#127 The BJJ Mount Rushmore of High Profile BJJ Beatdowns

This week on the Grappling Rewind Podcast we talk about the most historic BJJ Ass Beating from our favorite high-level competitors.  Taking a historic look at What’s Beef when it comes to bad blood matches, and generally overmatched competition at the highest levels. 

In this weeks news segment we talk Fight island UFC 249 being cancelled robbing us of the opportunity to see a real life Bloodsport.

In the main segment of the show we talk about when keeping it real goes wrong in BJJ chronicling some classis BJJ beat downs in the world of Professional MMA and BJJ. 

We talk about the build up and results of Nick the tooth vs. Joe Lauzon and how this fight week matchup came to be, and then was subsequently removed from the internet.  Then we talk about Nick the Tooth vs. Matt Serra that also ended in similar fashion.  We talk about some history about the beef between all the parties involved and the technical beat down that ensued as a result. 

In our next match we talk about ADCC and grappling legend Marcello Garcia vs. Ben Askren in training footage going back to 2009 or earlier.  We talk about how good Marcello is in comparison to the submission grappling of then wrestling stand out Ben Askren.  We talk about the submission grappling “levels to this” understanding the huge accomplishments of both men 

In the next match we go back to 2008 with the viral match between Andre Galvao vs. the fake black belt took place in one of the most legendary beatings in sanctioned competition featuring an upset Andre Galavo going off in competition against an overmatched opponent who attempted to knee reap him during competition. All set to the beat of some classic So-Cal Hip Hop. 

Continuing the trend of beatings for the sake of proving a point we take a look at Ralek Gracie vs Gordon Ryan at the final Metamoris a match that we covered on the show back in 2017 we talk about some of the historic context of this match.  The goal of the event and how it played out as well as the bet between Gordon and Danaher that lead to the triangle finish at a very specific time in the match.  

To cap off this episode we talk about the most notorious match in BJJ history Masahiko Kimura vs. Hélio Gracie.  A match that was reported to have taken place in front of 20,000 people including the president of Brazil at the time way back in 1951.  It is because of this match that BJJ adopted the name Kimura for the figure 4 arm lock.  We talk about the finish and some other historic matches that took place around this time.  

In the outro section we talk about out quarantine plans and what’s on the roster for next weeks show.  

Recorded 4-13-2020