what is the most important mma skill to have if you could only pick one

[Blue Wave Gym]

let me hear what you think

[danfaggella]

Very hard to only pick one, because few of those skills alone will win MMA competition, but I chose a choke because solid chokes can take out anyone, and weather you get taken down to do the takedown yourself, the ground game opens up plenty of choke opportunity.

[nutter]

I think good kicking skills are the most important bit right cos if you can kick good, you can keep them at bay and just Ko them from a distance right.

[OmaPlata]

CHOKE because it kills

[SamuraiGuy]

I have a question, does the clinch skills entail, both .. the muay thai style of a "striking clinch", or the judo/greco clinch which is more of a "grappling clinch", or both?

[medic06]

CHOKE because it kills

how many people have you killed with a choke?

[danfaggella]

Oh I doubt he has killed anyone but its pretty undoubtable that anyone can kill someone with a rear naked or gi choke, just a matter of holding it tight and right.

[medic06]

It's takes about 5 minutes of brain hypoxia to cause permanent brain damage and death. You want to hold a choke for 5 minutes?

[BJJAndWrestling]

A good shot!
All you need to know after that is a mount and punches!
If its a really good shot you can slam them down! HARD!!!!!

[7r14ngL3Ch0k3]

It's takes about 5 minutes of brain hypoxia to cause permanent brain damage and death. You want to hold a choke for 5 minutes?

No, if you hold a choke for like even 25-40 seconds after the blood flow to the brain has been stopped, the person will get brain damage. If you have someone in a fully locked in RNC for a minute or over, they will probably die. 5 minutes holding a choke to cause permenent brain damage and/or death is BS, its a lot sooner than that.

[danfaggella]

^Not to mention this is MMA, and nobody tries to kill anyone in competition.

[jubaji]

A good shot!
All you need to know after that is a mount and punches!
If its a really good shot you can slam them down! HARD!!!!!

You have a clear and direct way of thinking, sir.

[medic06]

No, if you hold a choke for like even 25-40 seconds after the blood flow to the brain has been stopped, the person will get brain damage. If you have someone in a fully locked in RNC for a minute or over, they will probably die. 5 minutes holding a choke to cause permenent brain damage and/or death is BS, its a lot sooner than that.

Nope, try again. Even with full anoxia (that's NO OXYGEN WHATSOEVER) brain death takes about 5 minutes. The brain is very sensitive to hypoxia and low glucose, when you slap on a choke you are not completely shutting off all blood flow, just enough to induce unconsciousness.

[Mephariel]

That being unconcious is just as helpless as death.

[medic06]

That being unconcious is just as helpless as death.

Oooooooo. . . . .

makes me afraid to go to sleep at night.

Yep, that's right. You can then kill them, or just take pictures of them in conpromising positions.