The greatest BJJ fighter of all time.....

Very good point, I forget the fighter, but somebody recently said that Arona could still win ADCC. Also he is renowned pretty well in his own right, undefeated in ADCC, 2 division titles, 1 openweight title, one superfight win against a prime Mark Kerr.

 

pablo popovitch is sick at bjj as well

 

Incredibly sick, and he might just have the most technical wrestling ability of any of the top sub grapplers or BJJ guys at the moment. Also he is a physical specimen, much more so than most top level grapplers.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKuneMZtTw[/ame]

He is the current ADCC champion at 77kg
CBJJ no gi world champ at 85kg and absolute
Copa America gi and no gi champion at absolute
And a ton of other lesser titles.

And the best part, he is now fighting MMA, winning his first fight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Popovitch#Mixed_martial_arts_record

 

i was being biased beebs cus he is my master but yes he is insane

i saw his first fight live as well he got knocked down but he kept calm and destroyed the guy

 

You train under him? That is amazing, any stories?

Do you have a vid of the fight, I can't find one.

 

hes really a laid back dude and is really funny once he feels comfortable about you

he talks about his rivalry with Marcelo Garcia. Garcia has gotten the upper hand a couple times before but it was sweet redemption when he beat him at the ADCC last year.

He says he considers Marcelo to be one of the best if not the best in the world at no-gi but hates him cus Garcia is a douchebag and an *******. He also said that as good as Garcia is he is not a good teacher he has no patience at teaching and doesnt give good instructions. He also laughs at Garcias attempt at MMA

Also talks a lot about American Top Team how Pablo first started out there and said ATT are a bunch of money grabbing people that exploit their fighters and take advantage of them thats why he left and created his own school. ATT hate him but he stays quiet cus lately a lot of the people from our school have been beating ATT at competition a lot so he just lays back and watches ATT crumble.

Pablo is an insane teacher strong as **** yet uses no strength or energy whatsoever. I actually like rolling with him cus he doesnt even attack he just defends and just destroys me easily when you go with the other blue belts you beat up on each other more but he does it so smoothly and easily he just kicks you ass in the nicest way and doesnt even break a sweat he even chews gum everytime he rolls.

he used to teach all classes but he has now chosen to only teach from purple belts and up so he has two other black belts teach the white belts and blue belts. Im blue so ill be working with him soon again. Im training with his top Black Belt Vagner Rocha dont know if you have heard from him but hes great as well once i get to purple ill be back with training with Pablo.

I know i got the fight somewhere im gonna try to post it.

 

That is great.

Off topic, but do you happen to know what his ancestry is? I assume it is Slavic of some sort, possibly Serbian. Sorry, but I am a bit of a nerd about the Balkans.

 

never asked him personally but from what the other black belts told me his grandparents were russian

 

Roberto Roleta deserves a shout ! One of my faves !

 

I'v often been said that ADCC is a signifcantly less "control" friendly enviroment these days though. I'v not really watched much of the old days but werent the rules more favourible to it back then? the BJJ fighters certainly seem to have adapted to a no Gi enviorment better these days aswell.

 

I'm not sure exactly how the rules have changed to be honest.

 

Looking at the rules I'd guess that the option for the ref to deduct points for inactivity(including just sitting in guard not atempting to pass) didnt exist in the early days.

 

Im going with marcelo garcia

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY8JlJZBgCk[/ame]

 

I think Marcelo has the slickest BJJ on this continent. That guy is a spider ******. As far as teaching goes, all I can say is that I have friend who trained under him for 3 months and his skills increased TREMENDOUSLY. Whether it's because he got to roll with him or because he just trained really hard I'm not sure. Don't know Marcelo personally and never trained with him but from what I know couple of people who trained under him improved drastically.

Popovich's school is definitely strong. They're always represented very strong in Copa and Naga, not sure about ADCC tryouts and stuff on that scale.