Easiest way to find out is to go to an MMA gym and spar with those guys. That should give you an idea of where you are.
Also, if you haven't actually spent a whole lot of time wrestling/sprawling, then focusing on guard work may end up being more useful. Guys like Spencer Fisher and the Diaz brothers don't have great takedown defense, but can test guys with their guard work.
Finally, here's an article that addresses various differences in stance and how they can be used in MMA. This should help you understand what your preferred stance is best suited for:
http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/10/7/481...
Everyone in MMA uses a Boxing stance at one point or another, standing upright with legs a shoulder width apart and one leg pushing forward as a lead leg is a very normal human way to stand.
Some people put far too much emphasis on what a stance is and seem to forget the fact that people move, there is no 'Karate stance' 'Muay Thai stance' or 'Jujitsu stance' there are stances that are regularly returned to by practitioners of those styles but only two kinds of people lock themselves into a stance and fight from it no matter what - Idiots and the guys who are using the stance to fool others into believing that they are idiots, everyone else adapts to what their opponent or aggressor is doing, everyone breaks stance when they move, the only difference between eastern and western styles is that eastern styles named those movements as well while western styles simply called it moving.
Bottom line is - don't get so hung up on labelling stances, just use what works.
Yes you can and should. It's the most versatile stance for proper or effective footwork. The weight transfer for striking is the same as karate and even wrestling. Footwork is the foundation for setting up an attack or counter.
Boxing for mma is not the same as normal boxing. It's much more straight punching oriented. You're in the pocket far less in mma than you are in boxing. A boxer in the pocket is dead meat for a good grappler.
The short practical answer is that you can use whatever works that is within the rules of MMA. The reason boxing stances are not usually seen in MMA is because most MMA fighters never trained exclusively in boxing, and boxing stances are better for facing boxers than MMA fighters. When you stand in boxer's stance you are only protecting yourself from punches, not kicks, elbows, knees, or take downs. A boxer needs to modify his stance if he is to be successful in MMA which allows far more than punches above the belt.
You can; you just want to be careful how far out in front you get your front leg and foot especially when sparring or fighting a wrestler who has good take-downs. That front leg and foot extended out there is called a "sugar foot" in wrestling because having it out there too far gives your opponent more opportunity to then shoot for a take-down.
One of the things I do with fighters who prefer to use a boxing stance is I force them sometimes to do various drills and bag work while not having that front leg and foot extended out there quite so far. Then they develop their ability to shorten up that stance some making it harder for anyone to try and shoot for it and a take-down. The other thing I also spend extra time with them on is them changing levels as their opponent does. Then as their opponent is lowering his level to shoot so are they so that they can more easily meet the take-down attempt and stymie it or sprawl.
By learning to fight with a shorter stance they also make it harder for leg kicks to be delivered to their front leg and also I work with them on checking kicks as well. There are advantages as well as disadvantages to any stance really and a well trained fighter will know those and change up some to nullify their opponent's effectiveness as well as for maximizing their own effectiveness when the situation allows for that.
So if you want to use a boxer's stance I see nothing wrong with that but you also want the ability to modify things and adjust as needed when the situation calls for it and know when that is and what needs to instead be done rather than just leaving that lead leg out there exposed so much all the time.
There's nothing in the rules against it, but MMA has developed in a certain way for a reason: The athletes have developed a stance that's designed to work for the particular conditions of MMA.
yea im a boxer and I love boxing but I wana do mma to im southpaw btw don't know if that matter or not but I wana know can I do good in mma with boxing I will use my lead leg for front kick but ima brawler sprawler and if I were to go to ground it would be for ground and pound not submission I know that im open to leg kicks but my legs are know to be able to take a beating I practice checking lead legs kicks
any I focus on using my fist in mma and sprawling and checkin kicks can I do good in mma with a boxing stance
