always when i do bjj or like most of the time im mostly on my back and i dont like it because i do bjj for mma so that is not the best. And when i am on top it mostly goes good till i get sweeped even by way smaller guys. Is there any tips that i can get from people that do bjj for mma or mma pure? btw im a good guard player but i dont really like it to play guard and when i do i mostly only sweep.
I keep coming back to Gordon Ryan vs Nicky Rod from their first WNO matchup.
Not even because of some deep technical breakdown or anything, it just felt alive the whole time. Gordon was constantly hunting for a finish, and Nicky Rod was just exploding out of everything, scrambles everywhere, no one really getting comfortable.
It had that rare feeling where you’re not just watching positions change, you’re actually waiting for something big to happen at any second.
Even if you’re not super deep into grappling, that’s the kind of match you can just sit and enjoy without needing to understand every detail. I’ve shown it to friends who don’t even train and they were actually locked in.
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For me it was treating every scramble like I had to win it immediately. I used to explode out of everything, force bad positions, and burn energy trying to make something happen instead of staying calm and thinking a step ahead.
Once I started slowing down, accepting certain positions, and focusing more on timing than panic reactions, my overall game improved way faster. I also started getting caught a lot less.
I think progress in grappling is less about learning new moves and more about removing bad habits you don’t even realize you have at first.
19, 90kg, lost 10kg in the past few months
still alot to go but we’ll get there soon
ive been doing striking on and off since i was about 14, no grappling experience except a few wrestling classes
but i wanna go more technical, like jiu jitsu
but im not flexible at all and get cramped up easily, im also overweight and not explosive
im going to the gym and stretching *sometimes*
to fix that
anything else i should consider?
From the Favelas to UFC Gold
The doctor looked tense after seeing the reports in his hands.
For a family already struggling with life, waiting for the doctor to finally speak felt terrifying. He was unsure how to explain that the small boy sitting quietly in front of him might never live a normal athletic life. Sports did not seem possible anymore. Even physical activities worried the doctors because of the serious problems affecting the boy’s body and heart.
And honestly, for most people, hearing something like that from childhood itself would completely destroy their confidence.
Most people would slowly accept that life had already decided their future for them. Some would depend on others and stop trying to dream bigger.
But this boy was not ordinary.
Where most people would have given up, he kept trying to improve himself little by little. Maybe because his first real fight was never against another fighter inside a cage. It was against himself. Against his own body. Against the limits people believed he had.
And maybe that is why he always wanted to prove something to himself before proving anything to the world.
Years passed.
The boy grew up in the poor favelas of Brazil, where life itself already felt difficult enough. Poverty, pressure, uncertainty — all of it was normal around him. Nothing about his childhood looked special. Nothing looked like the beginning of greatness.
Still, he kept moving forward.
Slowly, fighting became part of his life.
And little by little, it became the one thing where he stopped feeling weak.
And when he finally entered the UFC, things did not suddenly become easier.
Losses came. Injuries happened. Criticism followed him everywhere.
People called him mentally weak. Some called him a quitter. Others believed he would never become champion material.
One of the moments that made the criticism even worse was his fight against Max Holloway, where he suffered a serious neck injury and could not continue. After that fight, many people completely lost faith in him.
And honestly, this is something that happens outside sports too.
The moment people see someone fail publicly, they quickly start deciding that person’s limits. Very few people wait long enough to see the comeback.
For years, that criticism stayed attached to his name.
But while people kept talking, he quietly kept improving.
Then came one of the biggest turning points of his life — becoming a father.
His daughter’s birth seemed to change something inside him. Suddenly, there was more responsibility sitting on his shoulders. He was no longer fighting only for himself anymore. He wanted to show his family, especially his daughter, what he was truly capable of.
Later on, even he spoke about how fatherhood felt like something had switched inside his mind.
Before that period, he often looked inconsistent inside the octagon. Some nights he looked brilliant, other nights he looked lost. But after becoming a father, people slowly started noticing a completely different version of him.
He looked calmer. Sharper. More focused.
Almost like he had stopped doubting himself.
And slowly, the same fighter people once mocked started defeating some of the toughest names in the lightweight division — Dustin Poirier, Justin Gaethje, and Michael Chandler.
The criticism that once followed him everywhere slowly disappeared.
Then came the moment nobody imagined years earlier inside that doctor’s room.
The same boy whom doctors feared might never live a proper athletic life was now standing at the top of one of the hardest sports in the world, with UFC gold around his waist.
That boy was Charles Oliveira.
And maybe that is why so many people connect emotionally with his story.
Not just because of the fights.
But because his story is about pressure, responsibility, failure, doubt, and continuing to move forward even when people stop believing in you.
That is what makes his journey feel human.
Was thinking of possible matches I'd like to see and threw these two names together. How do you guys think they would match up stylistically at catch weight
Hey everyone I made a how to seated guard video and was wondering what everyone struggles with the most? Seems like forcing seated guard is the meta right now and avoiding putting your back down unless you're Levi.
Nice to see the Marecelotine is still being sharpened and innovated in 2026! Garry Tonon was my Guillotine hero in the 2010s. This’ll probably be the 1st instructional I buy in a long time ⚔️
. Hi everyone, I wanted to ask a question if anyone has ever felt nervous about drilling with a student in their first class. I am an experienced jujitsu student. Have been grappling since I was 12 and Im now 30. I was more worried about getting hurt since I was just visiting at a new school. Also the new student was thrown into an intermediate to advanced class with above intro-level curriculum (standup transitions, choke finishes and choke escapes) which even I felt was a little challenging. I told him to relax but I knew it was hard for him because he had no foundation about what to do. I decided to find another partner to start a group of three and then we rolled together until another black belt and another group took him under their wing. While I feel bad about not being able to teach him throughout the class, I think I would have felt differently if the techniques we were learning were more simple (basic position changes and sweeps, no submissions). Here for any and all advice and criticism on what I can and should do better
>Young Tyson could hammer fist your upper back during a take down and fracture your scapula or shatter a cervical vertebrae.
I'm genuinely laughing so hard.
Why hasn't anyone tried this before?!? 🤔
I have been practicing NoGi juijitsu.. just been doing it for about an year or so. And also i had been trying to do it as a way to get to zen,but the sport made me get the urge to compete. And the videos im uploading is with few who have been practicing with me and for less time frame. And also one more with an experianced grappler(One in red is experianced and im in the black fit). Please help me understand if what im doing is fine.
Hobby developer here. Had an idea for a game that didn't exist so I built it in Godot 4. I have spent years playing games like WMMA, and have always had a keen interest in MMA but more so BJJ, I always wanted a BJJ focused game, it didn't exist, so i got to work!
The game is called Open Guard, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu management simulation. You run an academy, sign fighters, develop them and compete on a global circuit.
What's in it:
It's a free alpha so expect rough edges. Would love feedback from anyone who plays it, especially on balance and anything that feels off.
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hello guys,
I want to try nogi grappling and I've found a gym. When I train (boxing or whatever sport) I sweat a lot. Like, really. My hair and tshirt are completely wet. Usually my rashguards are less wet than a simple cotton tshirt, but my head is always sweating a lot.
I am afraid it may be a major disturbance to other people when I am above them. I don't want to be the guy everyone avoids. I would disturb their training and be humiliating to me. Do you have any feedback on this matter ?
thank