Barnett: Pro wrestling knows its history, MMA doesn’t
One thing that (pro) wrestlers got over MMA guys is they know their history,” said Josh Barnett. “In MMA, there’s a…
One thing that (pro) wrestlers got over MMA guys is they know their history,” said Josh Barnett. “In MMA, there’s a lot of kids just run out here and they don’t know nothing. They couldn’t tell you what Pancrase was … But you should know your past. Just like with wrestling.”
At some point, there became that great divide, but they both require tremendous amounts of skill. They’re both similar and yet different.
I think a professional wrestler should know both sides. Because if you want to go out there and capture everybody’s hearts and have them get so invested into a fight, to the point that they forget what they’re watching, that it is a worked outcome; then you should know what a real fight is like.
Josh Barnett fights Daniel Cormier in the final of the Strikeforce World Grand Prix on Saturday May 19.