#363 – B-Team Jiu Jitsu: Craig Jones, Nicky Rod, and Nicky Ryan
Lex Fridman Podcast
Lex Fridman
4.7 • 13K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2023
⏱️ 174 minutes
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EPISODE LINKS:
B-Team's Instagram: https://instagram.com/bteamjj/
B-Team's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/bteamjiujitsu
B-Team's Website: https://bteamjj.com/
Craig Jones's Instagram: https://instagram.com/craigjonesbjj/
Nicky Rod's Instagram: https://instagram.com/nickyrod247/
Nicky Ryan's Instagram: https://instagram.com/nickyryanbjj/
Craig Jones's Instructionals: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/craig-jones
Nicky Rod's Instructionals: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/instructional-videos/fighter_nick-rodriguez
Nicky Ryan's Instructionals: https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/instructional-videos/fighter_nicky-ryan
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:21) - B-Team
(11:57) - Winning and losing
(19:43) - Danaher Death Squad (DDS)
(37:13) - Nicky Rod vs Gordon Ryan
(53:47) - Steroids
(1:08:31) - White belts
(1:16:40) - Alexander Volkanovski vs Islam Makhachev
(1:36:15) - Greatest MMA fighter of all time
(1:38:43) - Dagestani fighters
(1:40:00) - Conor McGregor
(1:42:39) - Strength training and injuries
(1:55:03) - Pre-match ritual
(2:01:34) - Toughest match
(2:05:25) - Positional training
(2:11:59) - Perfect training week
(2:14:49) - Overtraining
(2:17:08) - Advice for beginners
(2:25:17) - Takedowns and submissions
(2:30:55) - Ego
(2:35:24) - Lion vs bear
(2:40:15) - Street fights
(2:42:17) - Money and friendship
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is a conversation with Craig Jones, Nicky Rodd and Nicky Ryan, who together |
| 0:05.3 | with Ethan Crelanston and others make up the B team. |
| 0:09.2 | A legendary Jiu-Jitsu team here in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:12.2 | He was formed after the so-called Donohar Death Squad, the team headed by John Donohar |
| 0:17.3 | split up into new wave Jiu-Jitsu and B Team Jiu-Jitsu. |
| 0:22.5 | Both located here in Austin, Texas. |
| 0:25.6 | There has been a lot of trash talk back and forth, including accusations of greasing |
| 0:30.1 | and steroid use. |
| 0:32.2 | And I, as a practitioner and fan of grappling Jiu-Jitsu and martial arts in general, am here |
| 0:38.5 | for it. |
| 0:39.8 | To see the best grapplers in history, go at it, both on the mat and on Instagram. |
| 0:46.7 | I like the people on both teams and train with both. |
| 0:50.5 | And I'm really happy to see the exciting rapid evolution of the sport that these athletes |
| 0:55.6 | and coaches are catalyzing. |
| 0:59.5 | And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor. |
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