Cole Abate vs Ariel Tabak / Pan Pacific 2024

[@ArielTabak]

Cole's passing chains are awesome. Was super hard to get an offensive cycle going. Crazy he is only 19. Big props to him.

[@johnpark1730]

your guard retention is chef's kiss

[@mathew9851]

Ariel is no joke.

[@ArielTabak]

thank you! 🤣

[@raulcanterosayago1451]

Ariel and Leray have the best guard in the game by far. They are incredible...

[@samsung_captivategalaxy_s8331]

Damn blue gi guard is amazing

[@joshallsopp2212]

He has really good guard instructionals on BJJ Fanatics - well worth the investment

[@noname-ph6qm]

Crazy. Had to check multiple times if I'm not watching it on 1.5x playback speed

[@richardforbes-simpson1834]

Damn that was a masterclass in guard retention. Langhi would be proud

[@GettingBetter26]

Good thing I purchased his guard retention instructional 😁

[@kommisar.]

Man, that guy had Cole workin'!

[@mixxeerr]

Ariel's guard retention was nuts...

[@offbalance-jj]

Tabak is one of the best guard players in the world

[@malekmeddeb1654]

No wonders Ariel co-worked on Lachlan’s Guard Retention instructional !

[@Vcxjvc]

Bravo ariel bien meilleur jeu que l’autre.

[@MarkLee-bb1gs]

Tabak's impassable guard, amazing

[@Murphy920]

Ari did great!!

[@MarcusKasparius]

All eyes on Ariel. Such composure while retaining the guard.

[@roberthouse4228]

Blue gi should have went on the attack sooner, he played it safe for to long

[@odanabunaga2505]

nice lapel stuff! great match!

[@mrkauffman]

ariel is one hell of a guard player

[@michaelswann9849]

Def an l for cole. That guard was incredible

[@DC-sr7gu]

ari the true winner here 😅

[@ThinkingFramework]

They are really cool

[@dragoph]

very cool

[@raajusdewan3223]

They forgot the points for that beautiful mane @ArielTabak ❤️‍🩹

[@osamet66]

I don't know, in the beginning it felt like Cole lost a lot of focus

[@surfistanike4365]

Cole pegou uma pedreira

[@PaulJohn283]

Been a fan of Ariel for awhile (have several of his instructionals) and he is an incredible BJJ athlete but flexibility and guard retention alone doesn’t win championships.

[@ArielTabak]

Thanks man. I know retention doesn’t win majors. I am working on my attacks. Hopefully I figure it out one day 👍

[@wizard9911]

@@ArielTabak It's funny cus right now I'm in my blue belt journey and I'm as flexible as Mr.Tabak, and indeed rarely anyone passes a flexible guard but when you cannot submit anyone because the guard is not dangerous it hurts :(

[@jaymecosta]

I understand what the meant but we have to consider: 1 - If it wasn't a good guard retention he would probably be fighting for not having the back taken or defending of submission attempts from Cole's side control. 2 - It is also important to remember he was playing guard against a top guy which his team is recognized for amazing guard passers. 3 - If we could have the percentage of how successful Abate is passing guard, Tabak certainly is one between 5% who got success stopping Abate's guard passes. Anyway, both did an amazing fight and I'm excited to see they facing each other again.

[@RK-vr4nv]

Guarda embaçada, só na pressão pra passar.

[@JoseSouza-wf2oi]

Guardinha bem fácil de passar kkkkkkkkk só que não

[@theratrace2153]

Abate guy is very very limited. These all AOJ people are absolutely without creativity. They are all just machines. You can only do so much. I hate the Mendes brothers for trying to get rich on the expense of all those young kids that will drop out of school in California only to get hurt in their teenage years and not be able to pursue jiu jitsu. They will be Uber drivers or work on the docks all their mature life. For what? For those two greedy brazilians to get rich on their expense. Nobody says a word about it.

[@ahira2817]

this is an interesting, care to elaborate?

[@RK-vr4nv]

god forbid a boy to pursue his dreams

[@joshallsopp2212]

I disagree, when I meet kids that train at AOJ (that take it seriously) I see a level of dedication and worth ethic well beyond their years, through which they can apply to any other skill in life if they choose not to pursue jiu jitsu professionally. I would take that skillset of hard work and perserverence of excellence over anything learned in the schooling system.

[@theratrace2153]

@@joshallsopp2212 The schooling system works. Although you don't actually think about it, the schooling system is the reason you are typing now here, is the reason you have a computer to type on, is the reason you have a roof over your head, is the reason you can travel far distances in no time, and so on, and so on. Do not underestimate school, it keeps the humanity moving forward. Those kids are robbed of the chance to do something in life.

[@anonymousreviewer169]

@@theratrace2153 You're talking about a minuscule subset of children pursuing BJJ professionally at AOJ. Most of these kids are Brazilian natives who would otherwise likely end up in the manual labor force due to their socio-economic status in their home country. This is (potentially) their way forward to an elevated station in life -- often at the expense of their health in later years, their social development, academic knowledge, etc. This may all backfire, in which case they'll likely end up in the manual workforce unfortunately. The majority of those kids btw are highly technical, athletic, and creative. Abate personally is a prodigy and a titan on the mats. It is rare for Abate to be unable to completely dominate and demolish opponents in his weight class, and this is one of those rare instances, albeit he forced his opponent into a defensive cycle the entire match (minus the last 20 secs). The only major skill deficit with Abate is his wrestling, owing to the academy being until relatively recently very Gi focused, where wrestling wasn't as important. If he can bridge that gap, he will become a complete BJJ practitioner.

[@yazaldyz7359]

Muhammad Ali tinha razão quando falou que o jiu jitsu de kimono é chato de se assistir 🫠🫠 só amarração🫠🫠