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MTB pedals are used instead of road pedals as they don't have a direction... up and down are the same and when you're fixed you really don't want a weighted road pedal spinning around as you try and clip in. So MTB pedals are great as whatever way up they are, you just clip in.
MTB shoes are used instead of road pedals as people want to be able to walk around. The cleats are always inset into a rugged sole on an MTB shoe, have you ever tried walking in a road shoe on the cleats? On wooden floors you'd slip over, you can't run, you walk on tip toes, and popping into an off-license becomes a chore. So MTB shoes do away with all of that and are perfect on the bike and OK off the bike rather than road shoes which are perfect on non-fixed bikes and terrible off the bike.
Of the MTB pedals available, SPDs and Time are the two major systems.
SPDs are disliked for unclipping under pressure, good for MTb but bad for fixed when you might be pulling up to skid. The Time system are therefore preferred.
Then people like to have shoes that don't look all lurid coloured and gross, and the Sidi Dominators are as close as you're going to get to a pair of plain black cycling shoes. They're also dead comfy and not being Shimano they don't feel too common... so they win there too.
End result: Most fixed riders who go clipless seem to lean towards the Time Atac system paired with Sidi Dominators.
You'll see exceptions of course, but if we did a poll I'm pretty sure Time + Sidi would come out on top.