Guy Dojo Stormed BJJ School and Fought a Brown Belt in an MMA fight!

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Guy Dojo Stormed BJJ School and Fought a Brown Belt in an MMA fight!

There will always be someone thinking he can beat a trained fighter. This guy came to Estrella Team BJJ Dojo and challenged anyone to a fight. Brown Belt accepted a challenge and the fight was on.

“He came and asked for a MMA fight in our Dojo at Estrella Team. He was like Rickson Gracie quotes about anyone who doesn’t practice BJJ: I am a shark, the ground is my ocean, and most people can’t even swim.” Anyway, it was a good experience for him, guess he’ll train BJJ now”

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Also, check a video when Karate Guy challenged a BJJ guy to a Bare Hand fight.

Karate Guy challenged BJJ Guy to a Bare Hands fight

You can also check in a video below how it looks like when someone with no takedown skills tries to take someone down in a street fight.

Jiu Jitsu Guy With No Takedown Skills in a Street Fight – FAIL

Kade Ruotolo Will Defend ONE Belt Vs. Matheus Gabriel

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Kade Ruotolo To Defend ONE Belt vs Matheus Gabriel
Kade Ruotolo will defend his ONE submission grappling lightweight title against the seasoned and dangerous World Champion Matheus Gabriel on December 2 at the ONE on Prime Video 5 event.

Kade Ruotolo has no intention of slowing down in 2022, even as the year draws to an end. The ADCC lightweight champion and inaugural ONE submission grappling champion is set to face yet another huge opponent in BJJ World and Pans champion Matheus Gabriel on December 2 in one of four title bouts on the main card of Othe NE on Prime Video 5 event.

Ruotolo feels that he is now the person everyone’s after rather than the young underdog, which puts him in a new and unfamiliar role, that he openly accepts:

“I feel like I’m the hunted rather than the hunter. I’ve always been looking after that number one spot, trying to get to the top, and now it kind of almost feels like I’m there.
I got a lot of hungry people coming after me. And that’s exactly what I want. So I can’t wait to face everybody.”

Matheus Gabriel, a Checkmate representative and one of the best featherweights in the world is certainly going to be a big test for young Kade, known as one of the most difficult grapplers to submit, but Ruotolo is very confident in his skillset. Just recently, Kade publically claimed that nobody could leg lock I’m and his brother, and that included Gordon Ryan.

With both grapplers big on submissions, and both quite difficult to submit, the no-points rule setting in the ONE circle make this a particularly interesting match to watch.

In his last outing for ONE, Kade easily won the lightweight submission grappling belt by submitting Russian Sambo Champion Kurzhev with a leg lock and has been building a new gym in Costa Rica from scratch with his brother Tye in between matches, with their favorite pastime being teasing Gordon Ryan on social media.

One submission grappling title match Ruotolo vs Gabriel

See Gordon Ryan Tapped In Training With The Gi (VIDEO)

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Gordon Ryan Tapped Out In Training With Gi
How often do you think Gordon Ryan tapped in training? In a video from the 2020 Modolfo camp, we see Gordon Ryan rolling in the Gi with a then brown belt Ethan Crelinsten, who manages to tangle him up in a tight kneebar, to which the “King” had to tap out.

BJJ World, take notice. Gordon Ryan tapped in training! During a sparring session at the 2020 Modolfo camp, which featured elite athletes rolling and sharing knowledge, Gordon Ryan rolled with the Gi, and one of those sessions, in which he tangled with Crelinsten ended up with Gordon Ran tapped out.

The short video shows Ryan holding a worm guard, and attempting to expose Crelinsten’s back by inverting it. Ethan re-adjusts to block the back take, getting an opening to go for Gordon’s legs. He manages to get the “King’s” top leg trapped deep into a triangle kneebar.

Gordon did try to spin out of the submission, going both ways but only allowed Ethan to sink it in deeper, and left without a way out without an injury, Gordon Ryan tapped verbally.

Everyone learns by tapping out, and the great Gordon Ryan is obviously no exception. However, this kneebar tap in training is far from Ryan’s kryptonite, as it was done in training, lightly, and in a very friendly manner. Basically, Ryan made an error in judgment trying out something he doesn’t generally do.

It is funny that something which happens to everyone else every time they train is something that gets reported as a “fluke” or super rare when the best grappler in the world is in question.

To be honest, we don’t see anyone actually getting Gordon Ryan tapped by a kneebar in actual competition, even Ethan Crelinsten.

And still, the question remains whether someone will actually be able to submit the King in a competitive match, even with the Gi?

Was AJ Agazarm Robbed At ADCC 2022 (VIDEO)

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Was AJ Azarm robbed at ADCC 2022?/

When AJ Agazarm was complaining about being robbed at the 2022 ADCC when he lost in the first round to Jeremy Skinner nobody paid much attention to him, as this is far from his first time complaining. However, when all the ADCC dust settled, let’s revisit the question was AJ Agarazarm robbed at the latest ADCC?

AJ Agazarm – The Boy Who Creid Wolf?

AJ Agazarm’s behavior on and off the mats hasn’t exactly been one to look up to, which does not say it does not attract attention. He has a reputation for being notorious and controversial and has often been accused of having an anti-Jiu-Jitsu game.

AJ’s flamboyance gets him in trouble in almost every match, from getting slapped more than any other grappler out there, to getting literally front-kicked off stage.

The former wrestler, who found MMA through wrestling, and Jiu-Jitsu through MMA have been on the mats since he was a freshman. Started Jiu-JItsu in college, as he got a scholarship and joined the Ohio D1 program, Agazarm has titles and accomplishments at every belt level.

he also has the image of a bad boy, getting kicked out of his Gracie Barra gym, taunting opponents in matches, and never, ever tapping to a submission. Seriously he’d rather let a joint break, or go to sleep, to even leave the mat area to get DQed than tap.

HE left the BJJ scene briefly in 2019, trying his hand t MMA. AJ had 4 fights in Bellator, never really adopted striking, won two by submission, and lost two decisions, before deciding that he is a grappler more than a fighter.

That did not stop him from doing his antics in the cage just like on the mats.

AJ Agazarm At ADCC 2022

When AJ is in question, many wouldn’t think twice before writing him off as doing shenanigans again. However, there is a legitimate question about the last ADCC: Was AJ Agazarm robbed?

Agazarm jumped back into competitive BJJ in 2021, but lost about a dozen matches or so after his MMA stint. He seemed to be lagging behind everyone else but re-kindled his form at the ADCC West Coast Trails, where he won 5 out of 6 matches to earn a call back to the ADCC.

In the first round of the -77kg division, AJ Agazarm faced Jeremy Skinner, an experienced leg locker who won the Asia and Oceania ADCC Trials. After spending most of the first period of the match in leg entanglement,s AJ started working and managed to successfully attach to a low single-leg takedown.

Skinner counted it, jumping on AJ’s back for a rear triangle. After a short while of trying to choke AJ out, Skinner decided to let go and play off of his back. This is the moment that stirred up the “was Agazarm robbed” debate.

According to ADCC rules, 2 points for a takedown only get awarded if the person getting taken down accepts the takedown and gets their back on the mat. While this did not happen immediately in the Agazaram – Skinner takedown-triangle exchange, it was the eventual outcome.

Even the commentators of the match certainly thought he got the takedown, saying: “I’m not sure how it wouldn’t be a takedown”

The logic behind the decision not to award AJ points has to do with the interpretation of Skinner’s submission attempt as an end to AJ’s takedown. From there, the action counted as a submission attempt, and when Jeremy gave up on it, the referee did not see it as a completion of AJs takedown.

This proved to e a crucial point in Skinner’s decision victory over a very distraught AJ.

Was AJ Agazarm Robbed?

So, was Agazarm robbed of a takedown? This time it is not just AJ crying out for justice. Many people in the BJJ community do agree that the takedown should’ve stood. From the ADCC commentators to anyone who saw the match on video afterward, even people that originally booed AJ, people are siding with his take on things now.

After the decision, Agazarm didn’t leave the mat, holding up the entire event. he stood in the middle to extensive boos from the crowd, and argued with the officials, demanding his two points (holding up two fingers).

After eventually leaving the stage in what appears to be yet another display of his usual antics, AJ called for video reply technology to be included in high-level professional Jiu-Jitsu events, in order to help clear up incidents of this type.

In a real-life example of the boy who cried wolf, AJ was robbed of a chance to keep competing at the ADCC.

Conclusion

The question that lingers is not whether was Agazarm robbed, but rather would it have been any different if another fighter, like Gordon Ryan or Lovato JR. were in AJ’s place? His recommendation for video replies sounds like a good one and the IBJJF decided to give it a go at the recent Pans for the highest-level black belt matches.

ALL Nicky Rod Submissions From EBI 20 (VIDEO)

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All Nicky Rod submissions at EBI 20

B-Team’s Nick Rodriguez submitted everyone at the latest Eddie Bravo Invitational, winning the absolutes belt. Check out all Nicky Rod submissions from EBI 20, and how he set them up to work against elite opposition.

Analyzing All EBI 20 Nicky Rod Submissions

The Nicky Rod submissions bonanza at EBI 20: Absolutes was obviously something he planned for and worked on for some time. The ADCC 2022 silver medalist came int EBI 20 ready to demonstrate his progress and that he is not just a two-trick pony.

“It’s good to do jitz,” Rodriguez said at the start of his highlight video.

“Well, I just want to show diversity in my game, you know. Previously I am known for wrestling, and taking the back and rear-naked chokes, but here, today, I was just using different moves and it paid off.”

First Round – Reverse Triangle Choke

Kicking things off for Nicky Rod was a match with Ezekiel Zurita, which saw Nicky impose his usual top game, dominating takedowns and passes and eventually wrapping up a very tight reverse triangle choke from the Kimura trap, to get the tap in regular time.

Quarter Finals – Armbar (OT)

The quarter-finals saw Nicky Rod pushed into overtime (OT) by a very resilient former teammate Luke Griffith, who managed to survive the onslaught of submission attacks Nicky threw at him.

IN the overtime, though, the EBI rules favor Rodriguez, who is known for his rear-naked choke finishes. And despite him not being able to sink in his favorite submission, he got a very quick armbar off of a rear-naked choke threat, which saw him add variety to the Nicky Rod submissions count of the night.

Semi-Finals – Triangle Choke

Rodriguez met Ausitin Baker in the semi-finals, instead of an anticipated match with New Wave Jiu-Jitsu standout and ADCC champion Giancarlo Bodoni, who got injured in the first round.

Nicky crushed Baker throughout the round, throwing him around with takedowns, and taking out a couple of innocent photographers (again) in the process. Rodriguez started setting up a triangle-armbar attack from the mount, which went into a rolling armbar and ended up as a triangle choke finish in regulation time.

Final – RNC (OT)

In the finals, Rodriguez rounded off his display of submissions by forcing 10th PLanet Jiu-Jitsu black belt Kyle Boehm into overtime, where he yet again utilized the ruleset to his advantage, handing Bohem his first-ever EBI defeat via a rear-naked-choke.

All in all, a very impressive display of the Nicky Rod submissions arsenal, which looks much more diverse than anyone gave him credit for.

MMA Coach Arrested For Sexual Abuse Of A Minor

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MMA coach arrested for child sexual abuse
An MMA coach from Illinois has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor, according to Tri State Public Radio. The charges are in regard to three different incidents of a similar nature.

Beau W. Admire, 42, is an MMA coach and a personal trainer at Badger Combatives in Galesburg, Illinois was arrested on charges of two counts of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Admire is charged with three separate incidents involving the alleged charges.

The 42-year-old, who fought professionally in MMA (1-4), is accused of engaging in acts of sexual penetration and sexual misconduct with a minor. The fact that makes it worse is that he did it from a position of authority and trust, as an MMA coach and personal trainer.

The MMA coach later posted bail but is expected to appear before the court on December 2 to plead his case. All three charges are Class 1 felonies, meaning he could get up to 15 years in Illinois.

Ironically, the MMA coach said in an old interview that his goal was to make Galesburg safer for young people:

“We live in scary times and Galesburg and the surrounding areas are no exception to this,” said Admire. “We teach a realistic self defense system for real world situations. We train all of our students in boxing and kickboxing style striking. We drill many different self defense scenarios for the student to learn how to deal with these possible situations. This builds confidence in our students and helps prepare them for possible threats.”

Law enforcement started investigating in September after many former students claimed that Admire was acting favorably and inappropriately towards female students. This includes sending flirty text messages, according to one of the victims, who also claimed the MMA coach tried to lure her into a room alone with him.

Another victim accused Admire of asking her to spend a week at his house so that he could help with her weight cut.

A third victim claimed that the MMA coach would intentionally enter weird positions when grappling with girls that had nothing to do with actual grappling whereas a fourth complaint accused the MMA coach of being mentally, physically, and sexually abusive during a relationship that yielded two children.

Ethan Crelinsten Shows How To Defend The False Reap

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How To Defend the False Reap by Ethan Crelinsten

Leg lock expert and B-team top competitor Ethan Crelinsten demonstrates how to defend and counter one of B-team leader Craig Jones’ best moves – the false reap.

What Is The False Reap?

The false reap is a guard position that allows for several different entries into the dreaded Inside Sankaku position. The reason it is so dangerous is that it lures people into a knee cut pass which is never really going to work. At least not in the way the passer envisioned it.

The guard player “trapped” in a knee cut position places the top leg in a reap position, over the near leg, and inside the crotch. The main detail in the false reap is the grip, which is a palm-to-palm grip behind the knee of the leg pressing for the knee cut.

The moment the passer tries to pass, the bottom leg slips back, opening inversions and shovel-unders that lead straight into the world of leg locks.

How To Defend The False Reap

Ethan has likely suffered a lot of false reap submissions at the hands of Craig, and more to less, most of the B-team. His defense is two-fold: going for a pass vs. the false reap, or rolling into a back take.

Passing The Guard

According to Crelinsten’s instructions, when you’re looking to defuse the danger of the false reap, you need to follow several steps in order to succeed:

1. Turning To The Correct Side

Despite what instinct might suggest, you need to make sure you’re turning your chest and hips away from the person that has a false reap, instead of toward them.

2. Weight Distribution

As you turn in the knee cut direction,  you’ll need to shift your weight forward. Ethan posts his arm behind the opponent’s back and leans all his weight into the reaping leg with his hip.

3. Sticky Hooks & Backstep

A very important step in ensuring all the attacking directions are shut off is to make sure the bottom leg can’t slip behind your trapped leg. Ethan does this by placing both his feet behind the bottom leg.

Once secure, Crelinsten backsteps and immediately brings the leg back into the sticky hook position.

  1. Underhook & Sprawl

To finish the pass, Ethan underhooks the opponent’s top leg, which is no longer in a false reap position. This puts him into a great passing position, as long as he can break the grip behind the knee.

Breaking the grip is easy, according to Ethan, as long as you have everything else – you just need to sprawl your hips and you’re out and past the guard.

Taking The Back

An alternative way to deal with the false reap is to repeat the first three steps, ensuring you still have the correct angle, weight distribution, and sticky hooks. Instead of doing a backstep and going for a pass, Ethan reaches for the neck with his far arm.

A powerful hip switch enables him to break the grip and he goes for a rolling back take, by walking his shoulder as close to the opponent’s hip as possible. The way the legs are positioned helps Ethan force the opponent straight to back control.

Cain Velasquez Out On Bail, MMA World Erupts

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Cain Velasquez released on bail
UFC star Cain Velasquez, who got arrested on February 28 on 10 different counts, including attempted murder has been released on bail after he was denied the same on three different previous occasions.

Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion of the world, was released on bail after spending eight months in jail. As part of the bail conditions, Velasquez has to wear a GPS tracker at all times. He is also prohibited to come within 300 yards of the alleged victims: Harry Goularte, Patricia Goularte, and Paul Bender. Other terms of his release include no weapons, TBI/CTE outpatient treatment, counseling, and search and seizure conditions.

A Santa Clara County (California) judge granted Cain Velasquez bail after a 13-hour-long pre-trial hearing.

“This incident is extremely serious but appears to be isolated behavior by Mr. Velasquez.  There is also a viable heat of passion defense,” said Judge Arthur Bocanegra.

Cain Velasquez spent 8 months in prison or allegedly shooting at a car carrying Goularte, who was accused of melting Velasquez’s 4-year-old son. A bullet hit Goulate’s stepfather in the arm.

Harry Goularte, 43, ran a home-daycare business where he allegedly molested Cain’s son on multiple occasions.

At the pre-trial hearing, Judge Bocanegra told Cain Velasquez:

“Mr. Velasquez, I would not release you if I was not convinced that upon a release at this time, eight months later, that you would be a danger to Harry Goularte primarily, Patricia Goularte or Paul Bender. If you are as devoted a husband and father, I’m confident and have to believe you will not jeopardize anything that would take you away from your son, your daughter, your family. I hope you don’t prove me wrong.”

Velasquez replied shortly with: “I won’t, your honor.”

Cain velasquez Released From Jail

Mark Geragos, Velasquez’s attorney, who requested bail on three different occasions, stated for NBC Bay Area:

“We’re gratified, and he’ll be able to go home and start the healing process. It’s been a long slog, and after eight months he’s finally going home.”

“It’s been quite a fight, but today is a good day.” added Geragos for MMA Junkie.

Velasquez’s bail is set at $1 million. His last fight in the UFC was his knockout win over Francis Nganou in 2019.

The entire MMA community cheered and greeted the release Cain Velasquez.

Who Is The Highest IQ Grappler?

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Highest IQ grappler Diogo Reis Baby Shark

Who would you say is the most intelligent grappler in the world today? It is difficult to figure it out, as grappling intelligence is not the same as the IQ measured on tests, but here’s an interesting video that analyzes one grappler’s ADCC performance naming him the most intelligent in the BJJ world.

Baby Shark – The Highest IQ Grappler?

Diogo Reis, a.k.a. “Baby Shark” was definitely in the mix for some kind of a medal in the 2022 ADCC, but instead, he took it by storm, cruising past every one of his opponents to become the -66 kg ADCC champion.

Diogo was completely unknown when he signed up for the South American ADCC trials. He won the whole thing, tactically dealing with everyone in this way, including submitting favorite Fabricio Andre, who happens to be Baby Sharks’s teammate and out-wrestling Diego Pato in the finals.

With strength, precision, an abundance of confidence, and eventually, the achievement of being the least scored upon ADCC grappler, Diogo’s display may now earn I’m the title of BJJ’s highest IQ athlete.

Match 1

Baby Shark first faced Ash Williams, who knew Diogo is better at wrestling and chose to sit down and play guard. Reis obliged, constantly threatening Williams with passes, wearing him out and not allowing him to establish his dangerous leg lock game.

In one of many surprises, but incredibly genius tactical decisions throughout the ADCC that qualify Baby Shark for the highest IQ grappler, he chose to sit down and engage in a leg lock battle just before the point period started.

He turned out to suppress Ash Willimas’ dangerous leg lock game by hunting for toe holds, ankle locks, and heel hooks himself.

As the end of regular time approached, Reis baited Ash to stand up and try to pass, easily controlling the guard and getting up at will to dominate the wrestling. Since Williams couldn’t pull guard without getting negative points, he had to wrestle Baby Shark who easily won those exchanges.

Match 2

A re-match with teammate Fabricio Andre saw the pair immediately enter leg entanglements. Fabricio was way more aware of Diogo’s leg locks, and was able to defend them, getting up to pass, but couldn’t solve Bay Shark’s guard.

In overtime, Andre got Reis down but did not hold him down, nor managed to establish hooks after getting a rear-naked choke. It got him ahead on decision and this is where Baby Shark’s tactical brilliance came to the rescue.

Reis got a tight body lock, took Fabricio down, didn’t manage to score a takedown, and then decided to let go and disengage. He did the same at the trials, leaving everyone puzzled.

His tactics proved effective once again. He was able to shoot for another takedown, not scoring, but getting ahead in the referee’s scorecards, which eventually scored him a referee’s decision.

Match 3

Dangerous grappler Josh Cisneros faced Baby Shark in the semi-finals. Reis chose to wrestle, trading a takedown each with Cisneros before the scoring started.

He used JOsh’s takedown right before the points to establish a guard and started playing his leg lock game from there, shutting down Cisneros in the process.

When leg locks did not work, he easily stood up, made Cinseros wrestle, and took him down for the win by points.

Tactically speaking, the young grappler demonstrated great strategy by constantly forcing Josh backward, even though he had the lead. This made it impossible for Cisneros to set up takedowns and saw baby Shark cruise to the finals.

Match 4

A very competent wrestler in Gabriel Sousa was the final hurdle for Reis. Baby Shark won every wrestling exchange in the opening portion, before point scoring.

As points started, Baby Shark was already in guard, looking to enter a backside heel hook or toe hold several times.

When that failed, he once again turned to wrestling, using arm drags to expose Sousa’s back and scoring points for a standing back take, before going back to guard and employing the same tactics as winning the semi-final, constantly attacking to prevent the opponent from scoring.

Closing Thoughts

The burning question is whether it was Baby Shark that is the most genius grappler out there or his coaches and camp for coming up with the tactics. No doubt, Reis is one of the very best grapplers out there, and a match with Mikey Musumeci can’t be far, can it?

AJ Agazarm Stirs Up Trouble With Gordon Ryan Online

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AJ Agazarm And Gordon Ryan Start Facebook Beef
AJ Agazarm likes to escalate things when people tease him. He quickly a “soft” comment from Gordon Ryan on one of his recent Facebook posts from zero to 100 in no time by making it very personal in his reply to the “King”.

AJ Agazarm is a very polarizing person, with most people in the BJJ world choosing to hate him rather than love him. Strangely, while people buy in the bad-boy trash-talker persona Gordon Ryan has going on, they do not at all enjoy AJ’s interpretation of it.

In a recent post that AJ Agzarm made on his Facebook page, he shared an old photo of him competing as a brown belt, captioning it:

“The object of jiu-jitsu is a lot like golf – be sharp, tactical, and do the least amount as possible”.

Gordon Ryan was quick to respond, teasing AJ Agazarm by writing:

“Also to win, you forgot that part.”

AJ was very quick to respond and did not pick his words too much, or he did so extremely carefully if making it very personal was his goal. His response to Gordon’s tease was:

“Oh yeah, even if that means destroying your stomach and a relationship with your brother.”

AJ Agazarm Gordon Ryan Feud

AJ Agazarm is referring to the complicated chronic stomach illness that Gordon Ryan has which has interfered with his performances in the past, even forcing the “King” to retire from competition for a year.

The second comment hits a lot closer to home, with John Danaher recently citing arguments between Gordon and younger brother Nicky Ryan back when they lived in Puerto Rico as the main reason for the disbandment of the Danaher Death Squad. The brothers now fight for opposing teams, Gordon on Danaher’s New Wave Jiu-Jitsu and Nicky choosing to side with Craig Joens and his B-Team.

We’ll see where this online exchange between AJ Agazarm and Gordon Ryan will lead, and whether it will turn into a new feud.

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