Tough Guys Pwned by BJJ Girls…On National TV
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To be fair, the women in these clips are significantly more skilled in jiu-jitsu than the guys they’re fighting. And I don’t know if it’s accurate to call Steve-O a tough guy…but then again, that’s not the point. I’ve mentioned this a number of times, but thing I love about jiu-jitsu is the advantage a physically weaker, more skilled person can have over a stronger, less skilled person. I’m a huge proponent of women learning BJJ. It’s one of the only sports I know of where the women’s competition is just as impressive to watch (in some ways more so) as the men’s competition. Plus I can’t think of any other single art that would give a woman a greater advantage over a male attacker than jiu-jitsu.
For some reason I get a huge kick out of watching guys learn this lesson the hard way as they get their limbs ripped off by innocent-looking women. On national TV.
So, sit back and enjoy these two classic clips, one featuring Steve-O from MTV’s “Wildboyz” getting arm-barred by Leticia Ribeiro (thanks to The Figthworks Podcast for reminding me of this in their recent interview with Leticia). The embed isn’t working for this one, so you’ll have to follow the link and watch it at MTV’s website. The butt-kicking takes place in the first five minutes of the episode.
Wildboyz
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The second is from Discovery Channel’s awesome series “Fight Quest,” where Doug gets choked out by a Brazilian women’s champion. This fight starts around 7:40 in the clip. I don’t know her name and haven’t had any luck finding it online – if anyone can tell me I’ll update the post.
Fight Quest
On that note…
Since we’re on the topic of women in jiu-jitsu, here’s a women’s purple belt fight I caught while I was at the Pan in April – this was an exciting match to watch live. I wasn’t around to watch any of the other belt ranks, but I was glad I got to see this.
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