I was wondering if these 2 ever grappled against each other in BJJ and if so...is there any footage flooting around?
i don't think so..
but i know one of reasons BJ's watched ADCC 2005 this year was because he wanted to see Marcelo and Jean Jeac go at it...
Watching BJ and Marcelo roll would be awesome!!!
hell if there is just footage of them rolling i love to see that! didn't bj penn years back grapple mike cordosa and beat him like 30-0?
Yeah Marcelo and JJ didnt fight. But that is one of the fights BJ was looking foward too! As well as everybody else.
interestingly enough one of BJ's old training buddies cam earle grappled with and tapped(i think) marcelo garcia, with the gi, but this was a while ago. im sure marcelo is much better now but.. who knows? i know bj still trains with the gi but probably not as much as marcelinho.
both are phenomenal athletes.. id go with marcelo.
I think a lot of people wanted to see JJ and Marcelo lock up! The best old school guy going against the best new school... Would have been classic!
Garcia by RNC
I wish that would happen so we could all see how good BJ is on the ground!
Marcelo would smoke BJ.
I'd have to agree with D. Camarillo
Marcelo is best grappler (nothwithstanding Roger, IMHO)
But BJ is the best at MMA.
So, Marcelo wins in grappling, gi or no-gi, but BJ wins at MMA.
What big name grapplers did Bj Penn grapple against when he was doings sports bjj events?
what's even more impressive is that he won the mundials (as you mentioned, after getting his black belt in only like 3 years or something) without having a single point scored against him the entire tournament... wow!!!
Who did BJ faced during that Mundial?
Marcelo will win I think. He has more weight as well.
Has BJ competed in bjj or grappling since he won the mundials? What year was that again?
" Has BJ competed in bjj or grappling since he won the mundials? What year was that again?"
I think BJ's match with Mike Cordoza in GQ was after his world championship.
I think Royler was hurt and didn't compete in the Mundials, that's why BJ won... I could be wrong, but I think that's how it went down.
who were the names of guys BJ beat in the worlds?
"Marcelo will win I think. He has more weight as well. "
Bj is definately bigger than Marcello these days.I met Marcello at the Arnold's last year and he wasnt really that big,except for his thighs which are like tree trunks.
anyone who thinks bj could hold garcias jock in a sub grappling match are on ludes, have u not seen what he does to everyone ? bj is good but hes nothing like marcello, mma is a differnt story and as far as controlling him, ricco did a great job at that
"who were the names of guys BJ beat in the worlds?"
He beat Edson in the finals like "knee" said, but I think his biggest victory was against Soca. He also placed second as a blue belt and third as a brown belt at the mundials I believe.