Dana White
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So, you know, when we first started out and started doing it, I had a pretty good guillotine in the beginning. So I'd catch a lot of people in guillotines. So you're okay being on like on bottom? Yeah, I was okay with the bottom. Yeah, I was okay with being on bottom. I was comfortable there. But you know what I never liked? I never liked gi. We started fucking around with a gi in the beginning.
So, you know, when we first started out and started doing it, I had a pretty good guillotine in the beginning. So I'd catch a lot of people in guillotines. So you're okay being on like on bottom? Yeah, I was okay with the bottom. Yeah, I was okay with being on bottom. I was comfortable there. But you know what I never liked? I never liked gi. We started fucking around with a gi in the beginning.
That's how we started. And then once I took the gi off, I felt like I had no submissions because I couldn't grab onto anything. So after that, I went all no gi, and I never wanted to wear a gi.
That's how we started. And then once I took the gi off, I felt like I had no submissions because I couldn't grab onto anything. So after that, I went all no gi, and I never wanted to wear a gi.
That's how we started. And then once I took the gi off, I felt like I had no submissions because I couldn't grab onto anything. So after that, I went all no gi, and I never wanted to wear a gi.
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Or street. Street, yeah. Right? I mean, if you start off in your first year, you're in a Gi. You better hope a guy's got winter jackets on or something if something happens in the street. In my opinion, I know all the jiu-jitsu fucking people are going to go crazy over this, but in my opinion, no gi is way better than gi.
Or street. Street, yeah. Right? I mean, if you start off in your first year, you're in a Gi. You better hope a guy's got winter jackets on or something if something happens in the street. In my opinion, I know all the jiu-jitsu fucking people are going to go crazy over this, but in my opinion, no gi is way better than gi.
Or street. Street, yeah. Right? I mean, if you start off in your first year, you're in a Gi. You better hope a guy's got winter jackets on or something if something happens in the street. In my opinion, I know all the jiu-jitsu fucking people are going to go crazy over this, but in my opinion, no gi is way better than gi.
And the fact that you had... Like these guys like Ken Shamrock that were jacked, right? And you had all these wrestlers or, you know, the big massive guys that they had in the different weight classes. And this skinny little dude like Hoist was out there beating everybody.
And the fact that you had... Like these guys like Ken Shamrock that were jacked, right? And you had all these wrestlers or, you know, the big massive guys that they had in the different weight classes. And this skinny little dude like Hoist was out there beating everybody.
And the fact that you had... Like these guys like Ken Shamrock that were jacked, right? And you had all these wrestlers or, you know, the big massive guys that they had in the different weight classes. And this skinny little dude like Hoist was out there beating everybody.
I mean, if you look at the way the Gracies played that, you couldn't have had a better advertisement for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at the time. But also, like...
I mean, if you look at the way the Gracies played that, you couldn't have had a better advertisement for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at the time. But also, like...
I mean, if you look at the way the Gracies played that, you couldn't have had a better advertisement for Gracie Jiu-Jitsu at the time. But also, like...
What's the real beautiful thing about jiu-jitsu? It's like when you talk about, if you wanted to get your daughter into a martial art, should I put my daughter into karate or should I put her into this? You put your daughter into jujitsu 100% because it's not about size or strength. It's about technique. And you give your daughter a bunch of jujitsu and a little bit of Muay Thai.
What's the real beautiful thing about jiu-jitsu? It's like when you talk about, if you wanted to get your daughter into a martial art, should I put my daughter into karate or should I put her into this? You put your daughter into jujitsu 100% because it's not about size or strength. It's about technique. And you give your daughter a bunch of jujitsu and a little bit of Muay Thai.
What's the real beautiful thing about jiu-jitsu? It's like when you talk about, if you wanted to get your daughter into a martial art, should I put my daughter into karate or should I put her into this? You put your daughter into jujitsu 100% because it's not about size or strength. It's about technique. And you give your daughter a bunch of jujitsu and a little bit of Muay Thai.