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Thats gotta be Carlson JR in the front. Looks just like he does now except he's bald.
Relson looks like a killer.
Yup Relson looking fearsome
Man these are great!
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Thats gotta be Carlson JR in the front. Looks just like he does now except he's bald.
Relson looks like a killer.
Who are the other 2 wearing gi's with Rolls, Rorion and Relson?
i believe the younger guy is Cassio Guimaraes
Aaron Lapointe -One of the biggest matches in BJJ history.
in case anyone hasn't seen,
TakinAllFades -de braco -This is from an interview on GTR, 2001-9-9 by Kondo Takao and translated by Kondo Yoko
"He didn't even know that Nino Schembri, whom Rickson invited to his house and trained together with last summer, entered Pride 14 (in Yokohama Arena on May 27). He must have spent the days here when was really isolated from his own fight plan. We watched the video tape of the fight together in which that Nino fought with another Brazilian fighter named Johil Oliveira. Nino enters the ring in a Elvis Presley costume. When it came out on the screen, Rickson smiled. "He likes Elvis. Interesting guy!" The fight starts. He looked calmer than when he watched the fight between Sakuraba and Silva. Time was 7 minutes and 17 seconds. Nino won by a perfect arm-lock. It was his debut match as a professional, but he is well-known in the jiu-jitsu world. It seems that he is called "Rickson II" by some people, because he actively aims at finalization, not a win by decision.
When I talked about it to Rickson, he said in a quiet tone. " He is a technician, and has a good sense too. He might surpass me in terms of elements. There is possibility for that. But it can be said not only about Nino but also other fighters too."
Q: What are the elements for a great fighter?
Rickson: Technique is necessary. But only technique is not enough. Spirit is necessary. It is also important to make the technique fostered by jiu-jitsu unite with Vale Tudo well. And it is not all. There are many things more we still have to learn. One can not learn everything in one-time life. But fortunately I could possess a lot of things necessary to fights so far in my life. Vision of fighting, technique of Vale Tudo, and ability to control both mental and physical aspects. It is very difficult to learn them in one-time life. I like Nino, and I want to see more of his victories. He is 26 years old now. But I don't think he can learn everything what I possessed in the rest of his life. I got a special gift from God. It was not my brothers or anyone else in the Gracie family, but me who got a gift. And it is not something I got because I wanted, but it was given to me by God. That's why I could learn so many things in one-time life. As a result, I can read the intention of my opponent, and can unite well my confidence with my killer instinct in a fight. This is not what you can possess in 20-years or so of your life. I don't think I am best. Many fighters have a possibility to be far ahead of me. But it is very difficult. Of course I am not God, but I appreciate God for giving me a gift."
The fuckin arrogance of this guy is on a completely different level. It's one thing for his family and friends to say he has a gift from God that they didn't get and only he did but for him to say it about himself is extremely cringeworthy. I know we all gotta love rickson and all but the guys a bit much.
awesome interview tho, good find. It's interesting to hear his thoughts on nino. I thought he would have disliked Ninos style cuz the crazy stuff at the time but nino is actually big on the fundamentals and just throws the crazy stuff on top of it. Also made me think of that rickson tournament that nino won or got 2nd at maybe where at the end the interviewer asked if he wanted to fight rickson and he said no rickson was the best and his idol.
i look at it slightly differently. I see it as Rickson not taking false credit for his skills. There are so many of the legendary athletes that like to pretend that their skills and success are solely the result of hard work and not the gift of genetics. I think that Rickson is simply acknowldeging that fact. I find it really cringeworthy when guys like Gretzky simply say that they just worked harder. It just isn't true.
Judge Mental -PTA -Dudes trained BJJ to fight back then. It had a sport side but they were fighters. Nowadays...not so much.
I look at those pics and i see badasses (maybe its just bc those are the guys i was watching when i started) and don't get the same sense from many of the top bjj guys today. there certainly was a harsher element to the sport back then. i miss that
Those of you who like me were around the scene from 96-2001 remember it was a very different and a bit more intense scene
Yup. So true.
Very cool! Thanks for posting!
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There's an openmat podcast with draculino where he talks about the day when this picture was taken. U can pretty much already assume what happened, rickson tapped em one by one. i thought it was an amazing podcast though, pretty sure it can be googled easy.
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One of my friends/Professors (I swing in time to time, but he's showed me a lot of stuff) is a Black Belt under Marcio.
TakinAllFades -Cool!Judge Mental -
There's an openmat podcast with draculino where he talks about the day when this picture was taken. U can pretty much already assume what happened, rickson tapped em one by one. i thought it was an amazing podcast though, pretty sure it can be googled easy.
Yea pretty much all those OGs from back then tell the stories of how dominant Rickson was
Must have been amazing to train with Rickson 20-30 yrs ago when he was a stud. Just look at that picture. Peak physical shape, supreme confidence.
NicolasRGC - Must have been amazing to train with Rickson 20-30 yrs ago when he was a stud. Just look at that picture. Peak physical shape, supreme confidence.
yes
Judge Mental -NicolasRGC - Must have been amazing to train with Rickson 20-30 yrs ago when he was a stud. Just look at that picture. Peak physical shape, supreme confidence.
yes
wish it was bigger
Looks like Rolls, Carlos Jr and Rickson from left to right in bottom pic
top row: royce, relson, rorion, chuck, i forgot, rolker
bottom: royler, renzo, rickson, carlos machado
Nino leaving pride
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IS the one the far left a very young murilo bustamante?