Why do MMA fighters often have both a boxing and a Muay Thai coach?

It seems like it would be slightly confusing. Also does Muay Thai already incorporate what you need from boxing? I just find it interesting that often times both coaches are enlisted to help prepare the standup|||Boxing has better footwork, better angle work, and of course better hand work. There are Thai boxers who have great hands, but overall because of the wide variety of weapons used, they aren%26#039;t as specialized in the hands department.





You can look at it from a strictly scientific stand point, but essentially you want to train in arts that specialize as much as possible. Boxing for your hands, Muay Thai for your short range strikes, strikes from the clinch, and kicks. Greco, Judo, Sambo for your stand up grappling for control and takedowns from clinch situations, and scrambling on the ground.





BJJ, Judo, Sambo, obviously the more specialized the better for your submissions.





Simply put, take what is considered the best at an aspect and incorporate it into your repetoire.





Obviously the best punchers are boxers.





Best knees and elbows are Thai boxers,





etc.etc.etc.





A MMA fighter is interested in what is proven effective. So while other Arts may incorporate something into their art, the ones that specialize in an aspect and compete in that aspect have distinct advantage over an art that doesn%26#039;t, or that incorporates many tools.





You want specialists to work on every aspect of your game.





You would be surprised that many Muay Thai fighters actually have boxing coaches as well. Guys like Mike Zambidis, and Buakaw Por. Pramuk spend a lot of time just on their hands as well as the Muay Thai game.





I mean who is going to be the better puncher, the guy who goes twelve rounds using knees, elbows, kicks, clinches, and fists. Or the guy who just uses his fists. Obviously to work your hands you go with guys who specialize in using their hands.





Just what I have noticed.|||mma incorporates many fighting styles into one. someone who fights in mma needs an understanding of stand up fighting, stand u grappling, and submission wrestling. boxing and muay thai are great for learning stand up fighting. yes muay thai does include boxing; however, some may feel the need to train in boxing as well b/c boxers train diferently than muay thai fighets and it is important to be as well rounded a fighter as possible when training for mma|||boxing is very different from muay thai...you learn alot of different things from boxing...for instance....in boxing you learn how to move your body and head after throwing punches. Muay thai, you learn kicks and elbows...all in all, boxing makes your striking more smooth.|||Because boxing is more of a specialization for closer range fighting. They%26#039;re two different ranges and two different styles.|||Muay thai is great with offence and defence when it comes to elbows, knees, clinching, kicking. They do incorporate punching, but a good boxers hands are going to be better than a good muay thai guys hands any day of the week. Boxers also have great foot work, movement, and defence from punches. They basically compliment each other in the standup department.|||hands





feet|||Because, boxing has the best defensive and offensive punching. However, its not desiged to watch out for kicks.





In muay thai, your stance is for kicking and watching out for being kicked, along with some puching.