Fighter
Grappler
Grappler noun - Combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground.
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- Retired fighter Genki Sudo owed most of his striking success to this tactic, being primarily a grappler.
Source: Confusion Fu -
Also, a fighter spacecraft in Babylon 5 is shown using a grappler early in the series, presumably to differentiate the series from Star Trek and also because the CGI effect was pretty cool.
Source: Grappling-Hook Pistol -
There's Maki, the Muay Thai fighter; head female couch Maria; petite grappler Momoko; and so on.
Source: Manga / All Rounder Meguru
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