#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
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Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2022
⏱️ 186 minutes
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Roger Gracie is a legendary jiu jitsu competitor and MMA fighter. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Roger’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/rogergracie/
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Roger’s Online Jiu Jitsu: https://rogergracietv.com/
Roger’s match against Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L-Ni7bFAHg
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:26) – The moments before a match
(15:17) – Confidence
(29:43) – Greatest jiu jitsu match of all time
(51:04) – Renzo Gracie
(1:03:21) – Braveheart
(1:04:44) – Self-belief
(1:18:50) – Cross-collar choke
(1:22:53) – Mount position
(1:39:07) – How to progress in jiu jitsu
(1:41:22) – Best submission in jiu jitsu
(1:45:55) – The greatest competitor of all time
(1:48:01) – Roger’s statistics
(1:55:57) – MMA vs jiu jitsu
(2:04:25) – Gordon Ryan
(2:16:51) – John Danaher
(2:19:23) – Bear fight
(2:22:21) – Tie
(2:32:53) – Advice for beginners
(2:42:13) – Drilling
(2:50:09) – Roger vs Bear, Lion, Gorilla, and Anaconda
(2:55:14) – Advice for young people
(3:05:02) – Love
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Hodja Gracie, widely considered to be the greatest |
| 0:05.6 | jiu-jitsu competitor of all time. |
| 0:09.9 | And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. |
| 0:12.9 | Check them out in the description, it's the best way to support the spa gas. |
| 0:16.9 | We got Bambi for HR services, Miz and Amain for style, Blinkist for nonfiction and |
| 0:23.4 | Athletic Greens for Nutrition. |
| 0:26.4 | Delicious nutrition. |
| 0:27.4 | Choose wisely, my friends. |
| 0:29.4 | And now onto the full ad reads, as always no ads in the middle, I try to make this interesting, |
| 0:33.3 | but if you skip them, if you must, sinfully, with regret in your heart, skip them. |
| 0:40.9 | You don't have to have regret in your heart. |
| 0:42.4 | Let go of regret. |
| 0:43.4 | Live without regret, my friends. |
| 0:45.6 | Please still check out the sponsors. |
| 0:46.8 | I enjoy their stuff, maybe you will too. |
| 0:49.2 | This show is brought to you by Bambi, spelled B-A-M-B-E-E. |
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