RANKING Martial Arts Styles For MMA! Fighting Style Tier List

What's the Best Martial Arts Style for MMA?? All Martial Arts Styles have a purpose. If you enjoy them, do them. This is based off of my opinion.

In this episode of Tier List with Sensei, I rank (opinion) Jiu Jitsu, BJJ, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, Wing Chun, Sanda Sanshou Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, and more!!

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Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Kung Fu, MMA, UFC, Sensei Seth, Kata, Kumite, Sparring, Fight, Boxing, Kick, Side Kick, Yoko Geri, Roundhouse Kick, Spinning Wheel Kick, Tricking, Bottlecap Challenge

[hypnoticskull]

"No intentional throwing outside of the ring or cage."

That's definitely Sumo

[TheBrianp]

Ameri-Do-Te is so S tier it makes everything else at best D tier. Because of Master Ken I no longer live in fear of the destructive disabled.

[propaneman]

A funny thing I noticed is how the number of Wing Chun videos titled "How to Defeat a Boxer/MMA Fighter" really just speaks to how formidable Boxing and MMA are rather than Wing Chun. Boxers and MMA Fighters have to be crazy strong if there's so many videos attempting to demonstrate how to defeat them. I've also never seen a Boxing/MMA video titled "How to Defeat a Wing Chun Fighter".

[Defender]

Nice Breakdown! Here's my transcript:
0:27 BJJ, 1:50 TKD, 3:04 Judo, 4:04 Muy Thai, 5:41 Sambo, 6:44 Krav Maga, 7:48 Karate, 9:21 MMA ruleset, 10:28 WRST, 11:18 KBX, 12:12 Wing Ch, 12:45 BOX, 13:55 Sandu/Sanda
[S] Sambo
[A] Wrestling, Sandu
[B] BJJ, M-Thai, KBX
[C] Judo, Boxing
[D] TKD, Karate
[F] KraV, Wing Ch

[TheInspirationalMind]

Muay Thai and BBJ that is ALL that you need.

[letsgojake.]

My wife heard the video and said "Is that the hot karate guy?" I was like, "Oh, hot huh? I dont know." She comes and looks...

"No, the other guy."

She meant Wonderboy. Sorry, Seth.

[obscurelines]

Wrestling has dominated MMA but a part of that is the American system of producing thousands of wrestlers at a young age with nothing to really do through their twenties. They have no means of income beyond MMA.

[randombencounter]

"I would put karate closer to tae"Seth has encountered a critial error, please stand by

[lordgaben]

Judo still underrated. Clinch grappling is the most important skill in modern MMA.

[carritohmc]

Great list, I think Muay Thai and Judo are underrated though, specially since Muay Thai has takedowns (leg sweeps). For examples on effective Judo in MMA just check out Fedor Emelianenko or Karo Parisyan, also while they may not be strictly Judo players, a lot of fighters have incorporated Judo throws into their MMA games, GSP and Jon Jones are some. Not to mention that armbars, triangle chokes are also Judo.

[Yoandrys]

Krav maga: Crossfit guys doing Aikido in military clothing

[yoavnissen]

I actually think that HEMA is the nerdiest martial art there is

[TheTobiasSimon]

Recently quit Taekwondo for Muay Thai so I’m not getting clowned today

[seanbunce]

I think a big reason wrestling has so much impact on MMA is because in a lot of martial arts its about learning respect and it more based around self defense while in wrestling the kids are taught from a young age to never stop until you win and are brought up with that mentality of make your opponent uncomfortable for your gain.

[ashkaunadib]

It was nice to see Sanda on this list. Very few people realize how great of a martial art it really is.

[geraltofrivia]

As someone who has trained Krav for the past 9 months I completely agree with Seth’s opinion that they couldn’t win against the average mma fighter. That is mostly due to the fact that we don’t train to. We train to defend against the average aggressor. While I do believe that Krav is a martial art, I think it’s more designed not to win a fight but to survive a fight with as little injury to yourself as possible. (Tl;DR: Krav is good against average person not so much against a trained fighter)

[Shadowoftheoldones]

MMA was actually more biased towards grappling before rounds and time limits. Its a big disadvantage to get reset on the feet after five minutes if you are a BJJ fighter, and striking will wear you out way faster than ground grappling if you know what you are doing as a grappler. I'm pretty sure they introduced those things to make the matches "more exciting" (i.e. to encourage striking).

[RedFoxGrappler]

Prediction I’d stake my martial arts career on: Aikido SSS tier

[Shinji]

The thing about Karate being super detailed is so true. I come from a striking background that blends Muay Thai, Kung Fu, and Kickboxing and decided to take a Uechi-ryu karate class in college. We were doing Kata and the instructor yelled because she heard me exhaling my breath with my shots instead of inhaling (out of like 30 students).

[michaelenns]

Judokas have ground game and it is pretty freaking good, especially nowadays ground work takes a bigger role in judo competition and it get's trained more however it is specific to the sports of judo. Judokas don't really train things like guard passes because in judo competitions you just don't end up in situations where you have to pass someones guard, but you end up in situations where you opponent is in a turtle position and this is where judokas ne waza (groundfighting) really shines.