BJJ vs Sambo and the Gracie BJJ style in MMA - Coach Firas Zahabi

[@rhabdob3895]

“A black belt is just a guy who finally does all the white belt stuff right.” A guy at my old Kung fu school.

[@georgegorgotadze1023]

Imagine carrying a baby for nine months to name it “a guy at my old kung fu school” 🤷‍♂️😂

[@ValeriaProperties]

No "A Black Belt Is Just A White Belt That Never Gave Up"

[@blockkid5592]

Isnts that just a blue belt?

[@n0rbakn0rbak38]

A black belt is a belt that match your black shoes and hold your panties in place.

[@theunknownguy265]

I think thats blue belt

[@TheRealGlupShitto]

Khabib was the NAGA 2012 ADCC Rules No-Gi Expert Welterweight Champion

[@AbuZak14]

This

[@michaeleltalawy5729]

He didn’t get many submissions he just out pointed people with his wrestling, but definitely it’s an argument against Jujitsu it doesn’t make sense saying that BJJ is more effective than Smabo in BJJ competitions 😂

[@model84]

@Jason C BJJ is and umbrela term now for grappling, Gracies dispised leg locks back in the days. Today it all had blended and 'jiu jitsu' aquires anything that works, but it's do to variety of competition and competitors

[@holdenmuganda97]

model84 I don’t know about the umbrella term. Maybe in MMA communities but grappling exists outside of bjj. Heck even. The act of removing pinning makes it hard for a lot of grappling styles to win those tournaments cause the tactics are based around pins. So how would they win anyway?

[@vittocrazi]

@Jason C but how many % enter as BJJ practitioners in the first place.

[@VivaPR21]

95% of BJJ schools only focus on sport BJJ and mostly teach techniques that’ll never work in a real fight. Also, you’ll never learn real takedowns, basic strikes and strike defense. ADCC rules used to cater to BJJ athletes (don’t know about now). Sport Sambo has a rule set while Combat Sambo is a military style that’s designed for real life combat. If Fedor didn’t change your perception on the usefulness of Combat Sambo then by this time Khabib should’ve opened your eyes….

[@seds94]

Exactly. Hard to pull up a bjj move when your getting elbowed in the face

[@youngbuddha7778]

Funny how feodor lost by a … triangle choke by werdum ( bjj black belt ) seems like sambo isn’t always this perfecte thing like you and many others say it is. Islam was knocked the fuck out and his sambo was pretty useless against volk he only won because of striking

[@Urmomma5f4t]

@@youngbuddha7778Islam mauled Olivera and made it look pretty easy . If sambo was easy….

[@Nothingnow466]

As always, a pleasure to listen to such a knowledgeable man. You can't buy experience like this!

[@Kubaaa555]

That's why I want see Khabib against Tony Ferguson. Most interesting match up in whole mma at this moment Oh, and looking forward to Kron's career in ufc

[@CarMad97ci]

Laserowy Kuba what weight will kron fight at?

[@Kubaaa555]

Featherweight and he is already booked to fight with Alex Caceres at ufc 233 in januray

[@Frankythechops]

Lol fuck that. Askren vs khabib bro. Thats the fight to make.tony can have the winner!

[@IgorGutman]

Nope. Habeeb vs GSP.

[@Kubaaa555]

Let's think about super fights when champion defends his belt at least few times...

[@nohbdy1122]

I think a wrestling-oriented (takedowns and top control) style of BJJ is best for MMA. Your first priority when you end up on your back should be standing up, second should be getting a sweep, and third should be getting a submission. Too many BJJ practitioners have the opposite mindset and prefer to try to submit people from their guard, but that leaves you susceptible to ground and pound in the time it takes you to set up a submission.

[@tyleroldham4676]

Nohb'dy 11 this is like the hundredth video I seen you comment on. I like your style.Do you wanna be friends lol

[@edmuquit5134]

Seems kind of like what Khabib and the AKA guys do. They have really good jiujitsu, but highly respect the top control part of the game since it is the dominant position.

[@graciederangementsyndrome3669]

@@kallepikku4991 Except Catch Wrestling was made for fake matches

[@ddg-fi5bp]

It’s really up to the head coach, varies from person to person and case to case. You are overgeneralizing way too much. If you are bjj guy at bottom and your opponent sucks at submission recognition and defense and swings wildly, of course you should go for a submission.

[@danilpankov8114]

So, you described sambo.

[@DigitalNomadInvestor]

A lot of BJJ schools don't teach leg/foot locks to white and maybe blue belts because of the risk of really damaging guys because of the precision needed to successfully do leg/foot locks. I trained at the original Gracie Academy in Torrance for two years and Rener and Ryron were our instructors. Yes, we trained for self defense in the "streets." Also, you are correct, they teach the perfection of the fundamental aspects of JJ and Rener was awesome at explaining this. None of this fancy 10th Planet north monkey triangle moves or whatever. Glad to see a video that is accurate about the Gracies.

[@robertovelarde_staff-marti9696]

I'm a blue belt and do leg locks. You are correct, you don't want to teach prideful, egotistical pricks the leg lock game. A millimeter can destroy you for a life.

[@dennisthemenace855]

You sound crazy when 10th planet is the best at producing BJJ right now .. the Gracie sucks

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

@@robertovelarde_staff-marti9696 how can leg locks destroy one for life?

[@conradofmc_ny6706]

@@dennisthemenace855 Gracie invented Brazilian jiu jitsu… it’s easy to perfect the wheel once the wheel was already invented (the hardest part)… 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@redhatcore]

@@conradofmc_ny6706 gracies didnt invent jiu jitsu, bjj, or whatever you want to call it. it was "made famous by" the gracies.

[@kovenmaitreya7184]

Yoo, I've been saying that myself after coming from some TMA's into MMA. Eventually everything just starts to blend and you get "striking skills" and "grappling skills" rather than the specific arts you might've initially started with.

[@fabioviniciusnovaesvieira2766]

"It´s just grappling now." Well said! "BJJ is Mixed Grappling Arts." - Jeff Glover

[@scarred10]

Not so,very few bjj schools can teach throws or even do stand up randori.Sambo is inclusive of all takedowns even way beyond judo rules.

[@Urmomma5f4t]

Bjj really isn’t. Because they don’t get good at takedowns and most schools only focus on bjj rulesets and bjj techniques only. Almost no wrestling or judo at many schools .

[@daxisperry7644]

How many BJJ guys enter Judo competitions and win? Rule sets dictate how someone competes and ultimately dictates how people train if their main focus is competing. If Naga gave a throw suddenly 4 or 5 points, I bet you’d see way more Judo guys win. If you let guys get elbowed in the back of the head in MMA Khabids tactics would’ve have worked as well. Rules dictate training.

[@ibrahimhakan]

Finally someone with legit answer. Its all up to rules. Thats how we dedicate our training.

[@Todo_fighting]

Bjj guys are the softest grapplers.

[@silverscreen1se]

yeah a lot of rules favor bjj.

[@BobSaint]

Hahaha, the answer is none, ziltch, nada.

[@ln5747]

@@Todo_fighting what does that even mean 😂 It's about effectiveness.

[@JustMeELC]

I learn so much from you... thanks for not assuming everyone who watches knows it all.

[@6aloolq8]

We need new video on this after Khabib dominated Justin.

[@tayamnich2034]

Fedor the most dominant heavyweight champion

[@dylanthegoat1089]

Noo it is stipe

[@JB-np2kh]

Dylan the goat 108 🤣

[@nicholasoneal1521]

@@dylanthegoat1089 nope, fedor

[@rockywalker3469]

@@dylanthegoat1089 Fyodor was undefeated for like 10 years.

[@dylanthegoat1089]

@@rockywalker3469 Fighting cans

[@andyman229]

It's OK to say self-defense. It's also OK to train that way too.

[@kenaikyoshi416]

How many JJ guys won Sambo tournaments or Judo Grand slams? Not even one ;) I'm just stating facts using the same analogy

[@Brandon-ob9rg]

Adcc isn't a bjj competition. It is a pure submission grappling tournament. There have been wrestlers that have won adcc.

[@scarred10]

@@Brandon-ob9rg not in a very long time,the rules where you cannot win by throw or pin heavily favour bjj.

[@FR-ty5vn]

Great 👍🏼 discussion. Maybe I don’t know enough yet, I’m a blue belt under Royce’s line, but my instructor seems very open- minded and always entertains moves I saw in some video. Renzo’s plastic bag choke is awesome, I suppose a modified Ezekiel but it seems all the new moves are modifications of the core techniques.

[@dreamtobeapolyglot8444]

Thank you so much for your perspective. I’m only a blue belt and I have no interest in all the new bear n bolo and other techniques. I like Rickson, Kron, Ralph, and Rener Gracie style of simplicity and training fewer techniques and reacher and elite level with them. But like you said it depends on your use for jiujitsu as I’m more focused on self defense and even once I start competing I will still stick to the basics.

[@krokodilvomnil5327]

Marcelo Garcia submitted Ben Askren countless times in a 5 minute roll. Unbelievable. When you switch to MMA however. Askren crushes Marcelo just a often. Cant compare the two.

[@robmckenzie9559]

@@General_ONeill This is one of the most balanced comments on this entire thread, why do you think it's a keyboard warrior comment?

[@mrdesperate1]

@@robmckenzie9559 LOL, I thought the same thing. Was like "wtf, outta all the comments this one gets a 'key board warrior' response?"

[@quasar4601]

Good point !!! Marcelo not very good at striking or stand up stuff

[@quasar4601]

MG is one of the gods of grappling but did very poorly in MMA

[@MrAlepedroza]

They started from their knees almost the whole match. Hard for the wrestler to actuallycapitalize on his strengths.

[@williamweisenburg5919]

I noticed the same thing with striking in mma, it pretty much turned into boxing with leg kicks

[@noteven6562]

Relson is a self defense heavy Gracie too. Sad he doesn't get a shout

[@caspeansea9619]

"If sambo was easy, it would be called jiu jitsu" - Khabib's shirt

[@JoeyCentral]

Isn’t Sambo really easy to learn if you’re a powerlifter? I heard Khabib trained as a weight lifter prior to his career.

[@frederickmorton275]

@@JoeyCentral no, sumbo and judo are both not easy to learn regardless of your background.

[@JoeyCentral]

@@frederickmorton275 then why do people say BJJ is easy but not sambo? I mean Khabib makes it look easy

[@frederickmorton275]

@@JoeyCentral sambo and judo both have very long learning curve. in my opinion judo and sambo as opposed to wrestling(which takes a bit less time to grasp the basics) are pretty much jiu jitsu standing up-what I mean by that is that you are trying to throw/takedown another person with maximum leverage and mi imum strenght so timing and position has to be right and there are usually split seconds windows of opportunity to throw someone and if you miss it it's gone. and you have to create that opportunity first to begin with which required solid grip fighting and setting up in order to even get into right position not to mention that you still have to set it up and fool your opponent usually with something else prior to executing actual throw. so it's just a anture if standup grappling which is more explosive than ground grappling. although in judo and sambo due to the ruleset even ground aspect is explosive as there is time limit so your whole ground game consists of attacking the turtle to fast turnover to pin and submit. so in summary pace is different due to nature of standup grappling and also due to time limit for ground attacks and the whole ruleset which promotes activity and issues penalties for inactiviy

[@Yea97714]

@@JoeyCentral making something look easy is different than actually doing ut

[@rb9888]

seems like khabib wrecked your theory ;-)

[@PaytienceT]

The difference is a standup strategy situated around takedowns vs distance control and catch as can vs positional dominance.

[@PaytienceT]

*catch as can vs positional dominance on the ground.

[@mikealpha8779]

wonderful analysis coach

[@thedevilhimself816]

Still important to preserve the original arts in their pure form.

[@dogman5028]

Why though?

[@izzydangerous6990]

Put some respect on that Gracie university. 40 minute video about arm trap and roll mount escape. Hit that ish on EVERYONE

[@cesaralvesdemoraes3187]

This. I started Jiu-Jitsu with gracie university and the people at the gyms I went to get a trial class had a real hard time believing I never trained before.

[@racebares]

Super interesting (and correct imo) take on blending of techniques.

[@judorican973]

Never limit yourself!

[@djnovice113]

Love the breakdown Sensei!!

[@seanreed9472]

Sambo training is much much tougher and more oriented towards self defense. Wrestling raining is also much tougher...it is brutal. Tou start at 8 and are competing in tough high school programs and competing for college scholarships. You can't run a BJJ school that way. You can't do that in an art that focuses on accountants w/ 9 to 5 jobs. Sport BJJ, while technically evolved, has lost much of its self defense aspect. MMA is dominated by wrestlers, that should tell you something. You have to respect BJJ to beat BJJ. Now Renzo is a different animal. I got a blue from Renzo, and all his guys can fight In a relationship street fight. Renzo encourages you to wrestle, box, train MT. This guy, Zahabi makes good points.

[@anonymous20237]

I have the privilege of training with Rener and Ryron, and you nailed the breakdown of their Jiu Jitsu, bro…

[@markl7473]

What about Catch Wrestling ?

[@rorobobo8401]

Sambos biggest thing is going from a take down to a submission quicker and better than the others. Once you’re down there BJJ is better though if the Sambo guy doesn’t get it quick.

[@Hon_cb1kr]

Basically you are repeating Bruce Lee. No offense and all due respect. “i do not believe in styles anymore. i don’t believe that there is such a thing as a chinese way of fighting, or a japanese way of fighting… styles tend to only separate men, because they have their own doctrines which became the gospel truth, but if you don’t have styles, here i am as a human being, how can I express myself… that way you won’t create a style. because style is a crystallization; not continuous growth.” “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

[@Hon_cb1kr]

@Jason C like who? Who did not believed in styles? Name him.

[@dietrich8820]

True 99% of the time in tournaments like ADCC BJJ guys win it. Because…. They make up the bulk of the roster. Probably, mostly. The basics take you a long way.

[@bodhiyoga9465]

Wow ❤️ Great video ❤️🙏🏼

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

Kron unfortunately dosen't understand the beating he is gonna take in the UFC.. He could maybe crack the top 20 but i doubt he'll ever crack top 10..

[@MatChronicles]

Lauren Middleton lol

[@massnerder1]

Haha

[@Arthurdankarelli]

Lauren Middleton good call lmao

[@realtruth1448]

This is why 10th planet JJ is better than BJJ, it’s a no gi belt system, that implements wrestling & judo at every school, and uses a clinch system that works great for mma & self defense

[@haidirwasli3692]

Sambo = Lamborghini BJJ = skateboard

[@regocyrus]

Greetings Coach great content, i have a question the Gracie Combatives curriculum consists of 36 moves from white to blue belt is it a bad idea to train and master that curriculum only if my sole interest is self defense, but still role with black belts for improvemen? Thanx.

[@scarred10]

You need to spar from stand up with strikes,thats the most important part.Theres nothing needed for self defense beyond blue belt.

[@junjune5898]

In the actual street fighting especially when you are facing multiple opponents Jui jitsui is not the perfect techniques fight you need MMA

[@DylanJo123]

The perfect technique in an outnumbered fight is the 300m sprint and a weapon, lol

[@n0rbakn0rbak38]

Better for people to say " this is the place where he ran " rather than " this is the place where he died"

[@junjune5898]

@@DylanJo123 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@junjune5898]

@Eric Miller very well said sir👍🏻🙂

[@kungfujoe2136]

bjj is great but is it better than wrestling? catch?judo?kickboxing?

[@nicholasoneal1521]

Wrestling depends on which style. Catch is practically dead. Ronda Rousey is the only mma champion in history whose base was in Judo. Kickboxing is good, but isnt grappling, you have to compare things reasonably Edit to clarify: When I say mma champion, I'm talking specifically about major organizations

[@billcipher3946]

@@nicholasoneal1521 fedor was judoka and sambist

[@billcipher3946]

@@nicholasoneal1521 Valentina a black belt in judo

[@billcipher3946]

@@nicholasoneal1521 hector lombard judoka

[@nicholasoneal1521]

@@billcipher3946 The question isn't on whether or not they practiced Judo, the question is whether or not it was what they're base training was in and whether or not it's what they use to win. Feodor did practice Judo and was quite good at it, but you notice it was Sambo he excelled at and always emphasized. And with regards to Valentina and Hector, they are both famous as strikers. So yes, they trained in Judo, but it didn't have enough of an affect of what you would consider they're fighting styles. Besides, Hector Lombard was never a champion in a major organization (Bellator at that time cannot be called a major organization). That being said, I love Judo. I watched every match in the Olympics this year. But, I can't say no to this mountain of evidence. I would love to hear your thoughts on this though.

[@Tehz1359]

As far as a real fight goes, I think someone whose only done Sambo would be better off then someone whose only done BJJ. And I don't think that's up for debate. I think it's a pretty solidified fact for obvious reasons. BJJ is a little too specialized. And even when it comes to the philosophy of the two styles, sambo comes out on top. In Sambo, both sport and combat, they want to take their opponent down and submit them as fast as possible. Which I think is inherently more realistic. While in BJJ, there isn't an incentive to submit your opponent fast. I think you can argue that BJJ is more technical in certain ways though, because it's more about getting dominant positions and maintaining them.

[@garrygarry3371]

Love it!!

[@Serjohn]

i dont understand this leglock thing, i used to do leglocks all the time, when did leglock become unpopular, its a super old technique, works great off a scramble,

[@oksanagilroy1950]

They were unpopular in bjj years ago now they are the main style used by no gi bjj champs nowadays

[@Serjohn]

@@oksanagilroy1950 when i saw firas at joe rogan talking about how important are leglocks i was like yeah, thats so obvious

[@matthewmauldon9219]

I agree as the sport I personally don’t care for all the bear in bolo stuff lol I’m not sure how to spell it. I like the authentic Rickson style of jiujitsu for street application. I’m also not a fan of the boot scooting and dropping to your but immediately. A bjj guy that does stand up like a wrestler is the best

[@ig14honorbattleinvitationa96]

For look the versus fight follow honor battle invitational 💪👌

[@Themindofreyrey]

Nice explanation.

[@pierrebridenne8870]

You're very relevant. Thanks from France !

[@airjordan1573]

Great video

[@ashemleibakngambamoirangch5416]

What about Kudo??? Kudo is also a pure MMA even head butt is allowed.

[@moefinesse9878]

Has any BJJ guy entered a world combat sambo championships and won? 100% of the time the world combat sambo champions are sambo fighters. It's more practical then BJJ and catch wrestling. The best submissions are from BJJ in my opinion. But if you're attempting de la riva or lasho guards against a combat sambo fighter, expect a punch or knee to the face. Personally i believe sambo is better

[@stillwatercamargo9606]

Sport sambo and combat sambo are different sports If you mean a combat sambo guy vs a jiu jitsu guy pulling guard you are right, since combat sambo is basically mma and we all agree well rounded fighters are better than people who train only one style Now sport sambo? The sambo guy is getting choked (unless they are under sambo rulesets where thats prohibited kek)

[@stillwatercamargo9606]

How can a bjj guy win a sambo championships when chokes are illegal? Do you really know what sambo is when we are talking about grappling?

[@moefinesse9878]

@@stillwatercamargo9606 sorry I meant combat sambo. It's the real deal. Many former eastern bloc soviet states have proven its effectiveness. Without a doubt BJJ has the best submission game. The transition for submissions are elastic and smooth. No one can beat BJJ fighters in the submission game but if ur talking combat sambo, that's the best amateur fighting system.

[@Anthony-nd7ld]

Bjj is a fantastic sport but the problem with this sport is the lack of takedown level, in bjj if any guy has a problem he can easily seat down and wait for he opponent and that is a big issue in mma you need a lot of adaptation however when a guy adapt well he can be a serial killer

[@LeonidThe90sKid]

i've said it before... martial arts gravitate towards realism and effectiveness and that's why they're going full circle back to Pankration

[@yaboi-km2qn]

almost, we need to lose the gloves and bring back headbutts.

[@stillwatercamargo9606]

@@yaboi-km2qn yeah lets make it more deadly for the athletes just to appeal to saddist people

[@chrispee5786]

the difference between sambo and bjj. is that sambo is only effective when strikes are allowed. Therefore sambo alone is not good enough by itself.

[@Van-nk4ee]

I agree, it's all melting g together like a really good grilled cheese

[@mikuspalmis]

😄

[@mikuspalmis]

Multiple cheeses melding...

[@samimahmood5877]

can you make a video about catch wrestling brother

[@Rickcider]

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[@stellarmella9557]

Good evening Mr Zahabi and greetings from Indonesia, first I would like to introduce myself, my name is stellar and I am a blue belt. In the near future I'm planning to teach bjj at my home city with the assistance of a friend who's a muay thai coach. Mind you that we only have a handful of blackbelts and it is common for a bluebelt to teach bjj especially in cities outside java and bali. I have several questions in regards to teaching and curriculum. 1. Since I'll be focusing a great deal on the basics, how much repetitions do you advise for white belts to do before engaging them in sparring? And how many techniques and repetitions for each technique should the students do daily? 2. In terms of technique, when should i change the techniques that i'll be teaching? Should i teach the same technique and drill it for an entire week/ month? Or should I have different sets of technique to teach for each session or should i combine both? Again any reply is appreciated, and thank you.

[@andrewvillanueva3722]

There are also punches in Sambo martial arts.

[@shafikerridge8353]

Still waiting for a new Gracie UFC champ

[@aluisiofsjr]

Gracie family doesn't have anything to prove. They did really well for just one family with unidimensional combat methodology, also they created the UFC. No other family came close as this...

[@abdulrehman-md1nx]

aint gonna happen.most of their eaier victories were agaianst strikers. and the way they disrespected sakuraba should not be lliked over .they are fraud and will be exposed if enter into ufc

[@ihdandia]

@@abdulrehman-md1nx Can you elaborate on fraud?

[@silverscreen1se]

@@aluisiofsjr the answer is a gracie won’t be a champ if their current mentality of bjj is superior. short and simple. i one mentioned anything about then having something to prove or anything.

[@aluisiofsjr]

@@silverscreen1se , I agree that BJJ is no longer enough to be a MMA champ, but still BJJ is one of the most important martial arts in the MMA.

[@doriangrey1764]

See this is why Firas ,SOOO HUMBLE.YOU KNOW THE ANSWER ITS THE TRAINING METHODOLOGY WHICH MAKES JIU JITSU SUPERIOR.SAME REASON JKD IS SUPERIOR TO ALL THE OTHER ARTS

[@kenaikyoshi416]

Has a BJJ guys enter any of Sambo tournamnets and won? Has a BJJ guys enter any Sambo competitions? According to some sources Rickson entered and he lost, isn't it? I like your videos, but your argument here is a bit weak. As for functionality and martiallness, Fedor, Khabib, Khamzat, etc. are enough for empirical evidence. Death squad recently looks like "dead" squad, sorry for being frank.

[@wingoreviewsboxingandmma3667]

"Don't fear the guy that knows 10,000 different kicks fear the guy that practiced 1 kick 10,000 times" -Bruce Lee It seems principles in martial arts are universal as the Gracie family would most likely agree with that statement from the way they work the fundamentals

[@justingoretoy1628]

I don't understand why it's a versus.

[@hanial-hayyawi4578]

There is no sport better than other sport. There is a player better than other player

[@floydo1124]

Did he say Roger Gracie at 5:10 ?

[@LightUponLight27]

yes its brazilian pronunciation

[@harrisfrankou2368]

I like this post

[@leandrotocalini]

I think still you have 2 kind of grappling one is standing and one in the ground. Usually the discusion is about what you should focus more.... Some people think bjj is best but if you train 100% newaza only bjj you are not close to be a all round grappler.

[@kungfujoe2136]

dont get obsesed by lables specialy wresteling they do very good in mma

[@dolphinsmadden]

Why less leg locks in mma?

[@nicholasoneal1521]

Bc they weren't trained by ppl for a long time

[@jasonbagnardi2985]

I always thought bjj was Almost all ground fighting and sambo was more throws and strikes with submissions

[@elliottjames671]

Death Squad Brian Redban, little Ester, Ari Shafir, tait Fletchter and joe Rogan

[@MrLew1965]

Islam vs Oliveira will see this clash of techniques !! Good match Up to compare this !!

[@k9m42]

Combat Sambo has strikes in the competition.

[@seds94]

I'm interested more in tools needed for a real fight. I prefer sambo

[@hattorihaso2579]

When has a non jiu jitsu guy ever won a legit grappling competition ffs get real people

[@insertnamehere2746]

Literally Khabib won 2 NAGA tournaments in 2012

[@vittocrazi]

@Jason C he asked for an exception and was given one.

[@mitchjames9350]

Who said these winners don’t cross train in catch, judo or sambo? Ever watch Koshen judo, plenty of Koshen judoka beating Bjj black belts.

[@hattorihaso2579]

@@mitchjames9350 lol no they dont

[@beefcakesensei]

Sambo is Jiu jitsu without pants

[@TheProdigy260592]

Basics are best

[@foshizzlfizzl]

After UFC 280, I would like to hear those comments again, that BJJ is better and more suitable for MMA...

[@BigBandos]

Sambo has high level wrestling, strikes, and submission BJJ is only submission

[@ibrahimhakan]

They have a really good wrestling and judo base. But their striking game nothing to comparable with elite stand up fighters also their ground game not like most bjj guys

[@Rahil_Chawla]

@@ibrahimhakan khabib is a 2 time Russian combat sambo champion and a 2 time world combat sambo champion... He mauled all bjj guys he faced .. 2012 NAGA champion, destroyed prime RDA , tavarus , shalarous , Poirier , Justin .. all which are bjj black belts except Justin ..

[@coffee7180]

@@Rahil_Chawla khabib didn't won against bjj guys with his wrestling but his striking and that striking he learned in the US not in russia, the same with with his wrestling, a lot of people forget he trained with DC. Poirir, justin are strikers not bjj guys, charles would have been a great fight or tony ferguson. I even believe chandler would be a nightmare for khabib, because of his style and styles make fight . Khabib himself said that everyone will and can loose to any fighter, everything is possible.

[@Rahil_Chawla]

@@coffee7180 everything is possible but if you don't know that Poirier is bjj black belt than you don't know shit.. tavarus, prime RDA , shalarous.. he take them all down ... His gameplan was to take them down... Have you even watched khabib vs RDA they were grappling man .. RDA also tried to took khabib down but khabib countered it with a throw.. you don't know shit . Casual

[@theb0ganator]

@@coffee7180 You need to watch combat sambo videos dude. These guys literally grew up competing in combat sambo which is almost MMA.

[@rinkamarsmark8078]

leg locks it's not the only difference. what about striking and ground n pound, make's big difference in my opinion

[@Spandex08]

95% BJJ because 0% are sambo practicioners who sign up.

[@bigwill585xx89]

Catch wrestling beats em all

[@elliottjames671]

Coach

[@Jus1Blaze420]

I need to know what mic that is, that shit picks up every bit of Sylvia or drink you swallow

[@juanmiguel3395]

I want to defend me and my family just Incase a drunk or someone steps up and tries to get aggressive which one is the best one for these situations?

[@phonetable9059]

krav maga, brother

[@alexanderdelarosahidalgo3092]

Combat Sambo is the closest to mma in just one martial art it striking and submision and it keeps you in great shape

[@vittocrazi]

id say anything with good standup and free practice (sparring) should put you in good spot. may it be grappling or striking. but as the previous comments say, krav maga is all abut self defense, so its probably the best suit for you, and combat sambo is pretty much MMA with clothings and more agressive ruleset, so its shoud be more realistic than most other combat sports (yes, mma is super effective, but tactics for lasting several long rounds are different than winning a short fight).

[@omarkerkri8804]

Anything is better than nothing

[@bono894]

What do you think about the struggle between Israel and Palestine?

[@mauriciomendez1912]

I fear not the man has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man practiced one kick 10,000 times! Bruce Lee

[@oreocarlton3343]

Roger style BJJ is so much better than "new school"...not as fun doe

[@harageilucid4352]

Roger Gracie the type of guy to hit armbar from guard at Worlds

[@aleksandurdimitrov]

When gravies met judo , they sit on their asses , bjj was born . Russians met judo , the complete combat sport was born. And don't t forget sambo is now Olympic sport like bjj will.never be

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

dAnahar?

[@thousandlocks3258]

The difference is the culture that's it.

[@hensen5309]

Sambo is heavy wrestling. Sambo is predominantly not in ibjjf. Leg locks are apart or sambo and they are much faster and smoother as they are from takedowns. Jiu jitsu guys DO NOT wrestle. I have not been to one school where bjj students wrestle. I went to high school and wrestled harder and with higher skill than in bjj classes.

[@fooktommyrobinson1637]

Khabib time

[@Nasir1969]

But Khabib not gives you guys the answers but more importantly he shows you in a fight....What say you.

[@FaTolOBS]

Sambo have striking and takedowns (combat sambo)

[@Whiskydanger]

So this is close to what keenan said. But he got destroyed for it.

[@benjthewhite]

It’s hard for Sambo to be better than Jiu Jitsu when Sambo isn’t even real lol