Stuart Cooper: Banned from ADCC & Flograppling | El Segundo Podcast EP.35

[@ResenhaBJJ]

Stuart is a legend! Love what he has been doing for BJJ and for independent creators! Not having Stuart is a major loss for ADCC and Flo.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

Thank you 🙏 you do great videos too

[@andrewtregoning]

@@stuartcooperfilms lad! i remember sending you a video about 12 years ago and asked you for feedback and you gave me some! legend

[@justinhearst]

@@stuartcooperfilms it'd be great if you did official footage/highlights for CJI. EDIT: Commented this before the video played

[@emgsixstring]

When I was Google searching 'bjj' in 2017 your vids came up and helped me fall in love with the art and the sport. Thank you Stuart!

[@OHBJJ9634]

We need a b team podcast with every competitor in CJI

[@marcoduvall4404]

Great idea

[@ahira2817]

a lot of them have no idea how to have a conversation on camera

[@marcoduvall4404]

@@ahira2817 hide the camera.. if they're truly autistic they will forget and stop being camera shy 📸

[@enjoyswaves]

💡 tremendous

[@t-bone7988]

bjj athletes are weird.

[@ryangreenhow]

Listening to two bash Flo's business model for almost an hour was hilarious. Couldn't agree more.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@ryangreenhow 😂

[@Wengelsworkshop]

😂 flo is the worst

[@duncbrowne]

First Renato Laranja and now Stuart Cooper. Just when I didn't think I could be a bigger fan of CJI, Craig keeps giving us more reasons to get behind him and his event!

[@timhorton2486]

I can honestly say that Stuart is one of the reasons I’ve put so much time into no gi grappling. His videos really inspired me, just like you said!

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

very cool convo! great info. Boycotting Flograppling and ADCC is a must.

[@Roman-xk7fk]

As far as Flo cares the sport can die as long as they have exclusive video rights to film it. Mosquitoes like this exist in every industry and I’m hoping there’s enough strong-willed people in the grappling world to really reject what they’re all about.

[@Kuwaitisnot_adeployment]

They both deserve a ton of gratitude and credit for putting the sport and certain athletes on the map but they're also the one's most to blame for the sports stagnation as a professional sport and culture of paying athletes peanuts while getting rich off those same athletes. If flo really cared about the athletes and sport as a whole they wouldn't copyright claim athletes that film videos with them on their channel but don't allow them to use that same footage they made on their own channels which they do do that. (😂they do do😂) And that's on top of underpaying the athletes and not giving anything back to the sport itself. Same goes for ADCC except they love the sport but just want the athletes to come put a show on for them for practically nothing while keeping all the profit for themselves. I agree with you they deserve recognition but have worn out their usefulness and are actually hurting the sport now. We should boycott them forever unless they agree to work with Craig and CJI on fixing all these problems. Unfortunately for Craig that's going to have to include drug testing sport wide if he ever expects to legitimize BJJ as a professional sport.

[@zezuntxiduntxi]

​@@Kuwaitisnot_adeploymentI understand but we can't let these bad attitude pass by

[@BG-sj7zh]

7 yrs ago he was making the best content. SC and Osiander should film and comment at CJI

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🔥

[@FLADAN-3848]

Yes Osiander would be legendary

[@hermanmelville3871]

This is the best idea I’ve heard in a while.

[@brunofraysse421]

​@@stuartcooperfilms I just signed....there is no way back dude 😊🤘⚡😉

[@TheKnowledgeofGoD]

Og Jiu Jitsu you tubers

[@LuanbjjOliveira]

i have no idea how many times i watched stuart cooper HLs

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@jaredharrison6778]

Better merch, better cause, better people. Just a great cause. I'm supporting it totally

[@masonjarr2316]

All the winners of CJI are gonna have to give the money back because Craig got it all from Ukraine straight from the American taxpayers. Only a matter of time before people figure it out

[@mwelch3218]

Craig is a LOT smarter than he looks. I’ve been super impressed with how he navigates this.

[@ymb9shinzou743]

Yeah don't let the banter, hedonistic lifestyle and '93 stoner teenage girl fashion sense fool you. The guy is obviously, even to me someone who knows not word one about BJJ... a very intelligent and thoughtful guy.

[@PeterRSCFF]

Yeah, he’s a very intelligent and thoughtful guy with a big heart. Hard to dislike him unless you are one of the bad guys or take yourself way too seriously.

[@thlee3]

@@ymb9shinzou743” ’93 stoner teenage girl fashion”🤌🤌

[@interestedparty7523]

So this is what Stuart Cooper looks like.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

😂

[@RyanWbjj170]

Bjjscout confirmed

[@t-bone7988]

@@RyanWbjj170 bjj steroids confirmed lol

[@jbjb7982]

I was (and still am) a HUGE fan of Stuart job. Without him ADCC wouldn’t be as popular as it is today. Thanks for your work Stuart, you never got the recognition you deserved.

[@jamieb.7095]

Stuart Cooper's ADCC highlight videos are the reason I started grappling. I'm so stoked to see him on here. Much respect, brotha. We missed you!

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@jamieb.7095 thanks bro 🙏 appreciate it

[@JiuJitsuCampSJC]

Awesome to hear from Stuart. Even better to know he is teaming up with Craig 🥋🔥🍍😀

[@jazargoalq785]

Good to see Tom hardy supporting cji

[@JustTrain3.6.9]

Craig is ledge and so is Stuart - I have seen Stuart cooper videos for ages - almost thought he was gone for good - coopers videos have always been so inspiring 🤙🏽

[@Dan-eh2jp]

I watched Stuart cooper videos dozens and dozens of times when I first started!!

[@GrapplingHour]

I'm happy Stu is finally able to share this story. We had compared notes over the years about some of the unprofessional ways these orgs have treated media members of the years. Not only does he produce quality content, but he has always been a friendly source of encouragement for my work. I can't wait to see the content he produces for CJI. He is an incredible artist and I'm glad y'all are giving him the platform to do what he does best.

[@Subdado]

Stuart Cooper is phenomenal at his craft. I watch his videos all the time for motivation and he has turned so many people onto the sport. I’m so glad this is happening.

[@stylejitsu]

This was such a great podcast. I always wondered what happened to him. Great to hear it straight from the source. Thank you for this.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@stylejitsu 🙏

[@robertopalacios6329]

So great to see Stuart getting the attention he deserves🤜👊

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@robertopalacios6329 thank you brother 🙏

[@ben61820]

I've sent more SC YT links to people than any other BJJ stuff by far. Big thanks for SC.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@demolayakp]

been a long time supporter for more than a decade! still got the rashguard and gi patches from stu!!

[@stuartcooperfilms]

Thanks brother 🙏

[@demolayakp]

@@stuartcooperfilms No Thank you. The videos are undeniably inspiring and your videos introduced me to New Desert Blues and the jezabels. Amazing taste of music!

[@ah64Dcoming4U]

really hope CJI continues in the future for the next generation of grappling competition

[@yahelluna3842]

Stuart its a fucking legend... his 2013 adcc highlight video (no longer on KZbin) is a masterpiece.

[@pekitas]

We all owe this guy a lot. Regardless of affiliation. He did a lot at a time where no one was interested but US. Thanks

[@l.em.t3819]

Stuart Cooper's videos got me training grappling for the first time!!!

[@mitchellsmith1540]

Sick pod, Stuart is the man

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏 thanks bro

[@rafaelcamposdasilva7746]

I really would like to hear Stuart cooper as one of those commentators of CJI will be amazing 👊🏼👏🏼

[@Franzzss]

@stuartcooperfilms is a legend, thank you for all years of videos

[@stuartcooperfilms]

Thanks brother

[@michaelsingJiuJitsu]

I'm now looking forward to the highlights even more than the event itself!

[@PatrickLam-oy3mk]

Stuart is a legend

[@burry218]

That 2019 highlight reel is probably the best advertisement for ADCC yet.

[@burry218]

I'm gonna watch that again just to give Stuart more views.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@guillaumelacerte]

2011 was the best

[@owengrantjj]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5mkkKOtbquBqassi=Xux6y2y-IThHj_Nh The 2011 highlight that has been taken down numerous times

[@masonjarr2316]

All the winners of CJI are gonna have to give the money back because Craig got it all from Ukraine straight from the American taxpayers. Only a matter of time before people figure it out

[@davylongoria6206]

Cooper is a G. Inspirational videos tor sure.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@davylongoria6206 thanks 🙏

[@jorgevasquez7572]

Get budo Jake on now and I’m reliving my childhood 🙌🏽

[@francoss1994]

This is cool. Two Massive fans on the sport

[@oneman9783]

Love Stuart’s work 👊🏼

[@condoin23]

Stuart cooper is thee GUY when it comes to jiu jitsu film

[@eclipsez0r]

Thanks to Stuart for being in charge of the podcast audio quality

[@Bjjjake]

Great conversation between two Australian legends 👏

[@thelastchimp]

stuart legend

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@omarius2]

Stuart Cooper films got me into BJJ

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@omarius2 good to hear that 🙏

[@Rubber_guardian]

Stuart cooper! Thank you for your videos brother!!

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@Rubber_guardian thanks brother 🙏

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@Rubber_guardian great to hear that 🙏

[@Rubber_guardian]

@@stuartcooperfilms inspired me into nogi in 2019! I learned and got motivated off those videos they were the best and it’s good to see you with b team cos they’re videos are also intuitive and motivating 🙏🏽🇺🇸🇲🇽🦘🏆

[@masonjarr2316]

All the winners of CJI are gonna have to give the money back because Craig got it all from Ukraine straight from the American taxpayers. Only a matter of time before people figure it out

[@thos1618]

Legend. His work inspired me as a young man.

[@omightis26]

It's so sad to see a gentlemen like Stuart Cooper being treated this way, you can tell by his mannerisms he's respectful and forthright, you really gotta be a scumbag to treat someone like that, so harshly and to ban him as well, terrible. Screw Flograppling & ADCC. Good on you for joining CJI Stuart!!! you the real MVP

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@omightis26 thank you 🙏

[@markie5287]

I'm not in all the know. I've always wonder what happened with Stuart I'm happy to see him back, his 2013 highlight is my all time favorite and watch few times a year. Love this

[@johnbwill]

CJ shining the light of day on the whole nest ... looking forward to getting out my popcorn ... but more importantly, I support CJI from a moral stance. Best of luck to all involved.

[@michaeledge7897]

Get osiander as a commentator ❤

[@JR-bw3tr]

I remember budo Jake and Stuart Cooper classic films from early content they're doing it before social media and the internet were big ahead of the game per se thanks for sharing Craig this is a great insight and knowledge that we all should know in regards to ADCC and its production promotion filming from its 2011 history until now thanks for this insight

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@firelordzuko5178]

Stuart Cooper highlights are how I got into adcc

[@josephliebl5709]

Craig is assembling the avengers in every aspect of the sport

[@jcnesci]

Hearing of people dying of staph and other infections is just so heartbreaking... I got a big infection at Victory MMA (of Jocko Willink fame) in San Diego. Was my first time having it, was a bit freaked out but mostly because the doctor I saw was like "Where did you get this?! I've never seen such a strong staph infection ever"... And the gym just told me it's normal and to just get used to it. 😥

[@matthewkinne7662]

Yeah, "get used to it". Never-ending the long tern serious health implications.

[@cathalmurphy8724]

The last thing you should try to 'tough out' is a bacterial infection, especially if it's staph. MRSA is an immense burden on the healthcare system and leaving it untreated is how it spreads

[@GrapplingGenius]

I started nogi thanks to this man indeed

[@Inspiration_Connect]

clean gym is a must and good personal hygene is a must.. jungle weather is the worst for staff

[@alexbambam1]

What happened to that young man with the Staph infection is such a sad thing. I have been lucky, been living and training in Thailand for the last seven years, and never gotten staph.

[@johnjordan6032]

I never got staph or ringworm in my 12yrs of training jiujitsu, I believe mainly because I trained in the Gi and wore long-sleeved rash guards and pants in no Gi. I did drop my contact lenses on the mat a couple of times though and just went to the sink to rinse and pop them back in...yikes😬

[@Mr_Sh1tcoin]

It's more on the climate; if you live in temperate or cold climates you likely won't get staph.

[@johnjordan6032]

@@Mr_Sh1tcoin Yeah that makes sense, Southeast Asia is a perfect environment for mat cooties to thrive. 👾👾👾👾

[@VolinRabah]

I've doing jiu jitsu for 10 years here in Brazil and i've never had it, and incredibly enough i don't know anyone that got it around here

[@VolinRabah]

​@@Mr_Sh1tcoinlike you side it must be related to climate in some form

[@danielradd111]

Should drop the bracket the day of the competition,keep em guessing

[@samuelemeryjiujitsu]

The Ruotolos is a BIG win. Especially with Flo doing all the hype for them.

[@jiu-jitsu]

The war against videographers is hurtful to the athletes. They should change the game as they need exposure. Athletes: WAKE UP!!!! Stuart Cooper you are a LEGEND!

[@turok2546]

As a white belt who watched @stuartcooperfilms ADCC 2011 highlight when it came out and I am now bjj black belt, his work inspired me to achieve the same level of skill shown in his videos. It’s a shame how ADCC and Flo did him in like this.

[@michalkrsik2702]

Imagine watching football world cup highlights without any goals in them.

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@michalkrsik2702 😂

[@JoeHarnden1991]

Flo has the same model as Planet Fitness

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@JoeHarnden1991 😂

[@InvisibleHotdog]

And the same level of customer service

[@JamesKarren]

Lol instead of smashing the subscribe button you smash the lunk alarm

[@William.H.Bonney]

Mo and Flo a match made in BJJ hell

[@JamesKarren]

Lol sounds like an 80’s sitcom

[@William.H.Bonney]

@@JamesKarren lol “Mo and Flo”

[@techi7234]

Good to see Daniel Craig supporting CJI

[@stuartcooperfilms]

@@techi7234 😂

[@charmainebucco951]

CJ, u will be doing Chatri a huge favor at some point. The Ruotolos r gonna have to be intro'd as ONE FC world champions then at some point the Rodriguez bros r gonna end up in One once Chatri sees huge numbers for CJI.

[@BGMB]

RIP ray Williams such talented young man who dreamed about Thailand for so long & its so sad u didn't return trojan miss u forever 18 🖤🙏🏾💙😢

[@Jose-wb1ly]

Stuar Cooper excellent human being I really like his documentary about Bjj OSS!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Mal-m9g]

If it wasnt for stu a dmany other id not of found bjj in liverpool and mr tan was 1 of a group of cool fellas, super smart guys. just like stu. Because id watched gracies in action on bootleg vhs, with a decade in k1 the time a d thought oh dear. 😂

[@stuartcooperfilms]

🙏

[@Zhcwu]

Stuart cooper films was so good makes me mad that flograppling put everything behind a paywall which I did support but there streams were awful.... And highlights were terrible too

[@blackfrog1534]

Craig bringing back the legends!

[@DemolitionNowInc]

Found out how Craig is funding the CJI prize pool. It’s all the fckin KZbin ads. And no, I can’t afford KZbin Premium, hence why I’ll be watching CJI for free on KZbin.

[@ah64Dcoming4U]

staph is not taken seriously enough. we all take care of our training partners and let go when tapping but we'll put staph on their face at the same time?? wtf

[@alexneville8168]

I'm glad I canceled my Flo subscription months ago. Fuck em.

[@Zantora]

🔥

[@shrimuyopa8117]

What ADCC doesn't realize is that Stuart isn't taking away from Flo or ADCC or anyone for that matter. I only learned and became a fan of ADCC because of Stuart! That led me to buying a dumb Flo Grappling account. Stuart hypes them up and tells the stories through video that make us interested.

[@Torymorgan9]

So gnarly about that kid!! I got staph in Phuket this year. I'm all good, but it was scary.

[@paulleclaire8252]

Nice

[@derlycalza5949]

BDCC

[@seansmith9903]

The sheer amount of receipts these two men are holding and tossing back and forth for almost an hour is yet another example of how fucked Flo is, and how ADCC needs major change.

[@yangtroy1]

KZbin bjj og

[@MistaJayLJ]

I like what Craig has done to improve things. I have tried to do the same in the past in the UK on a lot smaller scale I was not happy with grappling shows charging for ticket sales but having grapplers on shit mats on the floor with poor production ect so I said I want the competitors to be treated better and to at least feel and be seen as pro athletes even if they weren’t getting purses ect so I put on Tuff Invitational on a big platform and had events streamed on KZbin and even though there was no money for the competitors as in purses I had a drop down box on the website where the event tickets were sold where the customer could choose the name of the grappler they wanted 20% of the ticket money to goto From these events I see other promoters have to pick the standard up and then tatami and scramble guys started to run Polaris, I believe they started this as I also did run TUFF Fight wear previously and although I was not really selling merch anymore I think tatami saw this as a good way to promote their brand similar to what they thought I was doing, either way it was cool as Polaris had more cash and took it to another level - I feel I was the catalyst to that and it made me happy that I raised the bar a bit in UK grappling events Keep up the good work

[@erdngtn9942]

Had staph in my spine and all through my body. Can’t believe I survived and these stories always freak me out how close. Replaced 3 vert

[@hermanmelville3871]

Shoulda got you Gabriel Almeida to replace Mason. Dude looks like a machine right now.

[@multitablez7825]

secret is colloidal silver spray and hypochlorous acid spray are the safest and best at killing staph.

[@shrimuyopa8117]

The biggest twist of all time and history would be if Gordon Ryan, John Danaher, and BJJ Fanatics were actually funding CJI and they created this split and drama just to earn themselves more money...

[@MontCoRealtor]

F'N staph. I got it 3 times. MRSA once. Horrible experiences but thankfully I had Dr on top of it and really helped me. I got very very lucky. I have a perm scar on my leg from MRSA. That was the worst sickness I ever went through. I was really nervous. Shit is scary bro.

[@OGG619]

Why is Budo Videos not back in the mix doing the other shows (except for ADCC)?

[@Steezerivera829]

How do we start the petition to make Craig the organizer for ADCC

[@locobass]

Stuart Cooper is an artist. They dont deserve his time

[@GrapplingDork]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Craig compete recently with Staph? I don't think most bjj guys realize how bad antibiotic resistant bacteria is growing in the US. I had a teammate who died from Staph in his 20s. Staph isn't to be F'd around with, yet I see some of these guys still training with it.

[@mnishamalamadingdong1829]

Sunlight, uv rays can kill staph if its on your skin, saltwater helps as well.

[@Discipline_equals_freedom]

I was training for a tournament and got shingles in my eye from overtraining. That really sucked.

[@PostalPete]

where's the other pod y'alls filmed?

[@shanegs]

Fair play to Craig for not going to the cops.

[@mickmoran3786]

My God, just missing out on get Kron Gracie in there Bwoah ! NEXT TIME !!!

[@erdngtn9942]

Who did Choke? I always see Stewart cooper vids in recommends when I watch that.

[@cognitivedissonancecamp6326]

That's so crazy, I saw that roots video series pop up about the Routolos and specifically didn't click on it because i thought it was some old shit, about a pass ADCC.

[@leer6621]

Yesss Stu 👌🏼

[@imivaxo9225]

Merkaba ❤

[@JiuJitsuCampSJC]

,🥋🔥🍍😀

[@DefconUnicorn]

Stuart made one of my fave videos it was with Nathan Orchard but hes removed /privated the video. Would be good to know why.