Matheus Diniz vs Gordon Ryan | Who's Number One 

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They can’t get them on the interviewers 😂 jokes aside, flo thanks for the awesome content 🤜🏼🤛🏼

You don’t want to hear what G-Ryan is saying unfortunately. He is an overt racist and likes to make a few comments on the mats

@@Mike55856 😂

Awesome idea

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i kind of wish he did face Palhares so he could snap that dudes legs in half like he deserves.

Rousimar was cranking steroids way harder than Gordon Ryan tho to a point it made him mentally ill.

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It's also the ultimate show of dominance. You can control your opponent in a submission without a chance to escape.

Danaher and Gordon Ryan were litteraly saying the opposite on the lex fridman podcast...that ego is necessary.

@@nicolobo764 Agreed. You can’t smash ego and expect top competitors at modern levels. That’s not to say that there can’t be a mutual respect or gentlemen’s agreement in the match. @gonen Chess players can see checkmate in advance too. The courtesy to end the match when mate is recognized in several moves doesn’t mean chessmasters don’t have an ego. Ultimately, I agree it’s nice to see, but go ahead and bring your ego in, just be ready to admit defeat or seal a position so well you have a chance to save a worthy opponent’s career for another day. Both exist, and this match demonstrates that beautifully.

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That's the way it should be; let's be honest you know if you've been caught, but I've seen people try to fight out of a losing position and end up hurt for nothing.

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Bro your high

He is the embodiment of being SO GOOD at something that everyone has to respect it. Like the early rounds of ADCC where he just carefully trounces people.

He is the best in history already even while active

@@guntherwhite2043 i'm a gordon fan too and he has GOAT argument. It's just not a LOCK yet. A few more accolades and we might just see that ! I think he has collective no gi goat accolades but hes not adcc goat nor ibjjf worlds goat. Just a few more adcc golds and a win over galvao to confirm this. Also his GOAT-ness is very dependent on his longevity. He's not gonna be unmatched forever, i just hope he doesnt yaknow fall off. I dont think he will, personally.

@@nathantheophilus4856 who's coming up now that could rival him?

@@j11k22 coming up? Hmm. Nick Rodriguez will always be a a fun teammstes-turned rivals story. Nicky Ryan, Gord's younger brother will always wanna impress/beat his older bro Nichilas Meregali and dan manasoiou will be beasts but they're his teammates. The brazillians, upset that their representatives keep getting smashed believes mica galvao is the future but the kid's different weightclasses. Maybe if he finds the right uhm "brazilliam dieting program" he can muscle up to gord's size but idk if that'a necessary nor possible. The two ruotolo brothers (Tye and Kade) have been really really good but again, much lighter than gord, will need to eat many more bowls of acaí to get there :D. Of course there is also the guy everyone considers Gord's former number two on the DDS, former teammate Craig Jones but he's an established grappler, not on the comeup, and something like 0-3 vs Gordon.

HAHAH youre awesome man!

I’m sure they will be knocking on your door any time soon! 😉

That’s exactly what he’s a master of. Danaher is probably behind this tactic

Watch his most recent interview on the Joe Rogan Podcast. I think Mo is on at the same time. He talks about why his style of BJJ only gets better with age and why he's not in his prime yet. It touches on the difference of having an athletic form of Jiujitsu vs a constricting and slow form.

Well spotted, there are a few things he does to grind his opponents down. For one, he baits positional changes so they exert energy to escape when he isn't actually changing position, and he "attacks" safe submission sequences that don't require him to change position, so that his opponent is forced to react do defend a faux attack and therefore uses more energy. In this match in particular, he also applied pain via shoulder pressure to psychologically wear his opponent down, as well as restricting his breathing with his chest whilst he had mount. The breathing thing in particular massively tanks your stamina, and forces you into desperate, energy-burning movements to dislodge him. He was definitely playing the long game, and by the time Diniz managed to escape, he had so little energy left that Ryan snatched the heel with relative ease.

@@HolyMith Thanks. I've been doing BJJ on and off since 2003. Royce Gracie was my first instructor (GO Gracie South!). When I was younger - my style was hyper hyper-aggressive. Won a few tournaments. But never like REALLY good. I suffered some disabling injuries in the military and was discharged. When I went back to teaching MMA/BJJ - I had to completely change/adapt my game because I was out of shape, had a blown out knee with 5 thoracic discs destroyed. Even spinal cord impingement. Surgically reconstructed shoulder. So my movement was limited. I had to adapt fast, training my pro and ammy fighters. Was forced to develop a game more similar to Ryans'. Thinking about it NOW - I wish I had not been so bull-headed (from wrestling) and inefficient with my game and movement when I was younger. I also have very strong legs, and am freakishly flexible. Very dumb of me to have tried to "muscle" everything when I was in my 20s. The Psychological angle is something interesting you mention that only came to me recently. More, I was thinking of acting with the same principles, using the same tools a magician uses. Misdirection, distraction. Slide of hand/limb, the perception/angle of your opponents vision etc. This would include the "Faux attacks" you speak of. I like presenting vulnerabilities to set traps. That is REALLY high level though - the psychological end. Didn't see that on first viewing at all. Great catch. Adds an interesting dimension. The breathing stuff - I have been using since my wrestling days. But Gordon does it better than any. He's both "like water" AND a Guerilla Warfare Specialist. I'm retired. My sister is a Professional MMA Fighter (Tina "The Predator" Pettigrew - check her fights out in the youtube search bar). I've been trying to teach her some of these tools/principles. Which carry over to MMA to great effect. But, she seems almost "too intense" or aggressive to apply them. Maybe it's just a "mat time" thing? Any ideas?

@@zpettigrew Wow, sounds like you have a pretty storied history there, Im jealous! I don't think there's anything *wrong* with having a more athletic approach to BJJ, in fact the majority of very successful pros take this approach. To be dynamic and strong, and to "muscle" in as you put it. This will very quickly expose defensive weaknesses your opponent has. The trouble is, that is doesn't work very well in a longer match, when your opponent has a tight guard game, or when you are on the defensive. The ADCC and IBJJF rules for example, are designed to force players to engage in a short timeframe to score points. This is conducive to an athletic approach because you have to worry less about the gas tank and if your opponent is on defence, he still has to attack sweeps etc to score points, which will sometimes expose his defence. In MMA, there are a couple of things to consider, primarily because striking is now involved. This can be a brutally effective way to psychologically wear your opponent down, and causing bleeding in the nose can very much restrict breathing or force them to breathe through the mouth, leaving the jaw slack and more susceptible to damage. The question becomes, is it better to hold position and employ typical BJJ psych/gassing methods, or cause as much damage as possible? The answer, in my opinion, lies with what your opponent's strengths are. If they have a great BJJ game and are likely to be able to get you off, then ground and pound. If they are weaker on the ground then start gassing them out, applying pain and controlling their breathing through body triangles and chest pressure etc. That being said, if you take no pains at all to conserve your energy, you WILL gas out early and you'll be left wide open. I watched one of your sister's fights, and she is really impressive but this sadly happened to her. She still won though, so it looks like she toed the line very well!

As always he's just too calm

and muuuuuch bigger

Plus 30 pounds

@@rungeon83 AND MUCH BETTER

@@unboxingstuff7920 plus 30 skill points too

He lost to Gordon Ryan lol I'd rather be coached by Gordon Ryan

@@i.c.wiener2750 Michael Jordan is considered the GOAT, he'd be a terrible teacher. Just because you're good doesn't mean you can teach

@@nile7999 a better argument for this would be the fact that even if michael jordan is better you'd still want to get coached by kobe

Hey Dave I would love to fight you as we both wear a nylon windbreaker jacket

Same here

Had 30 ibs on him

@@malikk.4421 Beats everybody at any weight yet the dimmest of lights go, "he had 125 pounds on him ".....😅😅

I wanna see him fighting with a gi on... he'd look like a blue belt.

Man, do not expose so much love for the brazilians.

mm, how about Renzo?

@@Vimi240 Gordon started under Garry and trained primarily under him for a long time before they both started making the trip into NYC to take John's classes. From what I'm aware they never really trained under Renzo, only John.

@@socalled33 Well, very nice explanation, thanks! They are all my heroes!

@@socalled33 whats crazy is alot of brazillian guys would go there and only train under renzo and not listen to john, bet they are kicking themself now that gordon dominates and nobody knows their name.

they aren't kicking themselves, too proud and too much ego

Let’s fucking spam this so they can do it !!!

sry bout ur pepe

My pee pee hurts too we are brothers

Hey Thomas I would love to fight you as we wear a nylon windbreaker jacket as my Christmas present

Funny Gordon is more skilled it's not just his strength and conditioning.

@@brendon2462 He is about 30lbs larger than diniz lol We saw recently what happens when he goes against skilled guys his size like PENA or Buchecha....he hardly can do anything..cant pass guard or take the back or score a single point on Buchecha. Theres no reason why gordon shud be seen as superior to someone liek JT torres who is about to win the most staccked division on earth for a 3rd time ADCC 77kg. He is just seen as superior cuz he was born large enough to be 230lbs shredded and compete in absolutes.

@@REXAZOR But he did sweep Buchecha once and Pena twice if I remember correctly. He also got back control a few times no hooks but still control and takedowns. Pena didn't do anything to Gordon. A lot of that match with Pena he was pacing himself. Not going 100% right away. I believe he can pass Pena guard. But he will have to expend a lot of energy to do it. It was too risky so he didn't want to gass early. Will see if they meet in adcc under time limit. Buchecha I think stalled a lot didn't want to engage and do jiu jitsu. That's why Ryan didn't get anything else going. After the sweep he got passive. He was even penalized for it. He would engage just enough to avoid a penalty. Then back off again rinse and repeat not commit to anything. I personally don't like sub only. Because the no time limit doesn't encourage action. Guys can go slow half effort because it's a marathon. Neither wanted to risk gassing. It's a competition of conserve and make your opponent expend energy. I watched a break down. Gordon was making pena work harder in certain positions. While he conserved his energy for later. He was starting to turn up the effort. When he noticed pena starting to fade.

@@REXAZOR Beat a buchecha that Stalled the entire time, and destroyed Pena in the third match. Destroyed Cyborg while he was undersized. Destroyed Keenan Cornelius. Beat Craig Jones 3 times. Beat Tim Spriggs. Destroyed Pedro Marinho as well. Beat Josh Barnett. List goes on and on and on.

@@nathantheophilus4856 destroyed pena ? 😂 😂 He said he would put a passing clinic and dominate pena ...he did not pass pena once in 45 minutes lmfao and failed to take his back 3 times . He began to win due to cardio but sure dominated' pena 😂 show me the passing clinic ??? Also Gordon is never really undersized he is 230lbs shredded if he had the layer of fat that other guys do he would be 240-250+ so it's irrelevant he is as big as you should get for BJJ . Lol Josh Barnet 😂 😂 😂

At 20:25 Gordon Ryan🥋🥇won the fight. Congratulations Gordon!😄❤️

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I don’t think so, most people don’t escape Gordon’s mount. The fact he didn’t isn’t luck.

I agree. There was zero technique. A lot of the top guys who are very explosive have this same issue. Technique never develops because always rely on strength and power

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@@ballbuster4317 I guess they didn't teach you the word "sarcasm" in school did they?

@@rationalthinker9612 shutup 🤡

prolly avenge that vinny loss, and if buchecha's got nothing to do then a proper sub win would be good since ryan won via a technicality the last time (buchecha got negative points)