Best grapplers

[Matt "Gumby" Glach]

Marcelo Garcia and Aoki ...the list is endless but those 2 stand out as my personal 1 and 2

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Just curious, but why did you leave so many fantastic world champions off of your BJJ comp list?

those are just my favorite guys to watch. if we are just looking for who is the best grappler alive right now, I don't think there would be much disputing that it is either Roger Gracie or perhaps Marcelo Garcia.

[Jay Chow]

those are just my favorite guys to watch. if we are just looking for who is the best grappler alive right now, I don't think there would be much disputing that it is either Roger Gracie or perhaps Marcelo Garcia.

Exactly, Roger and Marcelo are definitely the best, but Braulio Estima is up there and Victor Estima is pretty awesome too

[markusneo]

I would love to see Eddie's comment on this.

[tiki]

Bas Rutten, Jake Shields, Mayhem Miller

[Tim Elliott]

I don't see how you can put Eddie as one of the best grapplers. Eddie's story is pretty inspiring looking at the fact that he got started so late in BJJ & how far he made it but when it comes to saying that Eddie is one of the best grappler's, that's very unproven. I think it's fine to claim that he is one of the best instructors but to say that he is one of the best grappler's is completely unproven.

I do agree that Eddie has improved his game & style dramatically & who knows what would happen in a rematch with Royler Gracie. But also, who knows what would happen in a rematch with Leo Vieira. Those are the questions. Eddie didn't win his weight class at the 2003 ADCC. Eddie was getting destroyed on points by Royler & Eddie caught him at the very end, similar to Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen. Also Eddie went on to face Leo Vieira & he got destroyed in points.

Eddie went on to never compete again from what I understand & if he did compete again, nothing big happened. Like I said, the main thing that inspires me about Eddie Bravo is how far he made it after getting started in BJJ so late in his life compated to his competition. He is arguably one of the best Instructors out there currently. He is also a pioneer when it comes to BJJ just due to his stance on certain things such as training no-gi & his importance of the rubber guard.

But as a grappler, Eddie is unproven & if you want to go off of what was proven, he is far from the best. He upset an 1 of the all time greats after getting destroyed. He moved onto the next round & got destroyed again but this time, didn't get the last second submission. It's an insult to the true greatest grappler's out there & those who put Eddie up there with the best grappler's really don't pay attention to BJJ competitions & No-Gi competitions.

I'm not the most Grappling knowledgeable person on this site by any means but everyone that covers the grappling community knows this. I'm not hating on Eddie but so many new fans believe that he is something that he is not & don't even realize it. I hope I don't sound like I'm hating, I'm really not. I have a lot of respect for Eddie but not because he is 1 of the best grappler's because that was never proven & if anything, it was proven wrong. But like I said, it's due to how far he made it after getting started so late in BJJ compated to his competitors & I also respect Eddie because of his contributions to the sport & his open mindedness to BJJ.

Thanks for reading what started from my opinion & turned into an article. Keep up the hard work Eddie & 10th Planet.

I find this a bit hard to swallow. Maybe because of my inexperience with grappling competition. I dont really know the scoring well, but I know a little bit about fighting. Iv watched that video a lot of times. I watched it before I had even heard of 10th Planet and I have watched it since I became familiar with Eddies system.

You often hear people say it was a lucky submission when he was really getting smashed. I think its ridiculous. Maybe in terms of points, but we are not talking about who gets the most points, we are talking about the best grappler. Eddie clearly had the initiative a lot of the time.

[Josh Ritchie]

I don't see how you can put Eddie as one of the best grapplers. Eddie's story is pretty inspiring looking at the fact that he got started so late in BJJ & how far he made it but when it comes to saying that Eddie is one of the best grappler's, that's very unproven. I think it's fine to claim that he is one of the best instructors but to say that he is one of the best grappler's is completely unproven.

I do agree that Eddie has improved his game & style dramatically & who knows what would happen in a rematch with Royler Gracie. But also, who knows what would happen in a rematch with Leo Vieira. Those are the questions. Eddie didn't win his weight class at the 2003 ADCC. Eddie was getting destroyed on points by Royler & Eddie caught him at the very end, similar to Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen. Also Eddie went on to face Leo Vieira & he got destroyed in points.

Eddie went on to never compete again from what I understand & if he did compete again, nothing big happened. Like I said, the main thing that inspires me about Eddie Bravo is how far he made it after getting started in BJJ so late in his life compated to his competition. He is arguably one of the best Instructors out there currently. He is also a pioneer when it comes to BJJ just due to his stance on certain things such as training no-gi & his importance of the rubber guard.

But as a grappler, Eddie is unproven & if you want to go off of what was proven, he is far from the best. He upset an 1 of the all time greats after getting destroyed. He moved onto the next round & got destroyed again but this time, didn't get the last second submission. It's an insult to the true greatest grappler's out there & those who put Eddie up there with the best grappler's really don't pay attention to BJJ competitions & No-Gi competitions.

I'm not the most Grappling knowledgeable person on this site by any means but everyone that covers the grappling community knows this. I'm not hating on Eddie but so many new fans believe that he is something that he is not & don't even realize it. I hope I don't sound like I'm hating, I'm really not. I have a lot of respect for Eddie but not because he is 1 of the best grappler's because that was never proven & if anything, it was proven wrong. But like I said, it's due to how far he made it after getting started so late in BJJ compated to his competitors & I also respect Eddie because of his contributions to the sport & his open mindedness to BJJ.

Thanks for reading what started from my opinion & turned into an article. Keep up the hard work Eddie & 10th Planet.

[Gaara]

Marcelo Garcia and Aoki ...the list is endless but those 2 stand out as my personal 1 and 2

Agreed. I think Marcelo Garcia is just in a world of his own at the moment and i always have love for Shinya

[Josh Smith]

Let's see... Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Curt Angle, & of course the Iron Sheik...


P.S. Also Paul Walker (that scene in 2 Fast 2 Furious when Tyreese took a swing at him)

[Enzo]

Marcelo Garcia for me. I just watched the videos of him sparring with Ryan Hall (who is also awesome) and MG made it look so easy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssi3RHTiYGU