PizzaHutsAlat The game I've always played was mortal kombat. this game had two control layouts, in both you would jump with the UP button, which in a modern controller would be moving the left stick up.
the buttons would either do different attacks, and blocking was done by moving back while being attacked, while running was done by double tapping left or right, or one button was reserved for blocking and one for running. the trigger was used for dodging and leg swipes in the 3D version.
And then in King of Fighters UP was also jump, and you had a weak punch, strong punch, weak kick and strong kick, these were more easily translated to a PS style controller. I think blocking was done by moving back while being attacked too.
I would say left stick for moving left and right, jumping and crouching, buttons for attacks, and any additional mechanics like running would be trigger. That would be the Standard fighting game controls, just like for an FPS it's WASDER-Space.
