Hajime! 2008 - John Baylon vs Mike Fowler -81 kg gold medal match (judo)

[Bluelaker81]

Mike had no choice, lol. Judo rules you can't pull guard. He's been guillotined in grapplers quest after a failed shot. His ego probably got the best of him because of the way he tried to jump sloppy out of the guard. How hard is it to feel somebody wrenching on your arm, lol. He would never do that in a bjj tournament. Good job by John!

[Darthymerej]

Is this Judo Rules or BJJ?

[TuMAnu2007]

Very nice...

[VelocityMashups]

as a fully qualified judo referee, blue should have been disqualified at 1:08 for attacking while on his knees, with a standing opponent.

[702decatur]

Whoever thinks that is a fluke is an idiot. John has been playing for a long time against world class competition.

John had a nice Uchi Mata attack and a great newaza sweep with armbar from the guard position.

Mike is good but you can't really compare a Olympic Judoka like John to him it's really not fair.

[yaori19]

nice~ ^^ we have the same surname :) are we relatives?? haha

[pridebushido]

coach john baylon the best! =)

[gwtza]

uhh...ive rollled with him, and seen him roll against my black belt coach, ..and trust me..that armbar was no fluke....hes got the armbar to freakn science. Gets it all the time

[babyjudoka]

Sweet! Too bad they couldn't get a close up of the armbar.

[byrdjp]

This was a pretty even match. Looks like the armbar was actually a fluke.

[michaelmd]

I don't speak for any of the athletes in the video, but that sounds insulting to Baylon.

[yabanjames]

Nothing John Baylon does on the ground is a fluke. I've seen him, and occasionally trained with him, for 15 years at the Kodokan, and he is a newaza master.

[besgeo]

annnd may black belt na siya sa bjj

[infect1985]

submission is not about fluke bro.

[therealgeeza]

@byrdjp it was no fluke.  it was 100% excellent technique!!

[GoodNamesUnavailable]

@byrdjp Fowler was out of his element here, as this was a Judo tournament. He tried to force the single leg, and left his arm exposed. Perhaps he underestimated Baylon's submission skills.

[jmcbodz]

idol!

[fearlessfighter2006]

ano meron pare?

[neilfireballkid]

bro.. pansin mo.. bkit kaya yung ibang pinoy lalo na dito sa side ng kumukuha ng video sa audience... they are cheering for the foreigner... well sorry na lang sila... Filipino pride.. Baylon Rules

[xoemorx]

nothing's wrong with that.

[mikosandejas]

what youre saying is racism: to root for a person because of their race. they are chanting for the foreigner dahil coach nila sa brazilian jiujitsu nila yon

[ronjenmar]

@neilfireballkid Thank you for taking notice of this. As a former martial artist who has gone abroad to represent the country, it feels so good to carry one's flag and the honor of one's own country. One gets to feel it only when one is abroad. And it really pains me when I see fellow countrymen cheering not for you but for your own opponent. I never see this in any other country. Even the chinese here will cheer for the basketball team of China in a game against the Filipinos.

[ronjenmar]

@neilfireballkid If Mike Fowler were one's teacher and one finds himself in a predicament whether to cheer for his teacher or his fellow countryman, then it would be best and honorable to just sit down and keep quiet and not show this type of dishonorable behavior. One cannot say sport lang to pre, no need to feel patriotic about it. Even Barrera told Pacquiao (just before the latter's fight with Marquez) that although he is a mexican and would root for Marquez, he would place his bet on Pacmn.

[BaKiTRISKELION]

Coach John Baylon idol!

[stingroyce]

Sir John! You're da MAN!!!

[judojok]

sir john is a monster! hahaha. =p

[jeromiz007]

maybe another match in bjj..kyalang fowler is in japan this december, congrats sir john.

[gerardrteruel]

I wonder who sir john's coaches are? Congrats sir john!

[kamahl13]

nice one sir john!

[sandler333]

hope theres a rematch in bjj rules :)

[judojok]

yep! i surely hope so. just to shut em people up who kept saying sir john doesnt have a chance against fowler under bjj rules last sunday =p

[jonzamps]

Astig Coach John!

[tagheuerbourne]

It may say he's a brown belt but he is no brown belt!

[joaqmart]

Not bad for an old man!

Happy 44th Birthday to Sir John!! (November 6)

[whitecivic]

Why is the video not working? :(

[michaelmd]

Ok BJJ brown belt it is. Looks like the website was corrected too.

[gwtza]

oh and its brown belt dude, says so in the website.

[gwtza]

yea sir johns known for his armbars. Cant wait for December man! hope we could see more black belts compete in the Philippines

[tagheuerbourne]

Nice! They should do a BJJ rules fight!

[edgedwords]

Wow that's a quick arm bar. He caught Fowler by surprise. Congratulations to John.

[michaelmd]

Yes it was a great match.

According to the Team Fabricio website instructors section, John Baylon is listed as a black belt under Academia AZ.

[mmvictoria]

Great match! Awesome!

Isn't John Baylon a BJJ brown belt?