Kinda like trying to figure who is the best rock guitar player today.
I like all the grapplers you guys mentioned.
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Kinda like trying to figure who is the best rock guitar player today.
I like all the grapplers you guys mentioned.
Rafa Mendes
EDIT: there's way too many to list so I'm going with my man crush
Marcelo Garcia
Roger Gracie
Kron Gracie
Rafael Mendes
Vinny Magalhaes
Braulio Estima
Robson Moura
Marcelo
Kron
Rafa!
Eddie Bravo
JJ Machado
Braulio Estima
Romulo Barral
Marcelo Garcia
Cobrinha
Rafael Mendes
Xande Ribeiro
Ricardo Abreu
Andre Galvao
Here's a few different guys for the conversation
Marcus Buchecha Almeida
Rodolfo Vieira
Rafael Lovato Jr
Ricardo Liborio
The best isn't about how many championships you have won, Buster Douglas was far from the greatest Heavyweight in boxing and for the first 3/4 of his fight with Mike Tyson was getting the dog shit beat out of him, but he wore him down and was smart and knocked Tyson out to score literally one of the biggest upsets in history. Eddie beating Royler was the Mike Tyson/Buster Douglas equivalent for grappling. Greatness isn't always achieved through competition. Eddie stopped competing because he believed in 10th Planet and felt it was time to grow his association and focus on making Jiu Jitsu relevant in MMA again. Eddie also popped a rib against Royler and still faced Vieira. If I popped a rib I would probably be in the ER sulking like a little bitch, not facing world class grapplers that went on to win ADCC that year. It's his innovation, his style and his evolution as a grappler that people see him as one of the greatest because competing is only a small part of the much bigger equations, plus this a 10th Planet forum, who the hell else do you think we admire more than Eddie. :)