MARCELO GARCIA ADCC HISTORY VIDEO | Is Marcelo Garcia The GOAT Of ADCC?

MARCELO GARCIA ADCC HISTORY VIDEO | Is Marcelo Garcia The GOAT Of ADCC?
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It's a continued hard topic of who the No Gi Grappler is of all time. And who had the best debut at ADCC. Was it Marcelo Garcia or Gordon Ryan? The answer remains to be seen. But here's a look back at the career of Marcelo Garcia
Marcelo Garcia also known as ‘Marcelinho’, is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Master Fabio Gurgel, who competes for the Alliance BJJ academy. Having won 5 world jiu jitsu tournaments and 4 times the ADCC (two of the most important tournaments in jiu jitsu), Garcia is widely considered one of the best grapplers in the world, while his general demeanor made him one of the most beloved athletes by the BJJ community. Marcelo Garcia has also been featured in BJJHeroes top 10 Best Grapplers of All Time list.
Marcelo Garcia was born in a small town called Formiga (which means “Ant” in English) in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (1983). He realized he wanted to pursue Martial Arts at a very young age by watching 1980’s blockbusters as a child, movies like the Karate Kid or older films like Enter the Dragon were amongst his favourites. Even though Marcelinho lived in a Brazilian town, Jiu Jitsu was not available as it was famous mainly in the big cities (in fact Marcelo didn’t hear about BJJ until years later).
Soon Marcelo started adding Jiu Jitsu classes to his regular training routine, making 3 trips every week to Iran Brasileiro’s academy. His first BJJ competition didn’t go as planned as he lost on the first match, but that didn’t put out his fire to compete again. He began buying BJJ magazines to learn new techniques, practicing them with his training partners.
Before he had time to conjure his plan, Marcelo went to compete in a state tournament, there he met Paulo Rezende who invited him to come and train full time at his academy. Paulo Rezende (aka Paulao) had a much bigger team in Poco de Caldas and offered him free training and a place to sleep at the gym in exchange for Marcelo to do day-to-day chores (cleaning the mats, errands, etc). Marcelo agreed, and after getting the nod from his parents he travelled the necessary 10 hours by bus ride to Paulao’s academy, he was 16 at the time.
With his intense training program, Marcelo started winning championships, first the State championships and later his first Mundials (World Championships) victory. After his first Mundial victory he realised all his potential and really started believing in his potential. His (now) girlfriend, Tatiana, convinced him that his career would benefit a lot from a move to a bigger team in Sao Paulo, and so after an invitation by Alliance’s Fernando Augusto “Terere” to be an assistant coach at his academy, he left to Sao Paulo one of the biggest Jiu Jitsu centres in the World as a 4 stripe brown belt.
Life was hard teaching at Terere and Leo Vieira’s place, the money was scarce and all he could afford was a place hours away from the gym, so when Fabio Gurgel offered him an assistant coach place at his gym in the Alliance Team’s Headquarters, he gladly accepted.
With this new partnership with Gurgel (who is one of the World’s top BJJ instructors) Garcia’s BJJ gave a huge step forward once again. It was also a period in which he started making a little bit more money allowing him to stabilize his finances. During this period, Marcelo picked up on training without the kimono for the first time, he was a Brown Belt then and had never trained or competed in nogi.
Always willing to compete as often as possible, when the Brazilian ADCC trials came up, Marcelo decided to sign up for the famous competition. He fought well and made it to the final, losing it by -1 point (guard pull) against Daniel Moraes. By ADCC rules, he would not make it to the final stage because he did not win the trials, but as Denis Hallman pulled out, he was called in at the last minute as a replacement. Being a huge underdog in the World’s most prestigious tournament he also ended in one of the toughest brackets in the competition, pairing up against Renzo Gracie and Vitor Ribeiro. He defeated both and won the final reaching the pinnacle of Submission Wrestling, with the competition’s earnings Marcelinho offered his father a 2000 Ford Focus to replace his ancient 1984 Volkswagen.
His successful run at both BJJ and Submission Wrestling continued as he won both the World Championships, Submission de Campos and ADCC once again. Having won every major title in submission grappling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
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[@PainandMotivation]

Does Marcelo teach ground and pound?

[@theirishcoffee69]

And on top of that, he is the nicest and most humble person ever

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

He really is

[@nazgulbarakas5767]

So that's why he kicked out dillon danis

[@phuongtr68]

@@nazgulbarakas5767 oh did he ? can you tell me more about it

[@angel-rq4fz]

@@nazgulbarakas5767 whom by the way is going in a descending path as he was choked out by a bouncer in a bar in New Jersey .

[@JSPUFC]

Not really. Once I seen him throw a bubble gum wrapper on the ground in front of Chael P Sonnen. Dangerous and a criminal

[@llai8501]

I attended his seminar as a white belt in Hong Kong. He was so nice and had so much time for us all. 14 years later I'm a black belt and still in awe of his skillset. While I don't doubt Gordon Ryans abilities, Marcelo did it all and more, without being an insufferable dickhead.

[@adamabbas1487]

I think Ryan will calm down now. Perhaps he realises that talking trash is not needed to get people to watch you if you are good enough. His legacy may even become on par with marcelos in nogi, but no one is close to Rogers legacy.

[@SS-mq4dh]

@@adamabbas1487 if he goes to the ufc,like hes been saying,he will probably ramp up the trash talk

[@adamabbas1487]

@@SS-mq4dh it's different in the fight game compared to bjj matches. It's more acceptable as long as it doesn't go too far like Connor Mcgregor.

[@SS-mq4dh]

@@adamabbas1487 yeah,i agree,but i gotta admit i kinda like trash talking,as long as it dosnt go too far like the shit mcgregor was saying in his fight with khabib

[@adamabbas1487]

@@SS-mq4dh I don't like trash talk at all. It makes me respect the fighter less. Its one of the many reasons I am a fan of Damien Maia.

[@mizujunior2519]

He is Jiu Jitsu in person.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

oss

[@aplus1080]

(What jiujitsu should be.)

[@donnyh3497]

Now there's a real live role model, a true champion, and a fantastic human being.

[@servo66]

As a student of Marcelo's it's so funny to see him doing the warmups with Gurgel that he makes us do today and then seeing the match where he has the shaved head because it's a story he's told many times where early in his career he thought he had to look mean and act mean to fit in so he shaved his head and scowled a lot. He realized after that it meant nothing so that's when curly haired smiley Marcelo emerged.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Ha ha that's awesome

[@servo66]

@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ PS he returned to training yesterday. I was fortunate enough to get a round with him on his first day back. One of the many reasons I love living in New York!

[@dbnoho]

Short answer. Yes. He's the best.

[@prithvib8662]

Gordon Ryan is probably better than him now

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

@awesomeguynamedjon yeah I think he can deal with that too

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

@Porrada Everyday Roger is the MAN!

[@jasonc688]

Short answer. Roger Gracie

[@bennym1326]

Marcello is the embodiment of Jiu jitsu, IMO the most technical fighter along with Rafa Mendez.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

is the man

[@bolafeshitan3935]

Yes for me Marcelo Garcia is the 🐐🐐🐐,he is what jui-jitsu is all about no steroids or Peds.👊🏾

[@100Kirikabu]

i love Marcelo, but literally everyone was juiced then

[@ramon1930]

@@100Kirikabu Marcelo was known to be lazy in conditioning in a gym. He really was clean.

[@tclass99]

Him and Roger share the title imo. Both have ridiculous skill and both are class acts all the way.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

yep. Its like they are the peoples GOATs

[@chrisbrydon3438]

ADCC Marcelo no question. BJJ great I'm taking Roger.

[@chetfreeland1920]

Agree also put Rafa up there

[@tatertots0046]

@@chrisbrydon3438 You can put them in any order you want but the 4 GOATs are Roger Gracie, Andre Galvao, Ricardo Arona and Marcelo Garcia

[@tatertots0046]

You can put them in any order you want but the 4 GOATs are Roger Gracie, Andre Galvao, Ricardo Arona and Marcelo Garcia.

[@jasonwalker9808]

garcia is a great example of small man vs big man and it shows jiu jitsu works with proper technique.

[@vutran3758]

His legacy is much larger than ADCC. He was also 5 time world champion in gi. Built one of the best bjj academy in NYC, trained and impacted thousands of people, many of them go on to be world champions and successful gym/business owners. Competition is great, but when it’s it’s over that’s when a legacy is built.

[@stefanpaul1979]

Awesome video, thanks so much! I was there in 2003. It was absolutely amazing. The only thing greater then Marcelo's ability is his humility, generosity and demeanor. The GOAT in my book for sure...

[@The-Dom]

MG is my fav athlete of all time. take a hike MJ and Mario.

[@MMABeijing]

Marcelo deserves that beautiful video, thank you for him

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

thank you

[@karmamakam5098]

Absolutely yes! ADCC legend

[@oscargarza6869]

This was so awesome bro. I was recently learning guillotines and north south chokes by Marcelo. This video got suggested to me. Great work!!!

[@chetfreeland1920]

Not only a legendary competitor but also an incredibly nice person

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Absolutely

[@ricardoguedes2439]

esse Marcelo Garcia era a frente do Jiu Jitsu da época e está a frente de muitos na atualidade

[@jonathancampos1978]

Once again spectacular vid

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank you brother! Please SHARE it out :)

[@treeblockdgo3791]

Amazing video, truly inspirational

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank You :)

[@luizclaudioelias4514]

Fantástico!

[@chrisdalton9461]

WOW what an amazing video had me hooked the whole way through !

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thanks man. Glad to hear :)

[@aplus1080]

Chris Dalton you don't get points unless there are two hooks.

[@angel-rq4fz]

Marcelo is a Legend no doubt .

[@noturnleftunstoned72]

Fantastic Doc ! I can't wait to see the new generation against Marcafro's solid foundation of attack only. Can you imagine him against JT Torres? oh shit.

[@willyfloresmonarrez8475]

I can stop watching it, what surprised me the most about Marcelo is the joy that jiu jitsu gave him through competition

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thanks for watching my friend :)

[@harderheart]

And he's about to surprise the world with his return to competition 🔥

[@yodizzll]

great video

[@brandonmcninja]

I think so, yes!

[@wandersondeoliveira211]

AMAZING, RESPECTFUL, COMPETITOR, AND PROFESSOR.

[@moises4974]

Não o conheço pessoalmente, porém eu treino com um amigo de Marcelo, o qual treinava junto na equipe do Paulão. Durissimo

[@Zenitself]

Marcelo is the GOAT. He took on giants and legends, beating them all. Nobody is greater.

[@williamseipp9691]

Great video, well done.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank you 🙏

[@douglasoliveira9132]

Sim, ele é o melhor!

[@SzakalMajowe]

VERY NICE VIDEO !!!

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank you

[@TiagoSilva-pf4oj]

He is THE man!!!

[@kylepitzer6675]

YES!!!

[@RyuHazaki]

Well done!

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank You :)

[@TheGeorgegomes]

The best !

[@8sourceenergy895]

By the way...niiiiiiice(nice) channel; I'm now subcribed.👍👍

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Awesome! Thank you :)

[@8sourceenergy895]

@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ You're welcome.☺👍👍

[@ygustavo]

marcelo is the greatest bjj player of all time

[@fourmatictv]

He's why I started training a few years ago. Randomly suggested video of him giving out a black belt. Such a humble ambassador to the greatest individual sport in the world. Great video man, thank you!

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Yes he is and that is so cool to hear.

[@franciscod4826]

inspiring

[@chetfreeland1920]

Yes

[@yasmek7277]

The best of the best all the time

[@CKamera23]

GOAT!

[@StillRolling]

🔥🔥🔥

[@johntaylor6814]

Yes. .

[@derekjwilliams007]

The goat 🐐

[@jjuand2]

well done

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thank YOU. Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@DARKJITSU30]

THE GOAT ALL DAY

[@eeveespence2487]

Him and Pedro Sauer are my heroes

[@iamalpharius9483]

He is a living text book of technical skill, inventiveness, stanina and class. Never called himself "King" and walked around with some ridiculous cape and crown on. Never had to act like a baby when he lost like some other guys and won with Furious paced flowing from one skill to the next. Damn right he is the greatest Sorry Gordiod Roidon.

[@matheusmarques7009]

Que conteúdo bom, cara! Parabéns 👏👏

[@The-Dom]

Not gonna show the Alex "my guard has never been passed in 20 years" Ribeiro mounted x guard sweep, pass, backtake submission? quite possibly the greatest submission in the history of the world.

[@VictorColon1]

The best, bar none!,

[@Darren_Tay]

That is probably a yes. A lot of people are saying Andre Galvao, but imo it's Marcelo Garcia. Gordon Ryan needs to break both their record and he needs to beat Andre in the next superfight if he is not retiring, in order to be the goat in adcc.

[@a-z2928]

Yes he is the goat

[@uncabro]

Yes.

[@mentalbroadcastofficial]

The real goat

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

the peoples GOAT

[@danielmartini3229]

how would his style and techniques fare today? BJJ has evolved so much with the 50-50, berimbolo and emphasis on leg/foot/heel locks. you hardlyever see an x-guard or RNC these days

[@christianyoung405]

Short answer yes. Long answer yeeees

[@DARKJITSU30]

the greatest grappler ever!

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

yep

[@haha-px5xp]

ALL TIME GREATEST

[@jdog4303]

The king of the butterfly guard.

[@MARCOZR1]

The tittle should be a statement and not a question brother

[@alvarezgamers]

MG = Master Goat 🐐

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

:)

[@theonesketch]

Legit

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Thanks for watching

[@patrickwhite8144]

Roger, Marcello and Gordon are the only possible candidates for best ever, I think.

[@pedrolomeli8735]

Great video, but we all know the answer here 😏

[@GogoGogo-xf8uf]

Short answer yes he is Long answer yes he is

[@viniciusalmeida9754]

HE IS.

[@ookami112]

Marcelo is jiujitsu

[@OGG619]

Was that Rockson submitting someone?

[@jasonpeterson5606]

Gordon Ryan

[@FairfaxJJ]

Does anyone know the name of the name of the grappler in the white gi being interviewed at 0:27?

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Garth Taylor

[@FairfaxJJ]

@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ Thanks! I knew he looked familiar.

[@OGG619]

Yup, Claudio França’s black belt from back in the late 90’s early 2000’s

[@grplayer]

Name of song please?

[@phobowl]

While people can argue if he’s the GOAT there’s no argument that he’s the most beloved.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

People's goat

[@felipestrm]

so good

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

thank you

[@peteramarillo8952]

All 150 lbs of him. and with a schoolboy face to boot. The greatest grappler in history

[@brendon2462]

Mg said he's 170lbs

[@8sourceenergy895]

During/of his era...yes, no doubt! But now(with guys/new breeds like Gordon Ryan...Keenan Cornelius...Lachlan Giles...and so on)...I can't say for certain...but he(M.G.) can come back(as rumored he will), and prove...yet again, that he's still the G.O.A.T. And I'm team Marcelo Garcia(old school) all the way...but I can't allow my bias to over-look the skills of Gordon Ryan and so on. Plus...with leg locks being a major part of the game(BJJ/Submission Grappling) now...it's yet to be seen how Marcelo will handle these new attacks(leg locks) aimed at him. Yes, he's(M.G.) used leg locks...in the past(ADCC), against guys(Ricco R.) who weren't...really, leg lock savvy, as far as heel hooks go...but him(M.G.) vs a Gordon Ryan, in a leg lock scramble/battle...smh(I just don't know). Yet I'm...more than, sure he's preparing his leg lock defenses...and studying the top submission fighters(Gordon especially, for it's inevitable that they'll cross paths, if he(M.G.) comes back)...which is why I think he's waiting(practicing...preparing, and studying) before he makes a return/comeback...which is prudent on his part...for these new leg lockers are dangerous and on another level(leg lock wise); I wouldn't be surprise if he's training with his countrymen(Vinny M: Who beat Gordon Ryan/who Gordon Ryan couldn't leg lock/sub). I also hope he(M.G.) has some new tricks up his sleeve...so I can buy some new material(new Marcelo Garcia instructionals) of his. :-D

[@luisclaudio4622]

There's no debate about it

[@LytesOutClips]

Hey guys, little known fact. Marcelo lost in the finals of the first ever ADCC Trials, he was invited to the big show from the second place spot. I was a judge, lol but i dont recall who beat him....

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Daniel Moraes best him ;)

[@Zenitself]

Is there really a debate about this fact?

[@jasonc688]

This is hard to say, but I’d have to say a tie between Garcia and Roger Gracie at ADCC. Overall competitions, Gi and no gi, the Goat is Roger Gracie.

[@The_Cannabis_Connoisseur]

And he made people tap or go to sleep instead of winning by points most of the time!!

[@giovaniveras8729]

E o palhaço do Gordon Ryan tem a ousadia de se chamar de goat

[@danniragu7194]

No but he is great

[@fulca4389]

Just imaging him at 230 pounds ! 😂... is there a doubt ?

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

I cant lol

[@fisheralfred6683]

4 times gold medal . Who would break that record?

[@rxnupe]

Roger Gracie says NO

[@MrTonaarea]

terere algoz

[@8sourceenergy895]

Does anyone think Rickson Gracie...in his prime...could have..."surely", beaten Mario Sperry? To me...Rickson Gracie is the ultimate G.O.A.T...but I think the main thing that made him different was his breathing ability..."while fighting"...for his technique...especially compared to Mario Sperry's...wasn't so superior. Even his gi match with Rigan Machado proves that his breathing is his ultimate weapon. Others would fatigue over time...while he never did...for he wouldn't allow himself to, due to his vigilant breathing habit. Please...make a video on this!!

[@danmoreno3313]

Put Marcelo in UFC And we'll see how far he would get NOT TOO FAR.

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

most likely better than you or I my friend ;)

[@capoeirask8]

Dan Moreno your statement is Irrelevant. This video isn’t aimed at professional fighters or “who’s the greatest UFC of all time.” This is grappling and grappling ONLY.

[@stevenmarkoll552]

As far as ADCC grappler - the answer is no. The real answer is Ricardo Arona. Arona never even gave up a single point in ADCC competition. The guy was a beast.

[@brendon2462]

He also never really grappled much. He would use take downs to win.

[@chetfreeland1920]

I copied Marcelo as much as possible I have a decent arm drag and north south choke still working on my butterfly guard

[@ericenstrom8691]

A certain alligator would disagree

[@DARKJITSU30]

in the gi maybe!, nogi marcelo is the man

[@ericenstrom8691]

@@DARKJITSU30 Jacare tapped Marcelo no gi

[@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ]

Lacoste? lol

[@brendon2462]

@@ericenstrom8691 Yea he just caught him but Garcia is still better overall. Matched again probably wouldn't catch him like that. Kimura is a strength move jacare was bigger stronger. Garcia just underestimated posting his hand on the mat. I caught my coach with a kimura. But I'm not better than him overall. He just underestimated my kimura. Left his hand on the mat open.

[@tatertots0046]

Roger Gracie is the ADCC GOAT and Grappling GOAT period *Ricardo Arona is also a GOAT*

[@brendon2462]

Not butterfly style garcia best butterfl

[@kenwu7]

I still think Terere was better

[@brendon2462]

In no gi?

[@kenwu7]

@@brendon2462 haven't seen much of his nogi game. Not sure

[@brendon2462]

@@kenwu7 Because Garcia was much better in no gi than he was in gi. He became known for his no gi game. He was really able to adapt, be creative, innovative, and changed the game. That were he truly excelled especially butterfly guard.

[@cheerfulsoulph]

no