Our Thoughts On “UFC-BJJ” (Episode 369)

The Chewjitsu Podcast

Eugene Tsozik

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Chewy and Eugene discuss the new "UFC-BJJ" show and BJJ promotion formed by the UFC.

We discuss the new BJJ reality show, how to make BJJ more spectator-friendly, whether the UFC should focus on grapplers or people who have never trained to improve viewership, the advantage of having a refs decision, our thoughts on the UFC taking the ruleset from the CJI, the potential challenges of signing an exclusive contract with the UFC, our thoughts on the coaches of this season of UFC-BJJ, the differences between Jiu-Jitsu culture and MMA culture, and our thoughts on where the UFC could take the sport?

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0:00.0	What up, guys, welcome to the podcast, the Jiu-Jitsu podcast.
0:03.4	And today we're going to talk about the UFC BJ.
0:07.9	I don't know why the announcer, the AI that they have reading the thing says that.
0:12.7	But we're going to talk about the UFC BJ show that they just released.
0:18.2	I think right now today, the time of recordings are on the third episode.
0:21.6	So, you know, there's some things that I say in the episode that maybe I'll be off the
0:26.0	mark.
0:28.4	Let me just sort of preface this with because sometimes sometimes I get really skeptical and
0:33.6	it sounds like I'm hating, but I'm not hating.
0:36.8	I'm just very curious.
0:38.2	I believe that the show is going to be really well done.
0:41.3	The fights are going to be really good, and I'm, of course, watching it.
0:46.6	But as always, I'm curious.
0:48.0	It's like last year, like, I was very curious about where the CGI was going and just a bit,
0:53.8	huh, I'm not sure, whatever.
0:55.9	And, but of course, I went to it.
0:57.4	I went and supported it.
0:58.5	I was out there anyway.
0:59.5	So I was like, let's go buy a ticket.
1:00.6	Let's go see it.
1:01.9	So, you know, again, sometimes my skepticism may come across as like negative or whatever,
1:07.0	but it's not.
	...

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