the fabulous four I agree man. Respect for the diversity. Competing in MMA yet still competing at a BJJ tournament

the fabulous four This is a great thing. I support grapplers to do more cross competition. Unfortunately, IJF is trying to prevent Judokas from competing in BJJ tournaments. BJJ guys should also try competing in other grappling sports. It helps raise their skill levels, even adapting to different rule sets.

yeah, he put it on... and didn't bother doing bjj... just because i put on a construction hat while fishing doesn't mean anything is getting built

Not just a wrestler a NCAA D1 champ

@@Justintdot a top shelf wrestler. Well said!

skraddypoo The guy is on his BJJ journey and people are accusing him of being a sandbagger, even though he displayed blue belt level in BJJ. That is the insane part.

mike gojich he got subbed ;)

Dannynorw Definitely did. Reason why he is at the division he is in. He can only get better. He is at a higher level at the takedown, which many BJJ practitioners need to improve on. Just like Ed Ruth has to get better at his submissions and submission defense.

dn a This is what is great, it comes down to the individual. The wrestler started from the beginning on his BJJ journey, just like everyone should.

alanguages Wrestlers have very strong base and crazy top control. An Olympic level wrestler should be about purple belt within 6 months of training BJJ full time.

tag1out Is this wrestler fighting black belts at Worlds and competing with Rafael Mendes? No. He's rolling against a random blue belt with 18 months rolling experience. So why should a BJJ guy jump into NCAA D1? Secondly, the wrestler will keep showing his back, and the BJJ guy will be unable to attack it due to wrestling rules.

lol

tag1out I agree

Farmer Burns! 🤘🏽

He certainly wins the wrestling aspect although not the whole match. He ended up losing another match to submission. Big props to him though for competing in the gi.

eduardo toledo BJJ is a different sport, and he is still not at a high level in the art. He will progress faster than others, as he will be able to mix the two grappling arts together, still he had to start from the beginning. It is annoying when people accuse him of sandbagging, yet it is clear he is still low in BJJ skills.

i know its a different sport kkk but yeah, hes bjj level is low and he is not saaaandbagging... just that the site is showing his takedowns were absurd in a low lv bjj camp haha

eduardo toledo Yeah it shows only his strengths and not the full context, when he lost decisively by submission to another blue belt. You must be Brazilian, my friends there use that as laughing. I went to Sao Paulo and learned some Portuguese for three months.

yes, i am XD we use kkkkk, but we dont laugh saying kkk haha our laughes are huehuehe, kkkk, rsrsrs, hehe

because he watch and read KZfaq comments about how BJJ guys have no takedowns so he figured he could try and get at least one on a 3x NCAA D1 wrestler to save face and it didn't work for obvious reasons.

You Mang From what I heard he’s going to further his education and has 0 desire to get into combat sports

Tre' Roney Nah he’s going into mma. He filled in for someone a few months ago at the last second against Gordon Ryan and I think he got subbed

Pete I like it. Do you know what the song is called?

X2

Pete song name?

I tried using Shazam on it, no results : (

Gopher Broke is WAY more underground than Dre Robinson. "My Two Front Teefs" is straight spittin' fire.

He looks like an Aikido guy with how effortless his takedowns look 😂 they really look like b******* but its not! he's just that good!

No he is not!

Pandiush69 69 So has all the other greats.

Pandiush69 69 If it were a real fight the BJJ guy would be toasr

@@knightmire real fight use gun

no.....

Bryan Taylor Just to let you know the guy is bloody blue belt, unless you are colour blind.

alanguages That is irrelevant. Any professional MMA fighter is expected to wipe the floor with blue belts.

Bryan Taylor In BJJ? Does that also mean if you are a champion in BJJ, then you should wipe the floor in MMA? Marcelo Garcia must have been an undefeated MMA champion for a long time then. This is similar shit, when Cyborg lost a kickboxing match against Jorina Baars = Cyborg would lose to Ronda Rousey in MMA. Two different sports.

Not true. BJJ is one aspect of MMA, so someone who is a professional MMA fighter is expected to train heavily in BJJ. MMA encompasses many forms of martial arts beyond BJJ, so someone who is a BJJ player lacks all the other necessary skills to be successful in MMA. In other words, a professional MMA fighter trains in BJJ, but a BJJ player does not train MMA. So your argument is not valid.

Bryan Taylor No it is not since, many MMA fighters are not high level BJJ, even if they train in MMA. You just stated any pro MMA fighter should wipe the floor with BJJ guys at blue belt level. That is utterly idiotic. So every pro MMA figher, should be given at least a purple belt then, even though they have never competed in BJJ competition? Afterall a pro MMA figher should just beat blue belt BJJ competitors by presumption. Do you realise how outrageously stupid that sounds? Are you saying high level BJJ players are not able to use their strengths to win at MMA? They can win, but it is that much harder, since it is a different sport.

Joe smoe I say it is just 2nd nature to do the takedowns. He is still evolving, so eventually he will do more.

Dannynorw why would you think American’s are racist? Because the liberal media and politicians say half of the country are racist? We are literally the most free and diverse nation in the history of the world. You literally don’t know what you are talking about.

lol wtf? called him a white because he is a white lol and calling a black guy black because he is black by social standard. I personally believe skin color is so overstretched that it actually doesn't mean shit as each individual have different appearance . WE ARE JUST ONE RACE, A HUMAN RACE. So stop whining Dannynorw.

Song ?????????

lol

Jakub Kaczmarek Newsflash the guy is a BJJ blue belt competing in a BJJ tournament, which is a different sport. Maybe it is unfair for BJJ champions to fight nobodies in MMA for starters. Meaning Kron Gracie should have went up against Jose Aldo in the UFC for his debut MMA match. I hope you understand how insane that sounds.

He didn’t I know this is three years ago but that’s not true they said he had a tough time with him when he came to MMA wrestling only. And that’s because there’s more things that wrestlers aren’t familiar with like foot sweeps and hip tosses things that you don’t do in traditional wrestling

tmWasted well it was a bjj match...ofcourse it will be done in bjj rules

but if it was wrestling rules that kid wouldn't even be in his division silly

why would it be wrestling rules ? Its a bjj match in a bjj tournament...ofcourse its going to be under bjj rules

Not Important it's nothing like that since takedowns are apart if bjj while kicking is illegal in boxing

ok, perhaps not the best analogy, but it's obvious what's happening here... he is getting a take down and posturing, feeling awesome... and no one gives a fuck, because that's not the ultimate point of the sport... so he stands there not knowing what to do... which makes the posturing so much more offputting ok, now?

he's an MMA fighter. What he wanted from this tournament is exactly what he got.

one two he’s only a blue belt bro. Relax

one two The guy is a blue belt, and still learning. No shit his wrestling is going to be good, since he has a successful background in it and his BJJ is not at a high level. Go compete against him in MMA and you can be criticised how good your BJJ is and compare it to how shitty your MMA would be. You might have an idea how your complaint is idiotic.

The best fighters are found in the comment section! Smh

Nolan Cruz Smith jon jones is a blue belt and tapped out black belts whats your point???

@@lakeam6982 JJ tapped people in nogi, some of Ruths moves here were very sloppy with the gi, same with JJ, he wouldnt do much in the gi.

Lol right...

Reggie Glubber Do you even know the guy? I do, he trains at my gym. This guy is the furthest from insecure. He's the opposite in every way.

Reggie Glubber Why don't you go to his academy and tell him he is arrogant and insecure?

James Carter I don't know the individual, but I'm of the opinion that, of I see a display photo on social media that's an ab shot of a guy lifting his shirt or otherwise flexing, what I see is a person saying, "My body and its present condition define me. Please admire and approve..." Vain people do their best to come off as confident, but when one loves themselves and doesn't need others to be wow'd by them, they'll naturally exhibit less peacocking. Only this guy knows his own intentions, but it's a decent rule in my mind.

@@tomwolfe7782 Sure