Well it's common sense, striking isnt hard... For most people. At an MMA gym youre really only learning the basics of boxing, if that. If a pure wrestler wanted to get effective boxing training he should go to a real boxing gym, to master the discipline. And if not, then yes, their striking would be at a low level.
And also, Ive got a a few friends that wrestled in high school, and went in to training for MMA and after only 2 months got fights, not nearly enough time to develop a solid striking base, for boxing or MMA, and they both won (one by GNP, the other by guillotine choke... stereotypical MMA wrestlers) so it's not as hard as you claim it is to get fights at all. If a trainer sees something he can work with (an experienced wrestling background, boxing experience, ect.) he'll throw his fighter in there if he's confident about him and his skill set. Some trainers (although not a good thing) are even probably very eager to throw some of these experienced wrestlers in there and test out the waters.
And also, Ive got a a few friends that wrestled in high school, and went in to training for MMA and after only 2 months got fights, not nearly enough time to develop a solid striking base, for boxing or MMA, and they both won (one by GNP, the other by guillotine choke... stereotypical MMA wrestlers) so it's not as hard as you claim it is to get fights at all. If a trainer sees something he can work with (an experienced wrestling background, boxing experience, ect.) he'll throw his fighter in there if he's confident about him and his skill set. Some trainers (although not a good thing) are even probably very eager to throw some of these experienced wrestlers in there and test out the waters.
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