CJJW 2021: Craig Jones vs Cowboy Cerrone

[@Jake-nb2en]

This match is literally like a chill rolling session at the gym

[@kalmonds]

ong

[@fentonmulley5895]

Yeah. Why would people pay for it? Cowboy looked so awful.

[@OnklOxl]

The real question is: why tf would anybody match these two up in a CJJ ruleset? The guy who came up with that idea should be fired@@fentonmulley5895

[@Jefe-qh8kd]

Yup, just a couple of nut sniffing, talentless homogenizers getting after it 😂

[@BasedGoddie]

I like how neither really tries to actually slap the other and Cerrone just does little love taps on craig

[@615-l8r]

Is this a contest or a grabutt contest

[@oggyoggy1299]

You like that huh?

[@Chon_17]

big mistake by Cerrone

[@user-nk3re4dj5h]

i feel like donald agreed not to slap if craig agreed not to go after the legs.

[@oldironsides4107]

Lame as hell. This is combat jj

[@ashbay3640]

That's the kindest combat JJ match I have ever seen.

[@flavioaraujo2142]

Nice match, felt like Craig was testing himself, trying new things and also letting Cowboy work. Overall, both very respectful and it seemed like a good learning experience for both

[@crab-dogjones4659]

They seemed to be having fun, anyway.

[@gabehobbs1967]

Yea Craig was playing with him, clearly could’ve submitted him instantly with a leg lock or nearly anything if he wanted to. This is like if a black belt were vs a blue belt.

[@dubsbarry9963]

Great job by RFK Jr

[@SlayerofFiction]

He was going at half speed like I grapple my kids, that was pathetic.

[@Lorendrawn]

Hilarous seeing Cowboy briefly flash the Muay Thai knee in the clinch for absolutely no reason!

[@TerrenceThomas]

Hehe. yeah Beltran was laughing 😂

[@ericfazekas1057]

Agreed. Did you see the big smile on the referee's face when he did it? It was awesome

[@pietromacarovpierremac4908]

Reflex !

[@bradleymarcum6951]

2:03

[@rb3011]

That was good stuff all around. All three of them got a kick out of it.

[@radicaleyemag]

feel like Craig was going easy, but Donald was looking pretty good considering!

[@drspritz]

Craig is going suuuper easy..

[@appledough3843]

he was the closest to beating the modern Gordon Ryan so yeah he was most definitely going extremely easy

[@TheAbsoluteSir]

He said himself he's on the good shit now a days.

[@Darrel219]

@@OK-jc6qc​1. greg said he was a walk in the park(teasing him), not us. 2. If you train, or let alone just watch jiu jitsu, you would clearly see the difference in a hard roll vs a light roll. they clearly respect the eachother & probably a fan of eachother craft… why you so butthurt? 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@timothycarey3883]

​@@OK-jc6qcthis was easier than a walk in the park for craig, he was being very nice to cowboy.

[@chrisdudedurian1305]

Someone give this commentator a glass of water ASAP

[@panoschristophi8145]

Frrrr

[@gsg9911]

If an announcer loses their voice they should find a replacement who has healthy vocal cords.

[@GreenBastard646]

Could just be a sick boi fighting through it. But yeah they should have backups

[@TehUltimateSnake]

Seriously

[@Slashyu97]

Sounds like he has been smoking since he was 5..

[@Achilles5Cenci]

That actually might be Mike Jaramillo announcing, coach at the blue basement Renzo academy, that’s just how he talks.

[@GreenBastard646]

@@Achilles5Cenci he’s really got a voice for print media, like how I have a face for radio

[@kingchief4038]

This was so much better to see a proper back and forth than just being over in 30 seconds, now i know how my wife feels..

[@thomask3528]

the smile on mike beltrans face watching these legends roll makes me so happy

[@smorgasborgas]

You can tell these dudes were just having fun

[@billyin4c514]

Donald Cerrone has practicing Jiu-Jitsu for well over a decade. People really underestimate how much time mixed martial artists put into a variety of disciplines, but alot of these guys have dedicated years of their lives to developing their ground game. Plus they are wrestling college and even olympic wrestlers.

[@JB-wv9jo]

What exactly is your point here?

[@JB-wv9jo]

Craig could’ve ended this in the first min if he wanted to

[@gabehobbs1967]

Yea I agree what is your point cuz Donald got played with like a white belt. It’s not like he didn’t know it was gonna happen, he clearly wasn’t pounding Craig in the face because he knows Craig could do it much worse to him if he chose to.

[@MrZachgonz]

10 years of BJJ is like black belt level. Regardless, he didn’t fare too well against Craig Jones but still a cool match to see.

[@billyin4c514]

@@JB-wv9jo The summary is in the statement dumbass. People underestimate the expertise of mixed martial artists in this discipline, but contrary to the popular view they are often quite skilled at it. Is that clear enough for you?

[@Sepestatic]

Look how happy the ref is

[@theallforone6240]

its because they let him show his beard

[@kyleo5275]

He's a fan of both

[@anthonygrizzly6924]

He's having a good time. Loves both of them and knows they're both highly experienced and respected, so he won't have to enforce rules that much. Probably feels privileged to be reffing that match.

[@entheogenocide]

He smiled the entire time 😂

[@uriosteguih]

This felt like an exhibition fight, a tremendous fight regardless.

[@TheSickjits]

Well yeah, I'm sure they had a pre match agreement for Cowboy to not rip the ground and pound and Craig to not rip heel hooks. They were both still very active at the time and getting injured meant losing money. This was obviously a match for fun.

[@DoctorWhiskers]

It's Ceronne's first pro BJJ match. Craig Jones is a decorated BJJ fighter with multiple tournament wins.

[@harlongesche3154]

It basically is an exhibition match. Why else would an MMA fighter fight one of the best BJJ fighters in the world?

[@sidesplitters]

Craig Jones brilliance. Props for Cowboy to step outside his comfort zone - that takes heart. Cerrone had a blast, which was great to see. Thanks to both for putting on an entertaining fight. it was fun to watch.

[@peopleprocessprogress]

So many levels in BJJ.

[@Bidbreaks]

Yep, not enough belts really.

[@ZxAMobile]

Not really DJ Jay is something that anybody can pick up and become an expert in if they are talented enough. You can be bjj black belt after like 3-4 weeks if you’re smart.

[@therapscallion3188]

@@ZxAMobile not at all lmao you couldn't become a blue belt in 3-4 weeks much less a black belt

[@bettybunbun9664]

@@Bidbreaks yeah should go white-yellow-blue-green-purple-orange-brown-black-red. Something like that.

[@rodrigotellom]

@@ZxAMobile hahaha, what are you talking about? that's not possible

[@GreenDistantStar]

A good natured encounter, some wonderful sweeps by Craig.

[@tensenpark]

Cerrone slapping craig all the time is quite funny

[@mattmax8599]

Craig was just having fun with cowboy. How insane man. Levels to this shit.

[@Mattsretiring]

Props to Cowboy, that wasn't exactly a walk in the park

[@thomasleddy3840]

Saying “that wasn’t exactly a walk in the park” is sooooo disrespectful to Craig Jones

[@rhmotes]

Craig was barely trying

[@Darrel219]

@@rhmotes Craig was definitely not rolling hard & was just having fun with the experience. generous guy took in consideration, that he’s bigger then cowboy & cowboy is getting old. Craig hate him or love him, he a nice dude with a passion of jiu jitsu 😂💯

[@thlee3]

it kind of was tho

[@REXAZOR]

@@Darrel219 is that why craig LOST to sean brady an mma fighter lolll

[@worraps98]

Is no one going to mention how majestic the refs moustache is?

[@zilvinasgruodis3434]

It's such an amazing feeling to watch a C-BJJ match with a smile. Love it

[@alfiesolomon3531]

Always killing it and making everyone have a good time about it : the crowd, the referee and even his opponents. #2 in grappling rankings but def #1 jiu jitsu legend of this new era. Gordon has nothing on this man.

[@fuhq6731]

give gordon his respect gordon destroyed this dude

[@alfiesolomon3531]

​@@fuhq6731 i will be part of the few who don't, you keep yourself with the herd of Gordon fans. He has enough of you guys so you don't need me. Feel free to bang your head against the wall if you don't like it, see if i care.

[@MastahDriver]

​@fuhq6731 I wouldn't say destroyed... but yes gordon gave him the business. But Jones has put gordie in some dangerous places before

[@tonyclifton2230]

Props for them getting rfk jr to do thd introductions and commentary.

[@taygenormandy4284]

Lol

[@therooffairy5979]

[@Ayden_Iceland]

Lmfao 😂😂

[@Stickyickygnar]

Craig so damn smooth just flowing with a UFC legend

[@kurtcook4030]

This is awesome for the sport! Well done Craig and Donald!

[@ericfazekas1057]

100%

[@bryonfrye7282]

Straight Class, Craig being the instructor that he is, was never feeling any danger in the grappling. I don't even think he made threw one palm strike.

[@TheArtofGuitar]

That's the strangest part of combat JJ. Is he striking or tapping? hehe.

[@marcusaurelius841]

lol

[@TehUltimateSnake]

I read this in Paulie’s voice.

[@philhead1951]

@@TehUltimateSnake hehe

[@Ticks]

Love your channel. Please make some Jiu Jitsu focused videos :,(

[@LukiHatesJiuJitsu]

Both

[@Quarkss]

Craig was definitely going like 12% lmao

[@stefanwolf8558]

Not saying that Cowboy would win but he was also did Craig a favor bynot actively going for strikes

[@markmilne7869]

This seems so much better than watching guys like shogun and tony past their primes just getting shelled at the end of their careers.

[@Caneyhead123]

Hard to tell a tap vs a strike. This seems to be an issue.

[@timhopkins8905]

Was thinking the same thing. Hard to verbally submit in some positions as well.

[@shonerado]

Cerone tapet and match continue sneaky move

[@FamilyChannelfun32]

You can tell the guys like each other, and they did not want to smack each other

[@burak999]

craig doing some catch and release

[@bigj3086]

This looked like nothing more than a light work out? It honestly looked like Craig could have finished it at any time he wanted. Still fun to watch.

[@osetin_]

absolutely incredible match to watch! that level of kindness is really astonishing!! Cowbow all day every day!! we need more matches like this, sometimes MMA is just too vicious..

[@MidgetPunter]

Craig was giving Cerrone the big brother/little brother treatment from the start.

[@madmandotau]

I didn't notice when it was live but the adjustment Craig makes at 3:10 with the 2nd sweep, his right leg anchoring Cowboy down was really nice.

[@insome776]

These guys are just having fun. good to see. flowy.

[@harlemdeni]

So can somebody explain what's this? Is this a part of the UFC? Does it have constant cards like UFC's on saturday or not?

[@shadyganley8877]

I don't know but it's got me nervous

[@khanoncrack3309]

its jiu jitsu matches with slaps as striking - it has a superfight card on the 29th of june this month craig jones is also fighting on it also if your a fan of the ufc this is volkanovskis BJJ coach (guy in the blueshorts in the video).

[@drake1896]

It's on fight pass, and they have a few events every now and then

[@harlemdeni]

@@khanoncrack3309 is this the 'league' where Gordon Ryan for example and other best bjj players fight too, or that's something else/that doesn't exist in the BJJ world? Thank you for answering so quickly btw, I truly appreciate it!

[@khanoncrack3309]

@@harlemdeni the best bjj athletes gordon ryan etc compete on ufc fight pass aswell sometimes however they dont do combat jiu jitsu (jiu jitsu with striking) also they compete in ADCC basically the olympics of jiu jitsu

[@MacMckenzie]

2 great guys and legends in their own sport.

[@anthonymilc9721]

Awesome that RFK was commentating!

[@rb3011]

Cowboy instinctively about throws a knee in the clinch and stops himself. Love that dude. Just out there having a blast and competing.

[@kevinomahoney]

Great match. Respect to both fighters.

[@mensrea1251]

The only thing worse would be listening to RFK Jr. color commentate one of these matches. 😂

[@Notsotopofthefoodchain]

Great rolling thanks for the vid!

[@fazer12779]

Pretty easy win for Craig!

[@laurbster2680]

cowboys ground game was always beautiful to watch.. shame he didnt use it more

[@tomflower4839]

Crazy level difference, Craig is just playing with him.

[@bladethedarkman]

Haha, love Cerrone flashing the knee at 2:03. Even got a smile out of Beltran.

[@joefish6546]

They keep cutting the camera angle on the key moves so you can't see the positions. So frustrating.

[@rukia7693]

Craig just playing around haha

[@DonkeyBz]

RFK did a great job announcing 👏

[@jamestodd8548]

Since slaps to the head are allowed, thoughts on slaps to the body as well? Still no palm strikes obviously, and maybe start with no slaps under the belt unless fighters wear cups (assuming they don't already)

[@jddaley]

The announcer is an advertisement for anti-cigarettes. His voice sounds like his dad was asphalt and his moms an ashtray.

[@yazamuto]

CJ was just having fun. He's so good at grappling.

[@asasipogi]

whast the rule here ? slaps are okay? or just no knuckles? or no big swings as well?

[@NotSoEntertaining]

It was a fun fight put together with one of the world’s greatest grapplers and a ufc star, so i would say cerrone is just fucking around

[@myfavoritebigbootylatina6980]

The rules of CJJ only permit open hand slaps or strikes when one or both competitors are on the floor. The fighter on the ground does not commit a foul if they swing strikes or up kicks on their opponent. However, punches, elbows, and knees are fouls in the game. simple google search will tell you these things

[@chingaso4you]

Seems like a fighter in trouble will use the tapping/strikes to start the tap when the opponent starts to release the sub they will say it was not a tap.

[@Therealslimchelecinema]

Was this an old fight ?

[@VasariFilms]

Craig really was playing that fight. Insane how good he is

[@haldeman]

Two of the most humble practitioners of the sport

[@jrocktalks6308]

Massive respect between both men

[@AdamsOnFuego]

is rfk jr the commentator?

[@joshuashenk3033]

Love both those guys. They had fun , made it a better match.

[@kennethacuna9996]

I really like how fighters can have sponsors on their suits

[@lightmobile]

Bro if your voice is this shredded... don't be doing commentary

[@kentcarmack5879]

Who is the announcer? Rkj

[@RandRandolph]

Craig Jones is such an elite Grappler. I'm a huge fan

[@homersimpson5964]

Is Doc Rivers doing BJJ commentary?

[@gwgkmhsxatz6935]

I was skeptical first but after watch the match this shit is so good gj cerrone

[@habitualresistor9548]

Nice "Sisters of Mercy" outro there

[@SwampCityRadio1974]

Cowboy hopping away from Greg was hilarious. Greg, Greg Jones.

[@mikereed3915]

The announcer literally had me going to the pharmacy to buy a pack of holes for my own throat

[@bane3991]

Craig was definitely going easy on Cerrone. He was in their with a ufc legend. He wanted to enjoy his time.

[@overtblowfish4439]

the slapping 😆

[@jasont7814]

The real winner is the frog that stayed in the announcer's throat the whole time.

[@BERTRAND85O]

This was great lol

[@AubreyShaw-f6r]

Awesome take moves

[@primetimemma-oi4ks]

Don't do commentary if ur voice is cracking like that

[@JJW410]

Ooooh, this was a fun one!

[@haroldb.3092]

Would love to see a BJJ guy do a gauntlet vs UFC fighters and try to sub all of them. That'd really show the skill difference between fighters and bjj guys

[@handzteam]

This dude is a beast!

[@utarian7]

Am I REALLy the only one that cares about ref's glorious beard?

[@NicolaMaxwell]

The vocal fry on this poor bloke is unreal😂

[@raging100]

Reeeeallly impressed with cowboy. Incredible early minutes! But good god if the commentator ever gets sick again just send him home. That was unbearable to listen to

[@jackwilder463]

That buggy was disrespectful

[@danfg7215]

What's up with the slapping, shouldn't be allowed, can be confused with strikes or even tapping

[@johnharmon1193]

couldnt have kept the dude with no voice off the mic??

[@davidmartinez2833]

What’s with those shorts ?

[@Arrogan28]

Craig could have locked that leg sub in, but because he said he wouldn't do it, unless he panicked, he used it to go for his back. I admire Cerrone for keeping it to more of a grappling, and not beating Craig up for no reason, and likewise, Craig staying away from leg locking him showed a great competitive spirit, on both sides...

[@TheGuitarifier]

This announcer's voice is KILLING me.

[@Vhdj687]

Fun looking match this was good content. o/

[@User-54631]

The instinct knee from cowboy was funny.

[@benanthony3985]

A good work for the audience

[@MarkGuitar]

Commentator needs to clear his throat

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

Cerrone, my all time favourite human and fighter.

[@esotericsurveillance]

3:38 that was definitely a tap, if this was MMA fight would’ve been over no questions about it

[@DineroNetworkk]

2:05 seconds in i already seen cowboy pull back a knee in the clinch xD this should be fire

[@Wthxmas]

2:04 fights over😂❤

[@ConorMcHedor]

Donald didn't slap hard because he liked like legs in one piece 😅

[@mvp4lyfe]

It’s nice they jet RFK jr announce the fight

[@nunyabidness2143]

Nice of them to have the Marlboro man as a guest commentator