should be forced to do mens light heavyweight.. this is bull shit...
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should be forced to do mens light heavyweight.. this is bull shit...
There needs to be a division for transgenders. She's too strong for womens but too weak for mens.
Jeff Glover isn't 15x open weight champ because he was the strongest.
Death by Shnoo Shnoo!!!!
In what comp is he 15x open weight champ? Regardless, your point is taken: women's bjj needs to get a deeper talent pool in order to expose frauds like Gabi Garcia. There is no reason some blue-belt with goon strength should be the number one grappler in ANY division.Quote:
Originally Posted by Isaiah Mendoza
^ ahaha
I just googled her. Wow.
Let her be. For all the shit she must have gone through growing up I think it's even more wrong to take jits away from her.
2009 UFC Fan Expo Absolute Open Weight ChampionQuote:
Originally Posted by David Stager
3 time GQ Absolute Open Weight Champion
Naga Absolute Open Weight Champion
all his stats are here
http://www.independent.com/news/2011...ns-2011/?print
and yes I agree it's just a matter of getting more women to compete, and growing the sport's popularity. I like the networked, tribal feeling that bjj has, but it has it's setbacks, like this. Give Gabby Bella a few years and I'd like to think she could give her a run for her money at the least.
In my opinion gabby bella is extremely underrated in the grappling community.
Or Chris Cyborg.
Agreed, leave her be not her fault the competition lacked the finesse to match her size. if shes truly a blue belt it doesn't say much in regards to the black belts she competed against. Surely a flying arm bar, a leg lock anything should be with in the reach of a black belt to pull on a blue. The women where aware of her presence in advance, they should have adjusted there game to compensate. Wake up call to the current state of womens black belts in ADCC i guess.
i'm pretty sure she is a black belt
http://www.bjjheroes.com/wp-content/...ia-200x300.jpg
Gabi Garcie receiving her black belt
on the podium of the mundials
I said Blue belt figuratively, and even then I thought I was being charitable. Gabi Garcia gives the Americana a bad name. She hunts for that move regardless of what her opponent is doing because she knows she's strong enough to overpower them even when they are defending properly. Yes, it is embarrassing to see black belts lose to a goon, and it calls their rank into question. But just because they look bad doesn't mean Gabi Garcia looks skilled or technical.
Don't misunderstand me: I'm not attacking her for her looks or her size per se. If we give her the benefit of the doubt, these are genetic factors beyond her control. But her performance belies a lack of technical jiu-jitsu and an over-reliance on those physical gifts. That is not what jiu-jitsu is about, and the fact that she's a black belt suggests to me that women's BJJ has a long way to go before it achieves technical parity with men's BJJ.