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Originally Posted by flipper35
Not really mixed as much as you think. KB is MT without knees or elbows. There is a lot of grappling in Muay Thai, at least in our class, that you can't do in KB either. So really it is using a limited set of your overall training.
I don't know what the rules are from the 80s but those guys would probably get whooped by a modern kick boxer as well.
I will say this, reflexes are everything. Sparring with my daughter will surprise me now and then when she catches a right cross and throws me on my back like a rag doll.
Here is an example of a well placed teep or foot jab where the recipient landed in the ropes:
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Not trying to start a pissing match, but if KB is MT "without" the knees, elbows, very limited grappling, and the clinch, than its just KB. You originally said that some of the guys in your class did both KB and MT which would make them somewhat of a mixed martial artist. A solid MT person (or someone like the guys in your class that do both) would at least have a good chance in an MMA fight. They know how to defend against take downs and clinch up. A KB lacks these skills and only has strikes with zero take downs and zero grappling, which is why an average MMA fighter would simply close the distance, take down, ground & pound, or chock out/submit if he's got BJJ experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2updReP5aM