2009 World Pro BJJ Cup Absolute Semi-Final: Braulio Estima vs. Marcelo Garcia

[Luiseo1]

I'm a big fan of both fighters but in my opinion that celebration was a bit much for defeating someone you had that much of a size advantage over.

[TruNikkaz]

why the fuck would you play ghetto-ass booty music in a world jiu jitsu championship?

[bjjnatal]

Braulio trapped Marcelo's left arm with a halh butterfly guard and the right arm he set up also blocking and moving quickly to a triangle choke. I really thought tha Marcelo could get out, but I think that Braulio has too much power on his legs and also is a bigger guy. Marcelo only had a split second before Braulio adjusted the sub for good.

[socalled47]

Why did Marcelo keep moving his hand backwards as if inviting a triangle at 2.27-2.31 ???

[speshalsauz]

I think people commenting are vastly underestimating how good of a set up this was. Braulio was immediately able to reposition delariva with the inside butterfly to prevent the knee through right after being swept. Great repositioning after an amazing sweep. Anyone else would've gotten passed immediately.  2:26 Marcelo bases with his left hand to prevent the deep half attack and Braulio switches BACK to the butterfly and secures the lapel inside the knee to keep his base down. Excellent set up

[stidhemw]

@LittleDragon67 If he was 6ft and 20 lbs heavier, he wouldn't be able to play the same game.

[130kali]

How could they focus with that music!

[crunkjuice699]

song with E-40 Ft T pain in the background is LOL

[blindwonder]

@LittleDragon67

father time or Roger Gracie :)

[saltyseaweed]

I'm not sure why Marcelo appears to have lost his focus there, after such a great sweep. 

[zaxonortesus]

That foot lock guard/one footed x-guard is great. Must drill more!!!

[bananabread119]

God I can't stand Gi-Wrestling matches.. its like watching grass grow.

[Brolicplayer]

let his ass pull guard against jacare it will be like robert drysdale allover you cant sweep him and cannot take any chances on submission attempts styles make fights marcelo can beat everyone roger gracie can beat everyone but xande has his number pablo popovitch beats everyone but marcelo has his number styles

[OColourScene]

they are both black belts. They are wearing different coloured belts to distinguish them from each other in a competition.

[everydaywarriors]

Estima was only a white belt when he beat Marcelo!

[antistyler]

Wow, that triangle looked to easy to put it on a guy like Marcelo.

[alexcarioca38]

Sinceramente, até quando perde o Marcelinho segue tranqüilo!

Parabéns ao grande atleta que só nos dá bons exemplos!

[nicoyanicoya]

Braulio is a DIS-gracie , ahahah

[jairmorselli1]

that was a blue belt mistake,I am sure marcelo can bit him if they fight again

[mindsouljah]

@jairmorselli1 he beat him twice how many more times does he have to beat him for you to understand he has his number?

[lusby16]

y has marcelo got that funny coloured belt on ? 

[tangoexperiment]

@lusby16 they do that to make it easier to see who is who

[whymeproducz]

where do i go for training for this?

[poopalover]

what the hell is up with that music, i'd tap out just to get them to change it

[s1lentkrnsou1jah]

@LucianoBJJ thnx for explaining it, unlike supersneakysteve

[whiteshark27]

@LittleDragon67 Thismay be true but that triangle transition was awesome and was not due to a size advantage.

[SuperSneakySteve]

Keep your hands off the mat Marcelo! Common! Every white belt knows that!

[s1lentkrnsou1jah]

@SuperSneakySteve why shouldnt you keep your hands on the mat?

[SuperSneakySteve]

@s1lentkrnsou1jah The answer is in the video!

[pcjudosambo]

jumping guard, the worst move ever utilized in martial arts. Try doing that on a street ... 99/100 times you'd get slammed or beat in. Thank god Judo & Sambo banned it from competition.

[Hurtado37]

@pcjudosambo

Jumping guard is utilize in competitions. Only an imbecile would do that in a street fight. I hate when people bring that as an argument to try and bring down bjj as a whole.

BJJ is an extremely effective art. Anyone disputing that is seriously delusional.

[pcjudosambo]

@Hurtado37 of course anyone who utilized this on the street is an idiot but because this move is allowed a good 75% of BJJ players are horrible in standing techniques. A blue belt judoka would demolish 75% of BJJ brown belts in throws or takedowns and a blue belt judoka would stand his/her own ground against a BJJ guy on the ground.. I respect BJJ players for their submissions but I belt if you take the pull guard rule out, BJJ's standup improves 100% in six months.

[Hurtado37]

@pcjudosambo

Yes i totally agree with you. As a BJJ player i hate pulling guard, and i hate not knowing enough throws/ takedowns. But i just how a blue judoka can throw at will a brown belt in bjj, a blue belt can almost summit at will or hang with a judo black belt in newaza.

Its two different arts with different objectives.

But yes pulling guard sucks.

[pcjudosambo]

@Hurtado37 yes, I've seen blue belt BJJ guys submit or hang in there with Judo black belt guys but it's not the art the matters, it's the person behind the art. My nephew is a blue belt in Judo & Russian Sambo, he submits blue belt and purple belt BJJ guys a lot of the times. He throws them all like rag-dolls and submits 7/10. But like you said...white belt BJJ guys with 6 months training tap out purple and brown belt judokas. It depends on a person.

Video of my nephew: watch?v=oXsBmYDPQUU

[SGSacaindo916]

@LittleDragon67 marcelo can def beat estima though

[Nookiee89]

@LittleDragon67 why people has to be like if Marcelo was bigger or somthing.. Estimas brothers are the best of the world just like Marcelo,and Marcelo lost because he lost. end of the story

[bagelgod]

Don't take away from Estima's victory by just saying "Oh well, Marcelo screwed up." The skill of high level BJJ players is to force you to make basic mistakes.

[DanceCakes]

both are incredible, but marcelo didnt lose this match due to his small stature, he made a mistake and got tapped, just like anybody else.the guys only human.that being said, i think marcelo would win 9 times out of 10 against braulio.

[nirvana2465]

you can see that split second blip in marcelo's thinking and braulio just pounces on it

[tootandpoop06]

ah, I don't think losing to braulio takes away anything from Marcelo's legacy. I love Marcelo, I think he is still living proof that with the right game, a little guy can beat a biggin.

[Gynormagantuan]

Yeah, I want to believe that size doesn't matter, but it does.

Marcelo is probably the most technical fighter out BJJ guy there. Too bad he is a small dude.

[cheesetoochalk]

not necessarily, garcia got careless but u r on the right track they are pretty much equal, estima is world class

[ilovejenm1]

haha and i've just noticed estima high fives my coach lagarto,and @nly8nchz is right about the big guys and that estima must be big coz lagarto is not a small guy.marcelos awsome to watch what an inspiration

[ilovejenm1]

if someones attacking and your on the defensive their dominating you all the time its like 90% your gona lose at the end of day we can say this and that but you win sum you lose some and its a giant learnig curve and adventure not just for spectators but also competitors pros included,we never stop learnin in martial arts .peace bros.

[vincespell]

Marcelo Garcia's biggest weakness is when he's being attacked. If you watch every video Marcelo gets tapped in it's not by mistake it's because the other person is attacking. Terere, Cafe Dantes, Denes, Jacare, Roger Gracie, Cameron Earl, Drysdale, and Estima were all attacking at the time of his defeat

[eugdog106]

cameron earle never finished marcelo

[Wadezo419]

well no one can lose if someone isn't attacking -_-...

[adammills7]

People tap as a result of being attacked, you don't tap because someone is defending too well or sweeps you, hence Marcello or anyone will only tap if they are being attacked.

[spirez]

Well that is generally how you tend to defeat someone...

[seigemma4]

@vincespell Well duh you have to attack to bet a submission what are you fucking retarded?

[iistyleszii]

damn tapping out a guy like marcelo must put u on top of the world....

[dersnotomorrow]

Braulio is awesome! I have met both him and Roger. I will tell you that he is slick and both these guys are producing results because of basic concepts that work. Marcelo is an unbelievable grappler and person but I believe that Braulio is at the same level if not better.

[vincespell]

Braulio has been out for a while now, he is not new. Braulio was competing in the Worlds in 2001 and 2002 and he was pan am champion around the same time, he fell off after suffering consistent loses to Jacare in the semi's at the worlds on two occasions. Now he's back and on top of his game. Braulio's game was always nasty. He is a high level performer. He's just now getting back to where he was before he fell off.

[inventiontension]

Braulio is very good he'll have you off balance before you can say "shit I'm off balance." He rolled with a few of us in Vancouver. I can see Garcia thinking something else is gonna go down, and maybe that's why the triangle worked. Remember BJJ is not exactly linear, these guys probably think 3 moves ahead with a possibility of a number of defensive and offensive variables added to ever attempted attack......and before you know it the most obvious attack is disregarded...things happen :-)

[joshv50]

I blame this loss on poor choice of music. Had The Ramones been playing in the background he would have taken this one.

[Timebomb273]

It looks like Garcia threw the match, that was to little of a mistake and he didnt even try to defend the choke.....

[TGUNZ562]

Marcelo was much smaller. HUGE victory for Estima still, especially since he was able to finish him.

[dirtyminded604]

Braulio was at my academy last week. The guy is a fuckin machine!

[capnstanky]

Sometime you just get caught.

[DoYoungJung]

Braulio made a perfect angle by moving sideway for the triangle ignoring marcelo's knee

[getinmyguard]

good insight. I have been confused by why marcello didn't react to the triangle quicker but I guess because he had his knee up the middle he felt safe until it was to late.

[DoYoungJung]

yes, It was Braulio's nice submission focused on basic moving

[MMAmedia]

I was shocked he just let the right leg come through,not knocking Brauilo but it was not the quickest transition in the world,

[amadisdemitrius]

@MMAmedia

I know hey? saw it coming from a mile away. Was thinking "go for the triangle!... oh... that was easy"

[mistajaylj]

I am miles below there standard but usually garcia would have reacted but did not, i was totally shocked

[Ikaruga102]

what is his celebratory move called?

[TeeteringBulb]

@Ikaruga102 Braulioplata, I suppose.

[jamieatiko]

Unreal finish but i cant believe how nobody has mentioned the obvious weight difference! I mean marcello must have given away at least 8 - 10 kgs maybe more. That is a big deal.! And could make the difference every time. Considering there technique level is about the same.

[borayongacoglu]

braulio's guard is unreal. i worked with him for a few minutes during a seminar this weekend. everytime i tried to posture he'd off-balance me and i'd tumble down. he was awesome technique and timing.

[grapplerke]

I'm still totally shocked how Marcelo make such a huge mistake. I suppose even the best of the best will make ridiculous mistakes sometimes.

[WhtMike2006]

@grapplerke Marcelo is one of the best. So is Braulio though. Marcelo is my favorite grappler, but it appears that Braulio has Marcelo's number, at least he did in 2009, as he subbed him twice. Braulio is a beast man. He dominated his own weight class at ADCC in 09, and he dominated the Absolute. Also.....

[WhtMike2006]

@grapplerke Marcelo is constantly attacking, so when he does lose, it's often by submission. I mean, out of his 5 losses since 2005, all but one were by sub. He lost by Kimura (Jacare), Darce (Drsydale), Triangle (Braulio), 3-2 (Popovitch), and Arm-Triangle/RNC combo (Braulio)... There are very few times Marcelo has to defend subs in competition, because his mode is always on attack.

[130kali]

@grapplerke

The music is a distracting.

[white347lx]

Wow, heck of a match!

[keelanwalker]

whats the song in the background? heeeey hey hey

[moschetty]

E-40. u and dat

[keelanwalker]

not the first song, the second one, comes in about 1:38.

[eugdog106]

braulio finished marcelo twice already. first here and then at the adcc with a mataleon. two wins in very convincing fashion.

[villalki]

Today I had a lesson with estima.he is at Greece and I was lucky to be to meet him and fight with him

[cyclissmo]

sometimes you're the hammer

sometimes you're the nail

[advantagerealty]

At this point Marcelo has given us so many new techniques, methods and strategies in bjj . It's almost doesn't matter if he loses to guys outweighting him.

Marcelo single handedly improved all of our game and bjj more than anyone else that I can think of.

[monji112000]

Marcelino is amazing, but too many people put him on a pedestal.. He is person I look up to most.. but honestly so many people have contributed to the the sport, I'm sure he personally doesn't appreciate how people belittle other competitors and innovators in relation to him.

[advantagerealty]

Monji very true. Dont' mean to take anything away from Braulio and everyone else who has given us so much great jiujitsu. We are a community together afterall.

[statorjso]

very cool victory dance sequence at the end

[capojitsu]

Carcará tb é capoeira!!! Tú tá sinistro parceiro!

[RenegadeBJJ]

wow, not used to seeing Garcia lose (unless his opponent's name is Jacare)....just goes to show you, even the best make mistakes. Congrats to Estima, this was his tournament

[vincespell]

Bull Crap Garcia has lost to Xande, Roger Gracie at least 3 times, Terere beat him twice, one by decision and the second by triangle choke. Robert Drysdale tapped and Jacare only beat him once or twice, Cafe Dantes tapped him with an arm bar, Marcelo Garcia looses more than Jacare, or Roger and he lost to I can't remember the guys name now but he got beat in the Budo Challenge.......But he is one the best of all time period.

[Vash1202]

James Cameron Earle at Budo Challenge

[lucubration808]

yeah most of his losses are in absolute though, hes not good with big guys i guess lol. i think the only losses you, or anyone listed in his div. was earle and terere right? im not 100% sure and im too lazy to look it up right now so im going off the top of my head. but losses against roger, jacare and the rest of these guys i dont think theres any shame in.

i agree one of the best ever

[Donpaeng]

everybody looses.

marcelo is not invincible.

it's just that he is just really really good.

[infinitytru]

i love the flip he does at the end :D

[moonrider99]

I don't know what was going on with Marcelo... the triangle set up was really slow and then he did not even try to pull out or escape.... ? That's not like him at all.

[masterblastertkd]

i wonder if the size difference was just too much for him. you're right, that triangle was really slow.

[chesterfieldking]

noticed that as well

[Stalkachu]

nice,braulio is top 5 in the world gi and no gi

[adel42293]

thanks for the upload

[fgfbjsde]

has Braulio ever fought one of the Gracies

[NWOG]

Why does Marcelo wear that belt? It's obviously not a black belt, so what is it? Some type of championship belt?

[paullee0106]

its the belt they give to one of the fighters to distinguish both of them. belts of fighters correspond to the wrist bands on the referee

[Prodigysportsman]

no and no. its a belt they use only in competitions to differentiate between two black belts (or whatever the case may be)

[bostonalext]

its the belt they give when both fighters of ANY rank are wearing the same colored gi, to differentiate them for the referee to judge the fight accordingly

[Prodigysportsman]

any rank. I said that "whatever the case may be"

[The01Toby]

it's to distinquish between the two fighters so they can score them accordingly although they don't use them if the gi's are different cause then they become redundant

[mybloodrunscold007]

its how they differentiate the two competitors. it has nothing to do with rank. if two opponents are dressed similarly, the second belt makes it easier to distinguish them from each other

[NWOG]

That was way too easy, and he used quite some time getting the other leg up. Marcelo had to be really tired to let him put that knee up.

[TheLittleGreenMan102]

marcelo is alliance

braulio is gracie barra - big red patch on the back

[eugdog106]

i wish they wore different color gis it would be easier to distinguish between them

[jaytor]

wow....marcelinho mustve been gassed. I cant believe he got caught like that....it looked so easy. Braulio is a badass though

[kksglorious]

Watch ***Kron Gracie vs Sergio Moraes*** vid on my channel!! + 2008 Pan Ams Finals/Interviews (Andre Galvao, Kron Gracie, Rafail Lovato Jr) !!!!!!!

[Fraturados]

o marcelinho não tentou uma saída sequer do triângulo... devia estar cansado já...

[MirkoMMA]

Marcelo's mind was somewhere else to leave himself open like that.

[infinitytru]

marcelo was gased

[Ibaneza7]

I feel like slapping that left hand of his lmao

[Ibaneza7]

I've seen Marcelo get caught like this before. Estima is one mean machine tho. but after x amount of fights of course they'll both be tired. After technique it really comes down to whos the strongest and fittest. Marcelo did awesome in this whole tourny. He's still my favourite roller hands down. Gud Luck in the future Marcelo

[a13grace]

nice set up really sneaky

[pett1977]

Caralho. olha o jeito que o bixo encaixa o triangulo...

Sinistro...

[FFVIIForever]

I think We must understand it was Semi Final, Bouth could be tired, specialy Marcelo Making a big spend of energy with stronger fighters... I admint that triangle looked slow... but the fight was hard and streght based... Also I dont know how previous fights were.

[loogy123]

wow i checked this video out thinking marcelo is gonna mop someone and i see some guy just mosey into a slow ass triangle with marcelo leaving his arms over and under? this cant be a real video this has to be a demonstration or something.

[charles1234567890123]

Loggy, that "guy" is Brualio Estima. He's nuts look him up. One of the best open guards out there in my opinion. BTW he just one another world championship last week

[ipv4]

I wonder what the weight difference here was.

[grandmasterboris]

Braulio is stupidly strong it did go on easy but u can only beat the man in front of you

[eugdog106]

ha nice to marcelo get finished.

[doogers1]

Marcelo's style is vulnerable to the triangle in the gi, especially against bigger and stronger opponents. Jacare and Terere beat Marcelo the same way. The only time you will ever see Marcelo get "beat" is in the absolute division. Pound for pound, the best in the world.

[josedelagaca1]

I `ve never seen Marcelinho get submitted by Jacaré with a triangle choke. Tereré is not that big or stronger than Marcelo.

[doogers1]

Search it, it was a brown belt match. 2002 Mundials.

[chicagoknowledge]

2:31

AMAZING

Braulio is a beast for this one ;)

[Kellysayshello]

I'm surpised that he got Marcelo with that triangle and made it look easy. This dude has some solid skill to beat Garcia like that; Garcia is one of the best.

[gumbyjits]

"what's up with marcelo?" he hasn't competed in anything in the gi in a year and half. that's what's up. he'll be back to normal when he gets his rhythm back. he'll be in the world's in june, and probably wrecking fools like he normally does.

[brearinlevi]

braulio has the best open guard in the game, maybe marcelo shouldve disengaged after the sweep.

[skainoa]

payoff?

[FabioTheRhythms]

wtf was that any good blue belt wouldve stood up right away feels like something was seriously wrong there is no reason or excuse for that being so easy. Unless he never drilled or learned the triangle escape really what happened?

[boshea8498]

dude thats marcelo garcia what the fuck are u talkin about

[FabioTheRhythms]

I know I really don't understand why marcelo made no defense attempt whatsoever

[klarvis]

listen man, hes a world class black belt, there were things going on in that fight that you will never understand, details that will make your head explode. you just need to shut the fuck up and just enjoy this nice video

[cguk2012]

i understand the game perfectly and i too cant understand why marcelo firstly, got caught with such a basic setup, and secondly, did nothing to defend it. explain what things were going on that would make our heads explode cause you can clearly see not much other than a stanhdard triangle, is happening

[preal10]

WTF you talking about Fabio, are you serious about Marcelo, one of the best Bjj and grapples on the planet and you don't think he knows how to scape from a triangle? Don't say BS, I bet you are white belt, and if not, you think like a beginner

[FabioTheRhythms]

I didnt say he doesn't know how to escape. Marcelo is one of my favourite grapplers / bjj practioners. You would think that the second the triangle goes on he would get on his feet and grap his opponents knee. There must have been something wrong with him mentally Ie personal issues because he must have drilled the traingle escape thousands of times already. I was trying to say that what happpened is really wierd

[espnyc10]

I love Braulio... But that Triangle went on way too easy... Something up with Marcelo? He should've seen that coming...

[jerry237]

i agree, something is not right??

[csimamora018]

it seemed like marcelo gassed, leaving the opening for braulio's quick and tight triangle. great match by both competitors!

[marcopolo2001]

braulio is such a force right now. heard he has freaky strength as well as skill and size. Great stuff, 2 great competitors.

[Donpaeng]

wow marcelo probably isn't as used to the gi anymore.

[hippiecrap]

Fantastic Stuff :D

[RobJT]

Awesome stuff Braulio!!

[jasculs]

Man...Braulio is huge compared to Marcelo

[radamez85]

!!!!yes!!!

[Fightingword]

sweep the competition tomorrow marcelo !

[roeylevy]

first

[poontaliciousdude]

The life of a first poster.