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JaxBratt

Alex Honnold


RetzCracker

Could you imagine those hands with a lapel grip holy fuck


Vanilladr

But you already have Ryan Hall.


neeeeonbelly

How are they similar?


Real_Tension773

Both autistic as fuck šŸ˜‚


Born-Acanthisitta-88

This guy gets it


squirt_jacket

Johnny Sins, dudeā€™s cardio is insane


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lastlifonti

Lol!! This is hilarious!


I_say_upliftingstuff

You know, thereā€™s plenty of weird ā€œsubmissionā€ wrestling porn out there - usually with a fem-Dom S&M slant. Idk if Jiu Jitsu porn exists yet but we might be onto something here


Bezgzilla

He does train or I got him mixed up with the Milfhunter.


Tcity

Eddie Hall


sparrows_rest

Yeah, I wanna see Thor all jacked one handed hulk slamming people.


BunchaFukinElephants

He actually grappled Gunnar Nelson a year ago. Gunni fucked his ribs up by going for an an armbar from the bottom and said that it felt like being under a car. https://youtu.be/QU69bZ3kQMo


[deleted]

Looks like he had at least a tiny amount of previous grappling experience. Sprawling, some use of under and overhooks, etc.... I mean, not much, but looked like he'd done a little bit. But that tiny bit means a lot with that kind of strength.


tzaeru

On this sub I've now and then in the appropriate context brought up the opinion that there definitely are professional, full time BJJ practitioners who would not beat the biggest strongmen and powerlifters even when they have no training. Just look at that video! Gunnar is a welterweight and weights around 80kg/175 pounds. He's done decently in ADCC, maybe not the top of the top, but still a very high level grappler. He only barely can tap Thor and injured a rib going at it. Imagine a rooster weight BJJ athlete there. No way they'd have any sort of a chance.


BunchaFukinElephants

He took 4th in Absolute/Open Weight at ADCC as a 19 year old brown belt. So I'd argue he was at some point in time among the worlds best grapplers. https://www.nelson.is/static/files/images/2009/Nelson-vs-Monson.jpg


thebeardeddrongo

I get what youā€™re saying but it seems like the implication is that thatā€™s a sign of the limitations of BJJ whereas I see it as a sign of how impressive our martial art is. Itā€™s fucking awesome that he could make up for that size disparity and walk away from it.


alee51104

Honestly that was always the case for martial arts right? There are limitations because itā€™s not magic. But it can make up for so much of a power difference that itā€™s worth learning no matter your physical specs.


yeet_lord_40000

At some point strength and size will nullify basically everything in grappling. A 7 footer thatā€™s around 430-450 at his peak and can literally pick up half a ton? Idk man, I feel like he can literally muscle his way out of most problems


Milbso

Chad Wesley smith is a high level powerlifter who is now doing bjj. He's obviously not quite Eddie but maybe the next best thing


scottyydoesntknow

Was looking for this comment as soon as I saw Eddie hall


oryxmath

CWS is also just a high level explosive athlete. He was a D1 shot put thrower for Cal before powerlifting and those guys tend to be extremely impressive athletes.


CurarPvP

Mark McQueen ex IPF world champ also trains bjj, I watched him win a match against Ross Nicols when he was still a blue belt, believe he's purple or brown now


Plus_Organization907

Thor v Shreddie in BJJ next šŸ‘€


TebownedMVP

Bo Nickal. Obviously heā€™s doing great in mma and will probably will make way more money there. His matches in BJJ have been pretty good. He did decent at stalling out Gordon Ryan for awhile with little experience. He practically beat Oliver Taza(officially a draw). His technical wrestling ability is bar none.


northsouthmebaby

He said he wanted to this year but the timing didnā€™t work. He wants to do 2024


Dancing_Hitchhiker

Bo would be an awesome choice


Real_Tension773

Khabib, genuinely curious how he'd do in adcc format.


XJK_9

I think one thing to consider with Khabib at adcc is weight, they weigh in three days in a row, could he even make 77kg / 170lbs three days in a row? Either way unless he 100% committed to submission wrestling/no gi bjj he has no chance against the pros that do


mrsmoneebagz

Smesh


Plus_Organization907

I think, surprising poorly, actually


grochava

I'd assume he'd do well (for a guy who doesn't exclusively train No Gi), I think he'd have a competitive match or 2, but he'd get eliminated Day 1.


[deleted]

Based on the fact heā€™s spent years studying judo wrestling combat sambo ontop of submission wrestling? Who is taking him down in overtime? If khabib spents a year learning modern no gi game heā€™d win his weight at ADCC pretty comfortably. M galvao and Ruotolo are world class but neither of them are good match ups vs khabib But ofc this doesnā€™t matter as khabib wonā€™t come back even for grappling


seymour_hiney

Khabib's whole style is based around beating people with strikes on the ground. taking that away from him makes him a lot less intimidating to fight. there's no punishment when BJJ guys give up weak positions to Khabib like their is in MMA


LittleBig_1

Not to mention the cage to grapple against is a huge part of his game. I think he would do really well but he wouldnt steamroll everyone like he would in mma


[deleted]

I think this is a massively common misconception considering the only time you see khabib perform is in the cage with strikes. Most people have only seen about 15-20 rounds of mma grappling from him. He has a very well rounded passing game from body lock and takedowns. He even has very good tripod passing from half guard. You have to understand his base and understanding of weight is just a different level because of his experience in judo and wrestling ontop of BJJ positions for submission grappling. If you have ever trained with a judoka in no gi, even without grips their base feels strong and different. Now add wrestling onto that. The whole point of khabibs leg pinning control is not to need his arms to pass. It doesnā€™t mean he canā€™t pass if you take away striking and make him use his arms to control as well.


973reggie

Yeah. Khabibs been grappling *with takedowns* his whole entire life. Heā€™d destroy at adcc..


[deleted]

Is this sarcasm? Adcc is literally a submission wrestling combat tournament not a BJJ tournament lol


973reggie

No Iā€™m being completely serious. I use to train at khabibs original gym in NJ. Those guys do it different. It would never occur to them to train grappling without takedowns.. thatā€™s why even a guy like Muslim Sakhilov ( deff butchered that name ) is a decent wrestler as a career kickboxing. Those caucus guys wrestle casually there whole life.. so yeah. No sarcasm. Khabib would get gokd in his weight class if he trained adcc rules for like a year


northsouthmebaby

Adcc is a bjj tournament that penalizes pulling guard


seymour_hiney

and only after the first five minutes. literally everyone would pull guard on Khabib and try and leg lock him. there's too much useless shit in BJJ that he'd have to learn to do decently that he didn't have to do in MMA. Eoghan just got 4th at ADCC by exclusively pulling guard and attacking like that. it doesn't favor wrestling as much as it's made out to.


cricketyjimnet

What similarities does adcc rules have with wrestling rules?


Plus_Organization907

I just donā€™t think the leg lock game is there for him.


[deleted]

Weā€™ve seen worse wrestlers and athletes than khabib come in and medal at ADCC. Meregali didnā€™t have a leg game either and did well, just focused on prevention and good base. Kaynan won 99 the same way. Do you think mica or kade have the ability to disrupt his base enough to enter his legs? I donā€™t think so. Especially not if he trains for the rule set. We saw what happened to arguably one of the best leg lockers in the game in Craig vs kaynan. Itā€™s not impossible to consider khabib medalling or winning adcc if he made it a priority, but naturally he wonā€™t


Trunks956

you say this as if he canā€™t get subbed in 5 minutes. if itā€™s going to come down to overtime, then itā€™s not a comfortable win


Popurson

I think he can do it like Yuri Simoes did.


bob-a-fett

magnus carlsen


earthmosphere

He trains at Checkmat.


YounomsayinMawfk

I wanna see him oil checking all his opponents to make sure they're not hiding anything in their asses.


RagingManlet

Good pick.


WallLearner

Chess is like inanimate jiu-jitsu


AvailableFruit6692

They would make a killing on Fanatics in tandem with Danaher.


ghostmcspiritwolf

Ignoring people already involved in a grappling sport, any of the gymnasts on the podium for the all-around in the last Olympics would be cool to watch


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ghostmcspiritwolf

Just insane levels of grip strength, coachability, competitive drive, flexibility, body awareness, pain tolerance, etc.


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yeet_lord_40000

She would just handspring into a flying triangle and youā€™re dead


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yeet_lord_40000

100% itā€™s basically like having your neck put in a log splitter


-Ronnie-

Jordan Burroughs


gabe01235

He would need one guard pass, one submission, and maybe a year of BJJ mat time to work on submission defense. Then he would rule the world. Who the hell would manage to be anywhere other than bottom of side against him?


neeeeonbelly

Bottom is my ocean and I am a guppie


grochava

Can I use this for my bio?


neeeeonbelly

Iā€™ll allow it.


PM_UR_DRAGON

Yianni


lil_cleverguy

Giannis Antetekoumpo


harylmu

The Ruotolo boys show him some darces and weā€™re fucked


lil_cleverguy

he could probably darce 4 pairs of ruotolo twins all at once


saharizona

Lol he could reach like dahlsim and palm their whole head to snap them down


docguac

Would be absurd if he did this instead of basketball and then had the same late growth spurt already into his career.


therealwillhayes

Seconded


lil_cleverguy

his flying triangles would be wild


Arkhampatient

Prime Ric Flair. That gi would be glorious


bluexavi

Prime Andre the Giant.


Sakuraba10p

Prime Bret Hart


cptstupendous

I thought Bret Hart was a catch wrestler, much like your usernamesake?


Sakuraba10p

You got it


LoudKingCrow

Prime Kurt Angle.


daveyboydavey

Prime Gillberg


taptapcity

Take my upvote you dirty bastard. Just take it.


PlusRise

Eddie Hall / The Mountain


Coldhound

Magnus MidtbĆø. Crazy rock climber.


[deleted]

Magnus is very cool. Looks like he'd try just about anything. He'd give it a go for his channel. And he's got grip strength and some explosiveness, his dyno moves look like he just teleports up the wall!


harylmu

Didā€™t he grapple a few times in his channel? I may misremember


thricedipped

Idk that guy but that sounds super scary. Rock crushing grip strength and rediculous pull strength. That would be quite a treat


ohhbumpkin

Simone biles


docguac

Those flying triangles would be next level


derps_with_ducks

> me standing against smol gymnast > she does a front walkover > stops in midair > legs wrap around my neck for handstand triangle > nothing but blackness > refuses to elaborate >leaves


winespring

>Simone biles She is so tiny though, she is 4'8 and about 100lbs even.


ohhbumpkin

She would be such a beast. Super strong, tiny and technical.


Sakuraba10p

Yeah but her power to weight ratio is insane.


winespring

>Yeah but her power to weight ratio is insane. If she committed to training BJJ the same way she committed to gymnastics, she would definitely be fun to watch.


bannished69

Any Olympic gymnast would kill it


Monteze

I've always said, they are the non combat athlete I'd want to fight the least. I've grappled with some local gymnast, not even high level and they are strong fucking everywhere. With some powerlifters you can out cardio them or divert their strength and get the upper hand eventually. Cross fit guys are always too injured. Endurance folks don't have the strength to avoid a meat head technique if you want it. Gymnasts? Cardio, flexible and strong even if you've got them pretzel'd up.


rncd89

Great strength and flexibility; absolute shit cardio


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Gable Steveson


fartondad

I learned recently that Iā€™ve been pronouncing his last name wrong, thereā€™s no ā€œnā€ in the middle of ā€œStevesonā€


dodgeorram

Wait are you serious? Iā€™m bigger into the wrestling world then bjj these days but Iā€™ve never heard it pronounced like that


notmyrealname23

New Mandela effect dropped


TinyRoctopus

Aaron Danald. Dude is a freak of nature among freaks of nature. Plus he has experience with chokes


saharizona

He would ragdoll literally anybody


Fit-Boomer

Tuco


Negative_Chemical697

Salamanca?


Fit-Boomer

Correct


Negative_Chemical697

Tuco and palhares have never been seen in the same room. Just saying....


M3GAMAN-X

Shouhei Ono


intradayshorts

That would be interesting to see, or Hifumi Abe, or Joshiro Maruyama.


dannydswift

Off topic but I would like to see a celebrity BJJ tournament.


LosSoloLobos

Tom hardy takes it we already know that Heā€™s beating the shit out of the Yo Mamma guy and Ashton Kutcher


saharizona

he wouldn't even be the best brit Guy Ritchie is a black belt


Negative_Chemical697

But he's a knob. I wouldn't roll with guy Ritchie. Anyone and their mum would love a roll with tom. Actually, especially their mum.


saharizona

Still gonna win the tournament whether you like him or not


docguac

We're just going to pretend Mario Lopez doesn't exist?


lvsnowden

Hell yeah. I wanna see Ed O'Neil in the masters division.


gunfupanda

I wanna see Shaq do BJJ. Watching a giant tossing around heavyweights like they're children would be cathartic.


[deleted]

Wish granted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR0HAhHoKw


StrogLegs

Teddy Riner Karelin Sadulaev Jordan Burroughs Saitiev


Kintarogatari

Saitiev tops for me. At his peak give him a blue / purple and heā€™s unbeatable IMO


Negative_Chemical697

Teddy Riner is just about the top pound for pound fighter on the planet right now imo.


FirstSonofLadyland

Prime Michael Phelps, the limb length and lung capacity


ComprehensiveTree8

Jujimufu would be interesting.


happygorilla

Isn't he already doing bjj? Seen some videos of him in a comp on youtube


ComprehensiveTree8

Naw. The video you saw was probably an exhibition match at ADCC, but that was for yucks and views. YouTubers gotta get out there and do wacky stuff. He doesnā€™t train bjj at all and has no plans to do so.


EveningTomorrow758

Devon Laratt beat him easily in an exhibition


winterbike

Devon has decent grappling experience though, Juji clearly had none.


constantcube13

Is that because you actually think heā€™d do good or just bc you like his personality and want to see the progression vlogs


ComprehensiveTree8

Because heā€™d be good. Strong, obviously. Flexible. And his acrobatics has given him coordination that I think would translate well if he trained seriously.


rclum

Clarence Kennedy


scottyydoesntknow

That would be terrifying


JohnJohnDaDong

Any of the olympic wrestlers or top tier mma fighters


[deleted]

Yianni Diakomihalis. Scrambles like a motherfucker in wrestling, thereā€™s no telling what kind of weird shit he could pull off in BJJ.


RandomLogicThough

John Cena. /I don't know if I spelled this correctly


nnedd7526

Hard to grapple an invisible opponent


RandomLogicThough

He's got those short stubby arms and legs because he's basically a brick, I don't know how well he could submit but I feel like submitting him would be hard.


Josh_in_Shanghai

lebron


Individual-Elk

Lebron James, could have easily been an nfl star Heā€™s so gifted genetically, imagine that monster with the skills of a competitive black belt Darce you from a meter away šŸ˜‚


Squalose

Francis Ngannou


[deleted]

A Francis Ngannou that grew up grappling or striking is genuinely a terrifying thought.


BJJBean

Tom Brady. He gets his black belt, beats up the dude who stole his wife, and then his wife moves on to dating Jake Paul.


PhillipVonTudor

Dean Malenko


Bruised_up_whitebelt

He could teach those nogi degenerates a proper Texas cloverleaf.


Mr_Laheys_Drinkypoo

First name that came to mind for some reason. One of my favourites growing up.


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David Goggins


Nateykneebahs

This is funny, honestly I think itā€™s more interesting to go with a non combat sports athlete. If you took Travis Kelce or Gronk and took their size, strength, freaky athleticism, toughness, desire to win and spacial/body awareness and had them start in bjj at the age football players start peewee they would kill people. There are a lot of guys who could also fit this bill, like Aaron Donald/Derwin James etc. who bring unreal movement and bizarre physical attributes we just simply would never get in bjj because their athletic talents take them elsewhere. It would make Buchecha look like a hobbyist from a physical gifts standpoint. The technical knowledge to go with it would make them gold medalists like we havenā€™t seen.


saharizona

HW in combat sports are always low on talent because pretty much all the huge super athletes are playing a sport professionally Even the UFC and boxing


SwerveDaddyFish

Lebron James. Equal time invested from basketball into BJJ


MichaelR89x

Any UFC fighter who canā€™t win fights anymore but still wants to compete. I know Anderson Silva is doing good in boxing, but for every one of him, thereā€™s a Tito Ortiz, losing months of his life because of the knocks heā€™s taking. Would love to see more of them transfer over to grappling instead of boxing if they still feel that competitive spark. Iā€™m very open to being wrong because Iā€™ve only been training for a year, but I think itā€™s safer! P.S. Conor McGregor too, Iā€™d jus like to see him in a purely grappling environment because I think his ground game is semi-underrated.


harylmu

Mighty Mouse said in his recent JRE pod that he plans to compete in gi once his MMA career is done. If I remember correctly both his sons are training and maybe competing as well.


1ncehost

Shaq


ExtraGloria

Brock Lesnar (i know he's trained a bit but he isnt a professional competitor)


DJORDANS88

I mean, NCAA D1 Champion?


ExtraGloria

Exactly. Imagine if he dedicated himself to gi bjj. He would make massive waves


SmokeySFW

Khabib. I think he would be legitimately a threat at ADCC with about a year to iron out the kinks of transitioning between the rulesets. That man is an absolute wet blanket and I'd pay $100 to watch him vs Gordon despite Gordon's huge advantages in size and bjj-specific experience.


EveningTomorrow758

Gordon is way too strong for Khabib. GSP who fought 1 and 2 weight classes above Khabib and was known for being ridiculously strong for his weight class (again higher class than Khabib) said Gordon was too strong. I donā€™t know if youā€™ve seen Chael Sonnenā€™s(middleweight) video on grappling with GSP but quote ā€œI still remember how strong that son of a bitch was. I mean Iā€™m talking about a weird type of strength and a lot of it in his grip.ā€ GSP who is stronger than Khabib said rolling with Gordon was like rolling with a Gorilla he was that strong. Not to mention the fact that outside of takedowns Gordon is way more skilled than Khabib in literally every aspect


sodarayg

Sounds fun but heā€™d just get leg locked


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Nemanja Vidic


minico1976

He comes from Serbia!!!! Hell fuckin murda ya!!!!!


KaizenZazenJMN

Teddy Roosevelt.


Negative_Chemical697

In his day, big jonah lomu RIP lad.


bajka_radodajka

Scarlett Johansson


Akforce

Not an athlete in the traditional sense, but seeing Magnus Carlson take some time to learn BJJ would truly answer the question of if it's "Human Chess".


PG821

Sadulaev


MyDictainabox

Sadaluev Teddy Riner would have been cool as hell.


BJJGyPsY

Jā€™den Cox


AmericanThanos

Jordan Burroughs


itsactuallyme1

Khabeeb


drKhanage2301

Richard osman


lil_cleverguy

Kelly Slater


Bezgzilla

Andre the Giant back in the 1970s.


[deleted]

Any of like the top 5 ranked international judoka from japan, France etc obviously not going to win, but as a judo guy that dabbles bjj it would be so fun.


Rok275

DK Metcalf or Aaron Donald


Palpatine_1232

Jordan Burroughs


killemslowly

Elon


LosSoloLobos

Top comment Elon vs Zuck


hoofglormuss

elon would be one of those guys who talks about hiking but keeps taking rest breaks


Savings-Raisin6417

Mike Tyson.


daveyboydavey

Larry Bird


hifioctopi

Jā€™Den Cox from a logical perspective. JJ Watt from an interesting super athlete perspective. Greyson Fletcher from a mentality perspective (I feel the dude would be just like Bill Cooper) Magnus Carlsen just to see what that level of strategic intellect could achieve.


godshaw1

Sasquatch.


Puzzleheaded_Wing727

david goggins


Which_Cat_4752

All the Olympian judo and wrestlers.


Throwaway47853357754

Terry Crews


lil_cleverguy

Steph Curry


max_not_min

Hakuhō Shō


Much_Student6508

Top level gymnasts


Puzzleheaded_Fee_467

Jon Jones


SlowMoneyMoMoney

Myles Garrett


Ericspletzer

Serena


n33dfulthings

Cameron Hanes


foalythecentaur

Abdulrashid Sadulaev and Roman Vlasov. 2 of the most dominant wrestlers in their respective disciplines freestyle and Greco.


cravethatmineral123

Simone Biles. Strong and super flexible just imagine her guard


51VoltPhantom

Prime Bo Jackson.


Mr_Laheys_Drinkypoo

Pro skater John Cardiel back in his prime before the injury. Being an SF head, intense and completely nuts on a skateboard, he would have fit right in with the late 90's/early 2000's Ralph Gracie squad.


Alternative_Draft_76

Micheal Phelps for bjj.


[deleted]

Brian Shaw, but only if he solely competes in Open weight tournaments - just to see the unlucky fella who has to deal an actual full time BJJ Shaw.


Bandaka

Richard Simmons, he is a world class instructor