The issue of race and racism is a hot topic right now. The recent Georges Floyd riots have spread all around the world calling out police brutality and racial injustice.
Bloodyelbow.com, one of the biggest MMA new websites has just released an article written by Karim Zidan calling out Flosports (owners of Flograppling) for supporting ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement while at the same time supporting 3x ADCC champion Gordon Ryan with his own podcast on Flograppling, who they claim is a racist and xenophobe because of his recent instagram posts:
Ryan has been vocal about his views on Covid 19 lockdowns, the George Floyd protest and generally people who do not want to work hard (unlike him).
Bloodyelbow highlighted a few of Ryan’s statement which they deemed Racist:
BJJ black belt Alec Baulding wanted to share his thoughts about what it’s like to be black in Jiu-Jitsu.
For Baulding, Jiu-Jitsu first seemed to be devoid of racism on the mat but he says how people are on the mat is very different off the mat.
He mentions some influential people in Jiu-Jitsu who he feels are spreading negativity to promote themselves.
He shares his thoughts in this video:
