Karate practitioners often get bombarded with comments from underaged MMA poseurs and wannabes with two weeks training ( They are usually skinny guys with their TAPOUT shirts and boardshorts hanging with mom at Traders Joe or Starbucks). "Karate does not work !" Just look at the UFC ! Hmmm.. Really ?
Now lets take a look at some few great fighters in the UFC and the MMA shall we ?
Chuck Liddle – Koei Kan Karate / Kenpo
George St. Pierre - Kyokushin Karate
Lyoto Machida – Shotokan Karate
Bas Rutten – Kyokushin Karate
Seth Petruzzili – Shito ryu Karate
Gerard Gordeau - Kyokushin Karate
Peter "The Chief" Graham - Kyokushin Karate
Harold Howard – Goju Ryu
Ray Daniels (WCL) - Shotokan /Kenpo
Pat Miletich - Shuri Ryu Karate
Keith Hackney - Kenpo Karate
Frank Mir - Kempo
Jeff Joslin - Wado Ryu
Here are few UFC/MMA fighters who has Karate backgrounds but can't defined the styles at the moment:
Rich Franklin
Jason Dent
Assuerio Silva
Cheick Kongo
With all that said and done, what do you think of karate now ? I thought so !
