The best brazilian jiu-jitsu podcast is back! The latest edition of the can’t miss interview features the host Ryan Ford talking with legendary jiu-jiteiro and Legacy FC MMA fighter Robert Drysdale!
Watch the Legacy 58 match Robert Drysdale vs Ryan Spawn
Robert Drysdale is fairly known for his extraordinary fighting skills and also for being quite outspoken about many taboo topics in both BJJ and MMA communities.
Here’s a vintage snap of Robert Drysdale as a white belt in 1998:
One other topic they discussed? Amazing Wrestling of Demian Maia (along with his bjj). Robert Drysdale has been training with him occasionally in Las Vegas.
Of course one topic grappling central podcast always covers is origin story – Robert Drysdale shared stories of growing up, what other sports he tried and what was his first reaction to jiu-jitsu.
One conversation Drysdale shared was comparing complexities of bjj and chess and just why he considers bjj much more challenging!
Mr Drysdale claims he doesn’t see the point of withholding information, which was something that was suggested to him way back when.
Of course Robert Drysdale is adamant he’s not fond of the sport aspects of jiu-jitsu, he claims that’s a view that distances jiu-jitsu from being a martial art. He shared a conversation he had with American Top Team leader Ricardo Liborio that has a stunning conclusion they both agree with: We might be watching the last generation of jiu-jitsu fighters to be successful in MMA.
To learn all of this and much more about the extraordinary career and life of Robert Drysdale, press play below:
