FPI 5: Nicholas Meregali vs Felipe Pena | December 10, 2023 

The elevated stage with sheer cliffs is a uniquely jujitsu format. It’s so stupid.

Karate combat is the best for jiu jitsu and mma. It’s a no brainer.

I think a bigger mat would be more true to pure grappling but the component of wall wrestling would make for some very interesting matches. Given the rise of wrestling in grappling I think it would only make sense to have a bigger mat, majority of the wrestling exchanges never come to anything because they go out of bounds and almost crush some poor camera man and his thousands of dollars worth of equipment. You might win a battle for a deep underhook in a scramble but it doesn't matter because you fall off the edge.

🌴🇬🇺 AYY MEN

soooo irritating

honestly. Pit submission is better than this red light green light thing

Its the future.

agreed but I think the argument for not having walls is so that take downs are easier to get, same way they do in wrestling.

It definitely stops the numerous resets. And Craig jones showed that these guys can utilize the walls for offense. Definitely a good idea going forward

@@mamaj3016push out points also incentivize wrestlers to have better awareness so they keep the action in the center of the mat.

I know right, imagine you slap someone and they shake your hand afterward. A good intimidation factor

He did. Machine-like. The fact that the referee called it immediately was excellent. It keeps that shit from brewing when the ref is on top of it and immediately squashes bullshit like that. Meregali is staying focused and is there for one purpose: finish this guy. He has had issues in the past (including being DQ'ed in the semifinals at the 2023 IBJJF Worlds) with emotional outbursts costing him big time. Glad to see that he's moving past that and getting on with what matters: winning.

Thank you , that's incredible from a level like this

You should watch Rousimar Palhares vs. Craig Jones. You'll be medically depressed for sure after that match.

Don't forget felipe pena won 2twice against gordon ryan. We all human beings. Nobody is perfect. Im sure each one of you have done mistakes. So please stop being hypocrites ok!!!? Im sure felipe can comeback...

@@alinsondearaujo2706 yes, he was a hero, but lived enough to become a villain

eat eem wif yoour groin

Scared to lose

@@flappytaco maybe. Damn though. He’s showing himself to be a quitter, which is worse than anything. He quit in the third Gordon match because he thought that would be better than the inevitable sub that was coming. In my opinion, that’s even worse. If he would have hung in there and taken it like a man I would have had respect for that but he didn’t. He tapped to exhaustion then used his friends death as an excuse for his abysmal performance. He didn’t seem “too distraught” at the start of the match when he was laughing and talking shit though, it was only when he realized he had used all his energy and was gassed that he decided he was “too distraught” to continue the match that He agreed to. An absolutely shameful outing that his friend Leandro Lo would have been disappointed by for sure.

@@joebeast15always sad to see a competitor lose their mojo

Set some pyrotechnics along the edge

😂

LMAO!

Maybe not that extreme but something like hundreds of used syringes off skid row around the edges and floor

Peña is a soft kitty

Nicky gets absolutely outclassed

You didn’t think that after the third match with Gordon where he used his friends death as an excuse at to why he quit and tapped to fatigue ?

@@joebeast15 well, why would some one back to these event with these attitude? Is this a free event to participate? I assume they get paid afterwards...

@@halfman58 huh?

@@joebeast15I don’t think they really speak English. Like they put a bunch of words together trying to answer you lol.

I expect you know that Mereghali is also Brazilian, fool.

Pena threw himself off the stage 😂

Why dont you play us some Mixolydian improv during the match? Would be nice

@@ernestolealislazamora5915 I'd rather rock some Dorian. ;)

It autocorrects and people just don’t care to change it. I get it

Idk what happened to him. He shows no motivation to win. Once he's under pressure it seems like he gives up.

Peña is the one with EPO, he failed the IBJJF drug test! Lol

@@MikeyMVP_BJJ Meregali is on the new wave açaí program, you can be sure of that lol

99% of the heavyweights are on gear.

And by gear I mean açaí and creatine of course

Gsp is one. Idk the other

No just a really early tap with his trapped arm

I mean, he did well aggainst Haisam 6 months ago

@@Threewlz Haisam is an up and comer, he only became a big name after hitting that arm bar on cyborg, before that he was losing to Lachlan Giles, someone many weight classes below him. Pena is supposed to be an established veteran who’s competed and won against some of the biggest names in the sport, he shouldn’t be pulling this kinda shit mid match it’s bad sportsmanship

​@@stolenidentity8270 Pena is simply out of his prime, competing against people in their prime. He used to be good. Happens to all athletes at some point. He's also not a good sportsman, but that's secondary.

@@anonymousreviewer169 if the athlete in question is out of their prime then having good sportsmanship is the primary concern at least that’s how I’d see it

VERY STRANGE!!!! He was just like " ahh whatever i dont care"