MMA in the Middle East: Fightland.com

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We went to Jordan's capital city of Amman where Palestinian refugee and Brazilian jiu-jitsu master Samy Al-Jamal teaches Jordanians and Muslim seekers from around the world the secrets of mixed martial arts. Then we met Rana Qubbaj, the first female Arab woman to win an International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation tournament. With a smile perpetually on her face, Qubbaj works to overcome both her opponents and any number of familial, social, and cultural issues raised by a woman doing combat sports in the Middle East.
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@ZippyMcFadden 10 лет назад

Interesting report, but it should be titled "MMA in Jordan".

@Basiltheking 8 лет назад

Fantastic video, its THIS side of the middle east that the media should focus on. Its not just ISIS and terrorism, there are real ambitious and GOOD people in the middle east. Couldn't be more proud to be Palestinian right now. I love MMA and this was great.

@jamesdelheimer3373 6 лет назад

Basiltheking however, This also shows that people there do not enjoy near as many freedoms as we do here in the states. Most women don't have to worry too much about men grabbing them just when walking by or be afraid to use an ATM at night. Some places, sure, but most women do not worry about this here. I agree, lots of good people, everywhere. However, I feel like not many over in the Middle East are truly free. Freedom is important.

@basilal-qaneh5998 6 лет назад

James Delheimer First and this is very important. Forget everything the mainstream media has told you about the Middle East. It is extremely biased and misleading. In Jordan (where this school is), drinking, sleeveless shirts on women are very common. Jordan is a lot more free than almost any other country in the Middle East. However sexism and cat calling is in fact a major problem as this woman pointed out and some areas of the country are way more conservative than others. However I disagree that its better or worse than inner cities in America, like Chicago. With Martial Arts, freedom is not political its personal. Its about being able to walk in a bar and not being afraid of a fight. Its about walking in a mall or any public space and not having to look over your shoulder. That is why its such an empowering thing to see in the Middle East and everywhere it is practiced.

@truthispriceless1372 5 лет назад

@@jamesdelheimer3373 sorry to say but the States has one of the highest rape and crime rates in the world.

@MrDavidsonJason 11 лет назад

Great video Vice! Great interviews of some beautiful people. So happy for them to have found an outlet such as MMA. I hope this helps others in the Mid E. as well! Cheers Vice!

@mirocreed 9 лет назад

Proud of you my fellow Jordanians : )

@Choogie_ 11 лет назад

Really good I'm glad vice started doing fightland I hope they go to more countries and put videos up more often

@EL3IMAGERY 10 лет назад

Dude from Australia seemed cool as hell. Rana is hot.

@saddambinladen3031 8 лет назад

+EL3 Imagery He's a freemason :)

@ezioaditure 3 года назад

@@saddambinladen3031 how did you know?

@BbqLou19 11 лет назад

Does Vice air on TV? I've never seen a Vice episode on any channel. I like the fact they cover stories that aren't the "Normal type of stories" that every news stations plays over and over.

@hermitgamer 11 лет назад

Jiu Jitsu is originally Japanese, but the Gracie family has made Brazilian Jiu Jitsu the prominent and most well known form of submission grappling.

@TrajanaFortis 11 лет назад

Martial Artists recognize fellow warriors regardless of race, religion, or gender. Well done guys, keep these mma videos coming.

@theonly1nr1 11 лет назад

Cool documentary, I enjoyed it much. Interesting to know Jordan is creating a platform for martial arts. I am avid myself and I know how much pleasure and confidence it can bring. I still wonder about Lebanon..

@Skypad00 11 лет назад

This was a nice and chilled documentary.

@mergeandsee 11 лет назад

Keep it going, keep expanding. Knowledge is power. To show glimpses of lives from around the world, is a powerful thing. Anyone can relate; we are the same.

@dreadfullscout1234 9 лет назад

more people need to this side of the middle east

@ThePablo5660 11 лет назад

great video! i enjoyed this one very much

@TheFactsX 11 лет назад

I LOVE how you guys cover MMA. YEAH BUDDY!!! More please!

@lentejTV9 11 лет назад

I always watch these Vice videos with a mind set, lemme watch a few seconds of this right quick.... END UP WATCHING THE WHOLE THING! :D

@JerJam 11 лет назад

After 8:00 I instantly paused and RU-vidd, "Choke - (A Rickson Gracie Documentary)" as he mentioned Great Doc!

@ifight4cash 10 лет назад

lebanon has by far the best MMA fighters in the middle east those guys kick like freakin thai's in the woods

@yazeedal-tawil4939 4 года назад

Lebs lose for jordanians my friend )) all the time! And what was this ‘like thais in the woods’ lol

@snazdogdbfan251 3 года назад

@@yazeedal-tawil4939 oh dude some muay Thai training camps go to the woods and condition by hitting banana trees

@yazeedal-tawil4939 3 года назад

@@snazdogdbfan251 I'd say that's healthy, didn't know that

@aviavi4717 9 лет назад

That is exactly why I have so much respect for Jordanians, because they are peaceful people that appreciate the art.

@TheKilmessan 9 лет назад

Teaching his daughter that's amazing

@KSaifPhoto 11 лет назад

great stuff guys really nice job thank u for doing this report

@TheWestboom 11 лет назад

if you are willing to fight for what you belive in and what you think is right that makes you a worrior if fighting is in your blood that makes you a worrior and warriors are in every part of the world no matter what your religion is im a christian and i probebly feel the same way as you about alot of things i respect peoples belives no matter what

@uchimataleao 11 лет назад

The Samy Al-Jamal guy hit a pretty sick throw in that short highlight. That Judo choke where you roll to the bottom is super sneaky too, wish they showed the set up. The two players they interviewed need some major work though, I wonder if the school hasn't been around long enough to have advanced students.

@aviavi4717 9 лет назад

Jordanian Mma fighters are very good . I visited Jordan, very nice and educated people.

@LudwigTheGhost 11 лет назад

Dear Vice, please continue all your videos. But if you are ever looking for anything to do in NYC specially in Inwood don't hesitate to message me.

@fireinthehamptons 11 лет назад

Awesome video!

@buru44 11 лет назад

This is what I'm talking about vice. This is amazing.

@SponzifyMee 11 лет назад

Another great video, thankyou vice.

@skrillmau 11 лет назад

really cool documentary

@jonnytaa 11 лет назад

Right on! Keep up the good work.

@kumbackquatsta 11 лет назад

best episode so far. i hope there's an episode on mainland china. arab and persian women have such beautiful features

@nmannering0132 11 лет назад

Great vid, finally something good and productive about the middle-east. I'm sick of seeing vids on you tube about wars in the middle-east.

@HiyayaHo 10 лет назад

awsome muslim fighter!

@4rightturnz489 10 лет назад

Damian Jones how f-ing stupid are you mu friend? You have alot to learn buddy!

@OiWhiskey 11 лет назад

I'm going say one thing you are not old to do MMA. This is a man who trains in and trains others as well.

@PolskiSklep89 11 лет назад

vice has the best documentaries, i cant find any better

@guanxing18 11 лет назад

I really enjoyed this video

@sergionnnnes 11 лет назад

There are many different accents throughout Brazil, it changes a lot from region to region but usually when we speak English we tend to speak with a very unique accent, very easy to identify

@tajrizek 11 лет назад

Nice documentary. Are you going to cover other countries in the middle east?

@uTAPOUT1 11 лет назад

beautiful stuff

@theeGAME360 11 лет назад

awesome vid

@Sylvestro 11 лет назад

American accent is easier to learn for a lot of foreign speakers, since it's more phonetic than other accents in the English language. I myself learned the American accent in Spain before being able to produce other accents. I now speak with an English accent, since I lived in England for some time.

@EmotionalContagion 11 лет назад

E.D.U.C.A.T.E.D - nice to see people that know what's what 'round here sometimes!! :)

@magicdonjuan206 11 лет назад

Nicely done Vice.

@c0nfidentl0ser 11 лет назад

love mma. love vice. this is awesomeness.

@killslay 11 лет назад

I'd love to see a more international mma scene, won't be too long until we're seeing it in the olympics

@ExplodingBumfluff 11 лет назад

Good job vice, this documentary is amazing. I have massive respect for the muslim community and this just reinstated it.

@gabrieleprotopapa 11 лет назад

When? By the way, you did great in Flight. Nicely done, sir… nicely done!

@A2i2ify 11 лет назад

that's right, with a much larger population & land too.. though not near the usa, but you get my point.

@Gearheadliving 11 лет назад

Well, specifically Muay Thai and Jiu-Jitsu did not come from Greece. But the Greeks did have a form of "MMA" called Pancration. There are a lot of takedowns, (and possibly combinations) we use today that came from Pancration. I guess it'd be possible to compete with a Pancration background.

@sergionnnnes 11 лет назад

yeah my accent is exactly like that, i know it cos ive lived in the uk for 11 years, some accents are very "recognizable", brazilian being one of them

@yeshuasage3724 11 лет назад

Japan and Brazil are the centers of martial arts on this earth. these 2 nations have found a way to be super successful in fighting.

@meckchate 7 лет назад

this is great :)

@HarunDanyal 11 лет назад

Since when did RU-vid have Hyperlinked text ads in comments?

@jakeiss10 11 лет назад

Agreed. Good comment.

@gluetubeserver 11 лет назад

did his name not suggest what you were getting?

@nodamiaen 11 лет назад

i am in love with this stronk jordanian womyn

@mjohanss1975 11 лет назад

Actually no, but you were kind of close...muay thai is south-east asian (thai) and juijitsu is east asian (japanese). The brazilians developed their own style of juijitsu, however, that they call brazilian juijitsu.

@dickknuckle707 11 лет назад

My point it is, the killing sprees done with a gun are much more publisized and the dangers exaggerated. It's like people are so scared of plane crashes yet your chances of dying in your car driving to the airport and many times higher. Yet the airplane crash is much more publicized.

@KarimKerbouche 11 лет назад

Nice, liked that a lot.

@streetdreamz210 11 лет назад

fightland is baddass! they should also make boxing documentaries.

@razaa09 11 лет назад

You sir, have earned my respect!

@RemysWebpageMaker 11 лет назад

Oh my god. Muay Thai - Thailand Jiu Jitsu - Brazil Karate - Japan Kung fu - China Tai Kwon Do - Korea Aikido - Japan And so on. Also, you're thinking of jujutsu, which is far different style. But like jiujitsu, its upclose style.

@WaqarK96 11 лет назад

19 is still relatively young. Don't let it dishearten you.

@bmthbad 11 лет назад

very cool from uk

@roxes1000 11 лет назад

I lived in JO for 5 years what a amazing country .

@mjohanss1975 11 лет назад

Well, that's possible. I believe the pankration guy would probably be at a disadvantage though (supposing the fighters from both styles are identical in skill, size, stamina and strength) since pankration would still be missing a lot of techniques, like the muay thai low kicks...those can destroy a fighter who isn't used to them. The guy I was arguing with said everything was from Greece though and by everything he meant everything. Computers, space-ships, they invented all, including karate :)

@imasavage504 11 лет назад

5:05 love it!

@Sha0linShadowb0xing 11 лет назад

I love Vice

@panelolli 11 лет назад

The Australian´s voice is really relaxing

@ak74au 11 лет назад

Man, Rama Quppaj is so beautiful, and she can fight! thats a real woman right there.

@Pessimistic20able 11 лет назад

wow this is a really nice story

@ILOVEMYAZIZAM 11 лет назад

jujitsu was invented in japan, brazilian jujitsu is a modified version of it that was started in brazil

@Mralielrayes 11 лет назад

Can't agree more !!

@Jarrodmontelius 11 лет назад

Why make a website vice? What is this 1999? Its called another youtube channel!

@ShadawGaming 11 лет назад

A very inspirational women indeed.

@dqutaistackz5708 11 лет назад

Cool Im From Jordan =]

@kev6865576 11 лет назад

True man, you couldn't have said it better.

@GregoryCunningham 11 лет назад

The Brazilian's would love for you to think that. Jujitsu is an ancient martial art that the Japanese Samurai's used.

@riceboy287 11 лет назад

it reminds me of Chi sao (sticky hands) its a wing chun drill

@mikeFolco 11 лет назад

Was just here to read the comments war. Not disappointed.

@Numbertoremember 11 лет назад

Love it!

@TommyCourchesne 9 лет назад

Ramzi nabulsi is a very wise man

@willy1986tralara 11 лет назад

welcome to youtube! ;)

@MrZaid1997 11 лет назад

Yay im from amman jordan

@ilovepwd 9 лет назад

It's astounding he has put so much into faith which is very likely to be wrong.

@Evilbusiness 11 лет назад

Muay Thai is Thai which is in South East Asia and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is Brazilian by definition... Regular Jiu-jitsu is Japanese

@TheChrisBreezzy 11 лет назад

It's kind of hard to wrap your arms around a Jiu Jitsu black belt.

@tkzsfen 11 лет назад

btw journalism nowadays somehow always tends to politics when it is show on TV, but internet journalism goes into topics that aren't "mainstream".

@charlietomb585 11 лет назад

I think it's arabs not just muslims. I'm not Arab but I took a course on the middle east. Arabs culture comes from their ancestors: nomad warriors, families constantly on the move and constantly fighting with each other... war is a dominant part of their culture.

@solukhumbu911 11 лет назад

"In the middle east, i think people are warriors by nature. they are born in conflicts and live their whole life in conflicts." what Bull. thats not what makes someone a warrior, warrior is a spirit within, like a thirsty and pure flame that is ever igniting.

@tremainbloom1806 11 лет назад

people shouldn't encourage fighting! but than again i love what hes doing for them and his purity religious views

@buru44 11 лет назад

Kind of? You have no idea how UNDERRATED ARAB AND SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN ARE.

@swaxTV 11 лет назад

i love jiujitsu

@Chuschannel 9 лет назад

Badr Hari is pretty darn good. But aside from him, I haven't heard of many fighters from a middle eastern/arab background.

@MrComic97 9 лет назад

i can only think of karo parisyan and manny gamburgan judo/mma

@GrandmasterPloppy 9 лет назад

Badr Hari was born and trained in Netherlands. Both Parisyan and Gamburyan are Armenian, which isn't in the Middle East.

@MrComic97 9 лет назад

Thank you smart aleck

@MrComic97 9 лет назад

I bet u haas to look that up. Because people make mistakes

@GrandmasterPloppy 9 лет назад

Dude I live in the Middle East and have an interest in martial arts. I did look it up, years ago. Maybe you can learn to learn things humbly.

@RK4000 11 лет назад

im happy for you.

@LavionsOregon 11 лет назад

What brand of gloves is in 10:30? Thanks

@RK4000 11 лет назад

have you ever been to jordan? or are you judging from some american/israeli movie? because these movies are actually taped in a studio or in the US/israel.