01 / recommendation
Likes no-Gi jiu-jitsu.
“That’s gangster, that’s great. One of the things I love about no-Gi jiu-jitsu is you don’t see rank.”
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40 published records
01 / recommendation
“That’s gangster, that’s great. One of the things I love about no-Gi jiu-jitsu is you don’t see rank.”
02 / belief
“There’s way more things you can do in a grappling scenario from top and bottom than I think against the wall.”
03 / belief
“I’m a bit of a romantic. I think she deserves a few finishes, not one, and hit the bed that night.”
04 / commitment
“Including Craig Gordon and of course John Danaher, who I will talk to many, many more times on this podcast.”
05 / belief
“I don’t think we need it behind a paywall. I think we need cheap venue, still maintain good quality production.”
06 / observation
“The problem is two almost to while you are a champion like Islam is you could just never book them.”
07 / belief
“I’m a guy that totally agrees with you, but if I think the guy’s a better wrestler, I’ll concede.”
08 / belief
“I think she’s beautiful, strong. You’re a lucky man to share the mat with her. You should be honored.”
09 / uncertainty
“I don’t know, Eastern European guys, it’s like they’re treating it like a real fight.”
10 / belief
“I think the first fight showed he could beat him, for sure showed it’s possible.”
11 / belief
“You know what I mean? It’s like, yeah, I think I’ve managed to avoid a lot of injuries.”
12 / belief
“I think actually CGI, I think there’s going to be a lot of guys that don’t tap, that take injuries.”
13 / belief
“I think what I offer is some balance. It’s like I’m bringing some justice. Ultimately, it’ll probably come back in spades to me.”
14 / belief
“Interesting guy for sure, loves Jiu-Jitsu, loves MMA. Is really intending to compete in something I think.”
15 / uncertainty
“You make fun of a lot of people but there’s something … Maybe there’s an underlying respect, maybe it’s the accent, maybe … I don’t know what it is.”
16 / belief
“If you get swept with something that you don’t think should work, I think that’s fulfillment.”
17 / belief
“Honestly, when we talk about secret investor, I think that could fund the entire tournament.”
18 / belief
“I think we need… The origins of MDMA was couples therapy in the ’70s in Houston, I believe.”
19 / belief
“Kherson was like, it was just so destroyed. I think at this point most of the civilians are gone.”
20 / uncertainty
“Putin, yeah. I don’t know. We felt pretty safe when we’re there. There was an air alert went off.”
21 / belief
“I mean, I think obviously people are going to keep innovating, perfecting certain things, throwing out information, bad sort of techniques, bad sort of… But I mean it’s so hard to predict.”
22 / uncertainty
“I don’t know. I’m trying to develop a radar when I look at a person, trying to figure out.”
23 / belief
“I think so, yeah. I mean, you could throw a riddle at him before the match. That had fucking complicate things for him for the next hour.”
24 / belief
“I think that and, honestly, when we talk about secret investor, I think that could fund the entire tournament.”
25 / belief
“I think so. I think that’s the only logical explanation. And I also use it as mind games too.”
26 / belief
“Yeah, I think million dollars is a lot of money, but the opportunity here, because it’s open and freely accessible by everyone is to put on a show.”
27 / uncertainty
“I don’t know if I should or if I was legally allowed to do this, but I took some of that missile back home with me.”
28 / uncertainty
“I don’t know why but, strangely, a lot of people don’t believe me when I’m telling the truth.”
29 / belief
“I think that’s the way you… That would be the dream for me is that guy just comes straight forward into my guard.”
30 / belief
“When you get hit with something you don’t expect, I think that is sort of really one of the most fun aspects of it.”
31 / commitment
“Yeah, we’re trying to do a documentary series because the way I see it is I want to grow the sport of jiu-jitsu.”
32 / evaluation
“I don’t know the early rounds of the weightlifting or the judo or all of the competitions where most of those athletes get paid almost nothing and they’ve dedicated their whole life like, they’ve sacrificed everything to be there and we don’t get to watch them openly.”
33 / preference
“I like to think, with some of the aggressive clothing choices I’ve made and sold in the sport, that that should be a beacon, that that person is a blue belt.”
34 / prediction
“I think in MMA things would be a lot easier for the promoter because you’re not talking directly to the athlete.”
35 / evaluation
“I used to view them military guys, because in Australia and I guess in the US, they don’t have this conscription ongoing right now.”
36 / preference
“I like a bit of adventure. I’m more about the adventure, but I will not let the risk get in the waiver.”
37 / commitment
“We’ve turned down offers from streaming platforms that wanted to buy the rights to this event because the marketing’s gone very well.”
38 / preference
“I think I go to the gym, maybe the first round’s slightly light, and then just bang it out.”
39 / evaluation
“Then Joe said he’d never seen a million dollars before, but I don’t know if I believe him.”
40 / evaluation
“As soon as we had Ffion Davies, the reigning champion, come across to do a super fight with us, bang, ADCC raised the prize money of the women’s division to equal the men’s. So, me, being a feminist activist throughout many of my years on this earth, immediately got women’s pay raised in the sport of jiu-jitsu, equalize basically, which went counter to everything the promoter had said because he said it was out of his control.”