EBI5 lightweights... Denny returns

On Bruce Buffer and his "kids shouldn't smoke week" podcast, Eddie says Dec 13th is the lightweight division. Denny Prokopos, Nathan Orchard, Eddie Cummings and then drops a bunch of other names I can't really understand cause Eddie's like on his phone or some shit. And at the very end says "maybe even Cobrinha"... could you imagine watching that guy against a field of 16 in sub only? Holy cow. That would be sick.

Anyway, check it out.

Eddie starts well into the postcast, the talk about EBI5 is at the very end of Eddie's interview...

39:30 is where Eddie talks about it.

https://soundcloud.com/itstimewithbr...ews-nfl-week-1

Just get the guys that the jiu jitsu world at large thinks are the best. Get the biggest killers in the world, fly them out, do whatever you have to do. What's a half-dozen plane tickets from Brazil cost? Plus Hotel and a per-diem. Who gives a fuck about cost just get the best in the world to EBI and let's watch them all go sub-only!

EBI can become the premier grappling event in the world, but only if they best in the world are competing.

ADCC rules suck balls, but it's the premier event in grappling. Why? It's got the best talent.

And it's only the premier event because of the potential payday.

Hm, was actually hoping for a heavyweight tournament, but I'm always sold for these names.

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Originally Posted by Diogo Trigo

Hm, was actually hoping for a heavyweight tournament, but I'm always sold for these names.

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Same.

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Originally Posted by Craig Murray

Just get the guys that the jiu jitsu world at large thinks are the best. Get the biggest killers in the world, fly them out, do whatever you have to do. What's a half-dozen plane tickets from Brazil cost? Plus Hotel and a per-diem. Who gives a fuck about cost just get the best in the world to EBI and let's watch them all go sub-only!

EBI can become the premier grappling event in the world, but only if they best in the world are competing.

ADCC rules suck balls, but it's the premier event in grappling. Why? It's got the best talent.

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Thankfully much of the best talent lives here, so hopefully it can happen.

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Originally Posted by Diogo Trigo

Hm, was actually hoping for a heavyweight tournament, but I'm always sold for these names.

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Would love to see Vinny on EBI

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Originally Posted by Craig Murray

Just get the guys that the jiu jitsu world at large thinks are the best. Get the biggest killers in the world, fly them out, do whatever you have to do. What's a half-dozen plane tickets from Brazil cost? Plus Hotel and a per-diem. Who gives a fuck about cost just get the best in the world to EBI and let's watch them all go sub-only!

EBI can become the premier grappling event in the world, but only if they best in the world are competing.

ADCC rules suck balls, but it's the premier event in grappling. Why? It's got the best talent.

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Bro did you win the lotto and want to sponsor them? EBI will be the premier event regardless. Remember this is just the beginning...give them time to grow and get more sponsors and when the prize money is big enough, the elite will beg to be on EBI. But from this last event, what some consider the elite or best around doesn't necessarily mean they will do all that great in EBI format. For example, Miyao is an elite grappler and I've been following him and his brother and study their style. But while watching him on EBI, I was saying to myself and begging for him to just finish one guy...just one. But nope, all his matches went into OT and eventually got beat by Soto. Some of the lesser known grappler are actually better in this format IMO. So with that being said, just because they are recognized as being the best in other format, it doesn't mean they will be all that great on EBI.

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Originally Posted by Mojoplata

Would love to see Vinny on EBI

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It's only a matter of time. You know Vinny is down. Excited to see Denny, Nate and Eddie though.

WarDenny!

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Originally Posted by Cora Sek

just because they are recognized as being the best in other format, it doesn't mean they will be all that great on EBI.

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Yes I agree completely with this. But that's why I want the people that the greater Jiu Jitsu community thinks are the best to compete in EBI. I want to see for myself, and I want the world to see, who is the best at the EBI format.

I suspect most Jiu Jitsu fans will think that Cobrinha will just blow through Prokopos, Orchard, and Cummings. Will he? Maybe, maybe not. Either way I want to see it!!!


I love EBI. I invite people over and cook food and have a party of it each time. It's by far my favorite grappling event. It's fucking awesome.

But I also just watched ADCC. I saw what Tanquinho did to Cummings. I want to see them have that same match with EBI rules. I want to see a guy like him go at it with Denny and Nathan too, with EBI rules.

It'll be great if Denny and Nathan are the best grapplers in EBI5. I'd watch a rematch of that final and love it. But I'd be MUCH more interested in semi-finals with Tanquinho vs Denny and Cobrinha vs Nathan. THAT would be as good as it gets for me. Wouldn't you guys love to see those matches too?

I just think you're going to get a LOT more prestige from those kinds of guys where they are considered the best of the best by the larger Jiu Jitsu community.

I hope Denny goes for subs no matter who he is rolling with.

EBI does things a little different. We don't offer show money, all the purse money goes into one pile for the the winner, and he only gets paid per sub in regulation. It's like a Jiu Jitsu game show. If I offered show money to all the adcc stars then the grand prize would be a lot lower and then the urgency for subs drops tremendously. So hopefully more adcc stars will want to jump in, Victor and I already invited Frazzato, Taquinho, Cobrina, Rany and Cummings, they did show interest, now we'll see if they confirm. Rafa will be contacted as well. Orchard will be a monster at 155, and of course Denny will be on fire as well. Thank you for the support!

Fuck Yeah! Cant wait for this one!

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Originally Posted by Eddie Bravo

Victor and I already invited Frazzato, Taquinho, Cobrina, Rany and Cummings,

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Fuck yeah. Finger's crossed!

booooom!!!

Sweeet

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Originally Posted by Craig Murray

Yes I agree completely with this. But that's why I want the people that the greater Jiu Jitsu community thinks are the best to compete in EBI. I want to see for myself, and I want the world to see, who is the best at the EBI format.

I suspect most Jiu Jitsu fans will think that Cobrinha will just blow through Prokopos, Orchard, and Cummings. Will he? Maybe, maybe not. Either way I want to see it!!!


I love EBI. I invite people over and cook food and have a party of it each time. It's by far my favorite grappling event. It's fucking awesome.

But I also just watched ADCC. I saw what Tanquinho did to Cummings. I want to see them have that same match with EBI rules. I want to see a guy like him go at it with Denny and Nathan too, with EBI rules.

It'll be great if Denny and Nathan are the best grapplers in EBI5. I'd watch a rematch of that final and love it. But I'd be MUCH more interested in semi-finals with Tanquinho vs Denny and Cobrinha vs Nathan. THAT would be as good as it gets for me. Wouldn't you guys love to see those matches too?

I just think you're going to get a LOT more prestige from those kinds of guys where they are considered the best of the best by the larger Jiu Jitsu community.

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I like the way you think. I dig that idea.

Wow sounds like EBI 5 is going to be insane!!!!!!

Love watching these divisions but was hoping for some heavier weight classes to mix it ul