Eddie Bravo has once again defended his vision of combat Jiu-Jitsu.
Speaking on The Grapplers Perspective Podcast, Bravo made it clear that he favors Jiu-Jitsu with strikes over traditional sport grappling:
I like jiu-jitsu with strikes better. It keeps jiu-jitsu from getting too sporty which is great and beautiful.
Sporty jiu-jitsu is awesome…
But I think I like jiu-jitsu with strikes better.It’s just it’s a little closer to MMA.
Bravo explained that striking changes the dynamics of otherwise stagnant matches:
Some matches it’s a guy trying to pass a dude’s guard and dude on the bottom just has an unpassable guard and then like you just have a match with like really nothing happening.
But if you add strikes it’s a little more exciting in my opinion. It just brings the jiu-jitsu a little closer to MMA a little closer to reality.
He also pointed out one of the biggest competitive advantages of his format:
Combat jiu-jitsu can do 16-man tournaments. MMA can’t – you can’t do a 16-man tournament anymore.
They’re too harsh. No one would survive.But in combat jiu-jitsu they can survive.
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