(31 May 2014, 2:40 pm)marxistafozzski wrote That's the kind of fighting I enjoy, I don't know why I never picked up on it before now...Would it be right to say, MMA is very similar to Pro Wrestling, but without the pre-determination for matches and over the top characters...

There are over the top characters in MMA. Kazushi Sakuraba, for one, is a huge pro-wrestling fan and occasionally wears masks to the ring in addition to having a traditional pro-wrestling entrance. There are others, both in UFC and other Japanese MMA promotions, who adopt certain pro-wrestling traits be it in interviews, appearance, or crowd-baiting.

MMA can be wrestling-orientated in the sense that grappling and submission techniques are used. However, some fighters rely primarily on strikes to win bouts.In short, different fighters have different styles. As a rule, matches are not pre-determined but there are examples/accusations of 'worked-shoots' which brings into doubt whether all matches are pre-determined.

(31 May 2014, 2:40 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Also does many wrestlers have an MMA kind of storyline, I know Brock Lesnar does and sure I read somewhere the Undertaker has an MMA style to his character as Mark Callaway is massive MMA fan...

Some wrestlers have previously been involved in MMA. Obviously, Brock Lesnar is one, but Alberto del Rio (under a mask as Dos Caras Jr.), Ken Shamrock, Bobby Lashley and Dan Severn, to keep the list to wrestlers you may have heard of and have been in WWF/E have all had MMA matches at some point in their careers. If we are to list Japanese wrestlers, then that list obviously expands.

Some wrestlers who haven't been fought in MMA fights try to incorporate an MMA style into matches.

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