A straight karate guy amateur level not against some amazing graplers with a stick and move ud mind set woukd go quite well seeing as point fighters go full contact and learn grapple.@.mark all re karatekas learn how to grapple. Even the point fighters because that's just the sport of the art not the art. All point fighters go full contact and go into k-1 if they can some go to mma. The reason why they do this is so they build reflecexs over destroying each other and do leas full contact but still do it. I've been to many amateur fights mma and kickboxing karate is allways a good pick.
Point fighting has little to no grappling. If the "karate champion" studies nothing but striking, then he's not going to be well rounded enough to do well in an MMA style match.
True Karate is a well rounded martial art system, complete in all forms of self defense. Point sparring uses less than a fraction of what traditional Karate teaches.
About as well as a MMA guy in a karate tournament. Meaning not good. I am tired of people saying that some professionals trained karate or this style and that style. I'm sure they all started with it but no MMA fighter goes to karate class. These sports and arts are tailored for what they do. They don't mix. Just as a boxer would get his @ss kicked in a MMA fight, a MMA fighter would get his @ss kicked in a boxing match.
Since you asked "How would a karate point fighting champion", I'll say they'd do HORRIBLE.
The reason being is that if you're focused on "points fighting" you're not sparring full contact, and probably not used to being hit, not following through with good strikes that will either knock out the other fighter. In a fight where the goal is to knock out the other fighter you're going to be in big trouble.
Grated there are some exceptions, and it's possible they'd do well. But the reality is that points sparring and full contact are very different.
Lyoto Machida was a Pan-Ams champ. He was undefeated for the longest time, capturing the UFC Light Heavyweight title and was recently announced as the contender for the Middleweight title. That's unquestionably very successful.
With that said, he had to add Brazilian Jiujitsu and a form of wrestling (Sumo) into his arsenal in order to be competitive. His in-and-out, counter-fighting style has also arguably cost him some close decissions, because it appears at times that he doesn't want to engage, and one of the judging criteria is "aggression".
Without any other training what so ever?
He'd lose quickly, first off the side stance point fighters take make them highly susceptible to any strike that is not linear. So they would take a lot of outside leg kicks, and the lack of mobility of that stance means someone moving off angles and striking from off angles are going to be able to get in clean shots on them easily.
That is just from the striking aspect.
You add the grappling aspect and it puts them in serious jeopardy, having never prepared for someone shooting, and the propensity to continuously raise the front leg and place all weight on the rear leg, you end up with someone very easy to take down. Once someone collapses their pocket and takes that leg it is going to be a high amplitude slam, and a quick move into a submission. With zero training in ground work a point karate fighter is going to make all the classic mistakes right away, by either attempting to push off and extending their arm, or turning to their stomach and giving up their back and neck.
All in all he is not remotely prepared for a MMA competition.
Before using Machida's name in this context try to remember Machida never did point Karate, he did full contact Kumite, and he did grappling and Sumo at 12, and BJJ at 15.
Whose rules are we using? MMA rules or point fighting rules. Your question is equal to how would a swimmer do in a cross country race. Its all about endurance right? You can't pitch apples against oranges and ask which is better.
Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson and Lyoto Machida are doing quite well in MMA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyoto_Machi...
3rd Dan in Shotokan.
I think he would do awesome as long as he's also trained in a grappling art (wrestling, judo, jiu-jitsu, etc.)
How would a karate point fighting champion who has won several state and nationals tournaments do in mma? Explain your answer
Really Good cause his Name Koree
