Beginner in MMA.

[Orlando777]

I just started mixed martial arts about a month and a half ago. I've practiced and attempted to learn a few different styles such as muay thai (which is my favorite), BJJ, wrestling, kickboxing, and boxing (barely any). Muay thai has to be my favorite because my kicks were naturally strong and really good (for a beginner). But what i want to know is if im about 5'5" and 170 lbs. What would be a good style to focus on. I'm not to good at BJJ but really like wrestling on top of muay thai. Would those be good styles for someone my size?

[armstrong303]

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Size doesn't matter when you're good at whichever art you're practicing. If muay thai and wrestling is what you're passionate about, then go for it. I hope it goes good for you!

[wrestlerbjj9386]

I would do bjj, you can use a lot of wrestling in it

[Da-Risin-Smoke]

Would people stop saying "best for my size" and things like that?

Every style caters towards to different people of different style, so you're always in luck.
If you can use your body weight and power efficiently, then that's what matters.

Luckily, you are at a normal body weight, so it doesn't really matter.

Besides, you seem to favor Muay Thai, so take that!

In high school I had a choice. Take wrestling or Karate. I personally liked the option of hitting bags and learning self-defense because it was a less limiting style.

[slimrhcp]

Don't be discouraged about learning different styles. If you wanna get into MMA, you'll need to learn wrestling, bjj, and kickboxing/MT. What you will need to do is determine which moves are high-percentage for you. For example, based on your stats, you probably don't have the longest legs, so triange chokes may not work well for you. But you may find you are adept at arm-drags, and work your game around taking the back. Or you may prefer throws rather than takedowns. If you get a good coach, he will teach you to embrace your strenghs. That being said, you still need to learn the basics of each style.

[Niccco]

Every style has techniques that work better for people with different body types. Just practice what you're good at but practice what you're not good at even more!

[deadliftsnmilk]

i'm 5'6 i love grappling and being underestimated

[Sol Rosenberg]

Some great points here. If you're wanting to go into mma, then wrestling is still very very good, but in my humble opinion something like BJJ might be better suited based on having to adapt to mma rules and submissions. I wrestled 9 years and I didn't have much of a clue about good submissions when I first got into mma 15 years ago. But I was able to slip out of a takedown much easier and able to do reverses and conditioning like a breeze compared to someone with less experience. but it sucks if you have no submissions and you're sitting there trying to pin someone based on muscle memory when they're arm barring you. But wrestlers learn quickly. Only thing I would go back and learn differently was holding my head too far down when going in for a TD...too many knees to the head before I learned my lesson.

FTR, my experience is that I started out in TKD, ended up in Judo, started wrestling in 7th grade through college, got into JKD concepts and Muay Thai, and ended up later on in boxing/mma training as of late. Even with some submissions from Judo, I have had to relearn many concepts that are unique to mma.

As wisely mentioned here already your coach should see your strengths and weaknesses and build up your weak areas quickly.

Good luck and keep those hands up.