Episode 308 - How To Beat Bigger Grapplers With Mike Perez

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

Wrestling, Wellness, Brazilianjiujitsu, Sports, Interviews, Mma, Bjj, Health, Chewjitsu, Injuryprevention

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Mike Perez is an ATOS Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, high level competitor, and the 2024 ADCC West Coast Trials +99 KG winner.

On this episode, Mike discusses his start in grappling, choosing to train at ATOS Jiu-Jitsu with Andre Galvao, the strategies Mike used against the bigger grappler at the 2024 ADCC West Coast Trials, the main technique Mike avoids against bigger grapplers, why Mike chose to go up in weight to compete at the +99 kg division at ADCC West Coast trials, how to avoid getting crushed by the larger grappler, why Mike made the decision to stop drinking alcohol, the importance of making better lifestyle choices when you get into your 30’s, dealing with nerves and pressure of competition, and Mike's pre-competition routine.

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0:00.0	What up, guys?
0:00.7	So today's podcast, we have an 80CC recently, 80C trials winner who was 175 pounds winning the 99 plus division, which means with big fellas, big boys, right?
0:12.7	It's like 220 and up or something like that?
0:14.7	It's 217 something and up.
0:16.2	Yeah.
0:16.8	And so again, big fellas, you know, he actually beat one of my guys, Brandon at the tournament who at the time was 260 and moving like he's 160.
0:25.6	And, you know, he looked really good.
0:27.2	He was to me the performance that I watched at the ADCC.
0:29.7	That was the standout to me because, again, no matter what.
0:33.3	And again, I always talk about how strength is really important.
0:35.5	Athletic attributes are really important.
0:37.5	You know, technique is not always the answer kind of thing.
0:40.5	But at the same time, I think everyone loves watching a smaller person go out there and, you know, do the thing against bigger people.
0:49.0	Now, Mike's by no mean, a small, tiny guy.
0:52.4	I mean, he's a shorter guy, he's about 5.9, but he's also thick.
0:55.2	I mean, he's got big old legs.
0:56.5	He's strongly built.
0:57.4	In comparison, he is significantly smaller, but he's like a 1.30 pound or something, right?
1:03.5	But that said, this podcast has got a lot of interesting nuggets.
1:06.5	Like when I was going through it, me and Eugene're talking about it. There's, if you, if you're thinking about competing,
1:12.2	or you just want to get into like the mind of like,
1:14.6	okay,
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