International Judo Federation has long harbored disdain for MMA but they’ve recently made it public that even though the whole world was gearing to watch McGregor – Mayweather their very own Teddy Riner is by far more dominant.

In fact they felt so secure they even ponied up and sponsored the post:

This is just another step in the war IJF has waged on MMA. As they’ve done things in the past by labeling MMA fighters as stupid, proposed bans for judokas teaching MMA, and even tried creating Mixed JuJitsu Arts.

Jean-Luc Rouge, General Secretary of the IJF and President of the French Judo Federation (FFJDA), who in an interview with L’Equipe TV  said :

“These new combat sports (MMA) seem like they come out of a video game. These guys are stupid enough to kill each other in front of everyone in a cage and they are well paid, so they would accept. Sport is not war! We must be able to shake hands and go have a beer together in the end, “he said

In fact such influences prompted the star himself, Teddy Riner to pipe in:

“Fighting in a cage doesn’t appeal to me,” Riner said, according to Cheng of the Associated Press. “There is no moral code in MMA. I am a warrior on the tatami, but you always have to respect your opponent.”

Jean-Luc Rouge, who is also General Secretary of the International Judo Federation (IJF) has officially prohibited all Judoka from teaching MMA in France (France together with Norway are one of the rare countries where MMA is still ilegal), with a threat of immediate ban from the federation. from L’Equipe Magazine :

” Anyone (in judo) caught teaching MMA (Mixed martial arts) , will be removed from the French Judo Federation, announced its president, Jean-Luc Rouge on Friday. ” MMA is illegal in France. All those (note: in judo clubs) who teach do not have the right and are liable to be written off. They put the Federation in trouble and if there is serious injury, it will be my fault.”