing and less<br>head movement in kickboxing next up KV<br>Maga kaga I give it from my<br>understanding I would give it a um a<br>minus for street fighting because it's<br>designed for the street specifically and<br>the only reason why I say this is<br>because I've seen KB Maga practitioner<br>Spar it just looks like kickboxing when<br>you see them actually practice it's very<br>different but when they actually fight<br>it just looks like kickboxing so I put<br>Krav up there I've trained Krav for<br>about a year I think it's it's pretty<br>cool leway I give it an S for street<br>fighting I know there's headbutts it's<br>spare knuckle it's literally everything<br>goes it's it's great I've actually<br>sparred with a leway fighter they're not<br>only that they got their boxing they're<br>unorthodox or at least him specifically<br>athletic just like built to kill I rank<br>it just like boxing I think a leth we<br>fighter who transition ma would do just<br>as well Systema I've seen a Korean guy<br>blow up on the Internet doing it I don't<br>know anything about it I don't think<br>it's that effective I'm not sure I'm I'm<br>a Believer I'd give it a<br>a c down with the questionable guys yeah<br>CU I have no idea I no idea yeah it's<br>just it's just one of those things again<br>where I'm sure it was effective but<br>there's just nobody has proven it yet<br>because no one has proven it it goes on<br>the questionable level I hear that<br>Systema guys claim that it can be<br>effective for fighting since they're<br>teaching to use the kinetic chain but<br>then where are all the Systema guys in<br>MMA speaking of that over your long MMA<br>career did you see many questionable<br>martial arts become effective in MMA and<br>change their reputation as a result oh<br>it's happened with with so many martial<br>arts more specifically karate and<br>Taekwondo which I see is is coming up<br>soon yeah uh let's actually bring up<br>Taekwondo when I saw Anthony Pettis<br>fight and knowing he has a Taekwondo<br>background I was like oh you know<br>Taekwondo does work I think Taekwondo<br>has a lot of holes if a Taekwondo guy<br>has boxing Jiu-Jitsu wrestling like<br>Anthony Pettis then I think it can be<br>effective but by itself I don't think<br>it's effective and it's just more flashy<br>and fancy and give it a B minus because<br>they do Spar they do Spar yeah for the<br>street um yeah let's go B minus I think<br>they have a lot of power can be<br>surprising very flexible but they don't<br>really protect the face from what I've<br>seen like they drop their hands straight<br>down and they hop hop hop hop one of<br>your core martial arts Muay Thai yeah<br>give it an S we've seen it over and over<br>again Muay Thai guys start transitioning<br>into MMA and they learn grappling and<br>it's extremely effective I think uh Muay<br>Tha is super effective just because the<br>weapons they throw is just so damaging<br>and effective I think it's the most<br>damaging type of weapons the eight limbs<br>you know elbows punches knees kicks the<br>hardest and they got clinching as well<br>which kind of gives them a huge<br>Advantage like I recently posted a video<br>of me clinching with a tie guy and he<br>just like raged all me everywhere Muay<br>ties is extremely effective in on MMA<br>and in the streets in the streets if the<br>guy ties up with the guy at least he<br>knows how to clinch clinching is<br>grappling grappling and striking as well<br>any thoughts about taii I don't think<br>it's effective I give it an F from my<br>understanding of of taii taii is just<br>breathing doing it in a park and working<br>the emotions never seen anyone use taii<br>in a fight yeah I give taii it's good<br>for Health and Longevity wiing Chun so<br>with wingchun I think against a<br>untrained person on the street it can be<br>effective in MMA I don't think it's<br>effective I give it a C Street Fighting<br>I would give it a B minus because your<br>person is untrained any strike to the<br>face with accuracy is effective whether<br>it's Wing Chun or Muay Thai do I believe<br>in hand trapping in general though I<br>believe hand trapping works very well<br>but the way in which I hand trap is very<br>different from the way people hand trap<br>in Wing Chun again it requires your<br>partner to have their rear arm forward<br>and they connect diagonally but it's<br>very unlikely that your opponent is<br>going to stand that way but again I<br>think hand trapping works just not<br>against someone who's not using the same<br>art as you and then it becomes a lot<br>more harder to trap when your partner is<br>fighting in a distance so I bump it down<br>to a c when it comes to MMA and [ __ ] I<br>put [ __ ] up with a the reason why I'm<br>putting all the BJJ [ __ ] and Judo in<br>the a section is because the fight<br>usually starts standing so there's<br>always that one chance that they get hit<br>or get knocked out before it hits the<br>ground but if it if they can close the<br>distance and get to the ground it<br>becomes very very effective but I give<br>the rest of the Striking arts and S just<br>simply because it start standing I put<br>them almost at the same but one level<br>lower just simply because it starts<br>striking and you needs to be able to<br>close a distance before you can take the<br>post person down but yeah I think Sabo<br>has clearly been proven that it's one of<br>the most effective martial arts I'm<br>probably going to get hate on this since<br>uh Islam just just won and khabib and<br>they're their Sao guys I then asked Jeff<br>to rank each martial art for MMA if<br>someone did only that particular martial<br>art and then came to MMA starting with<br>boxing I would give it an S it still<br>stays an S right oh oh so they they have<br>no oh God this yeah they don't know take<br>down defense they don't know grappling<br>okay drops down to a got it a minus a<br>minus Aus wrestling a leway a mu Tha a<br>BJJ a minus b b kickboxing a [ __ ] a<br>minus no b b b b b actually no no sir s<br>let's go a a a is good a is good A or a<br>minus a a a a a let's stick with a kib<br>fans are happy J B B minus karate B kaga<br>B minus<br>kapura keep it at B uh B minus yeah<br>Jindo keep it there tawo keep it there<br>and C actually Tao I'll go down to C<br>okay if it's only tawo got it and iido C<br>Japanese Jiu-Jitsu c k c do they change<br>no see everyone everyone dropped the<br>level down just simply because now they<br>have a huge hole in their game and now<br>this is pretty much like me being bias<br>it's interesting though boxing dropped<br>from s to a minus the reason why I<br>dropped the boxing down is because Muay<br>Tha beats boxing a wrestler beats boxing<br>person who can kick is going to beat<br>boxing in my opinion unless you're<br>fighting Mike Tyson and then I asked<br>Jeff drank martial arts only one<br>practice per tier based on how important<br>that martial art is for MMA Muay Tha for<br>S Muay would be S what's the a wrestling<br>a minus n BJJ next one boxing B minus<br>karate oh interesting next kickbox<br>kickboxing Judo leway<br>[ __ ] what makes my Thai stand up at the<br>top for you that's just the martial art<br>that I started with although I don't<br>stand in a Muay Thai stance anymore<br>sometimes I do it's just giving me the<br>fundamental weapons I do M and I stand<br>in a wide stance and it doesn't look Mo<br>anymore I'm still kicking and punching<br>and elbowing and kneeing like a Muay<br>Thai Fighter I'm just moving with karate<br>forward if you want to see me rank the<br>best martial arts for self-defense<br>together with the former police officer<br>and kickboxing coach icy Mike click<br>right here thanks for watching and keep<br>owning your journey