Sounds like a really great mix . Wanna trade ? D <| sep |> have you seen the new tissot prs 516 that came out some months ago ? Pretty good looking imo . <| sep |> The most important thing you learn in judo are the concepts , and gigrip fighting is only one aspect . It ' s a means to an end , not the whole package at all . If the gi was so important , we wouldn ' t see sambojudo fighters do well in MMA we just don ' t see much of them , but we see judo techniques quite alot . There ' s more wrestling in MMA because of USA ' s sport culture . There is a large of talent outside the US , but they don ' t consider MMA an option apart from Japan , and a few koreans . The problem with judo , is no high level athletes want to switch to MMA at the peak of their career . The only fighter to do so is ronda rousey , and maybe karo parysian . There ' s no real incentive for them to switch . The International Judo Federation also strongly discourages judoka from fighting in other martial arts , which is a shame . This article talks a bit about the politics i s j u d o s p r o b l emwithmixedmartialartsThe leg attacks are a valid point , but any judoka can incorporate them in their arsenal anyway . When the rule change of leg bans came into place , high level players who relied heavily on leg attacks didn ' t have any trouble switching style , and I ' d imagine it ' d be the same vice versa