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MONTREAL — Wrestling in mixed martial arts is somewhat equivalent to special teams play in football. It’s grinding, it’s unglamorous, and nobody pays specifially to watch it. Yet ultimately, it can be one of the most important factors in winning and losing.
UFC 124 main eventers Josh Koscheck and Georges St. Pierre have used wrestling as the basic building block of their respective careers. For Koscheck — a former NCAA All-American and wrestling champ — it was in the early stages, when he had little more to fall back on. For the champion St. Pierre, it was upon realizing he needed to add the extra element to his arsenal.
The fight within the fight of who controls the wrestling game could well decide who emerges from UFC 124 as the UFC welterweight champion.