Who would win between Karate/Kung Fu and UFC champions - and why?

Picture the scene :-





A best-in-the-world world karate champion, steps into the ring against a best-in-the-world UFC champion.





Who would win and why? And would the same go for a kung fu/UFC fight too?|||Karate champion- depending on the style, most are standup fighters, with no ground grappling, unless is a style like Shidokan karate. It%26#039;s the same for a kung fu practitioner.





UFC champion- this is not a style, it%26#039;s a person trained in mixed martial arts (boxing, muay thai, kickboxing, wrestling, judo, brazilian jiujitsu), who fights in the UFC organization.





Anybody trained in mixed martial arts, regardless of which organization, has an advantage against a striker (karate, kung fu)who lacks a ground game, this was already proven the first days of UFC when Royce Gracie was submiting practitioners of different striking arts. Then the wrestlers came to play and the MMA game evolved, mixing all the styles.|||Of course it depends on the skill level of the practitioner. Fighting the way a traditional kung fu practitioner fights is completely different. We have no rules regarding where to strike %26amp; have no hesitation in striking testicles, eyes or throat. That is martial art not martial sport. Report Abuse
|||There is always a punchers chance, so literally anyone can win.|||Most people are going to tell you the Mixed Martial Art-ist (MMA%26#039;s are the contenders, UFC is the venue) has a much greater chance at winning. And this is said for one of two reasons: 1. a MMA usually has had more training experience against a wide variety of fighters/ fighting styles (i.e striking arts, grappling arts), and 2. they tend to have a more well-rounded way of fighting than the average school (utilizing both the striking arts and grappling arts). But... if you had a traditional karate school or kung fu school that embodied the two qualities I described, then it would just come down to an individuals experience, or even who fought better on a given day.|||It depends heavily. A UFC fighter is more about spead and strenght. A Karate or Kung fu fighter will have an advantage of having the ability of one knock out blow. I%26#039;ve seen numerous fights between Kung fu and Karate fighters where Kung Fu wins 9/10 times because it entails more. I%26#039;m pretty certain a Kung fu master would beat a UFC fighter.|||It all depends on the rules.





If it%26#039;s in Karate or Kung Fu the Karate/ Kung Fu guy would most likely win. Nothing is definite, since MMA fighters aren%26#039;t practicing only one style. Unless the MMA fighter is just a wrestler with a little bit of striking, then it%26#039;s tough to say.





If it%26#039;s Kick Boxing, who knows? A lot of the MMA/ UFC guys are great strikers too.





If it%26#039;s MMA rules, the Karate/ Kung Fu guy would have a very tough time, unless they learned to sprawl and or had some grappling %26amp; ground work.|||UFC more technically experienced