UFC BJJ Road to the Title 3
In this episode welterweights Davis Asare and Austin Oranday go leg for leg.
Within a minute of the episode Oranday reveals this match will be another scissoring match. Oranday predicts a leg submission on Asare.
Coach Gabriel says Oranday has good wrestling, passing, and leg attacks. “Gravity is going to force something to happen,” says Oranday. I wish Oranday could have helped me pass my physical science class.
Coach Gabriel hosts a backyard party for everyone to spend time together and get to know each other off the mats. The audience is shown a cutaway interview with Gianni Grippo, confirming he is a hinge guy. He’s all about the connection with the bros. Keith Krikorian talks about “coming on” harder and quicker. To leg locks, of course, but this is a good lesson for Jiu-jitsu people: Don’t talk about Jiu-jitsu. It’s gay.
Asare is born and raised in Norway, and ethnic to Nigeria. He’s a cultured man. He had a friend interested in MMA ask him if he wanted to train. Asare, on a pure whim, signed a year commitment at the gym and fell in love with Jiu-jitsu the first time he trained. He studied John Danaher early in his Jiu-Jitsu journey. Nowadays Asare has the opportunity to train with Danaher in his professional career.
We get to see the first instance of team interaction in a backyard party situation. Asare and Oranday go back and forth about scrapping. Asare says he needs some money, he’s hungry. He’s ready to scrap. Oranday says the match will be longer than 30 seconds.
Oranday puts his cowboy hat on coach Gabriel during the weigh-ins. I wonder how sweaty it was. One time I was in a room and a guy took off his top hat. The hat filled the room with physical layers of BO. Both athletes are excited to fight. Oranday calls UFC BJJ “the biggest stage possible” in terms of Jiu-jitsu. We’ll see how CJI 2 does. I want to know the numbers in august.
Match breakdown
Round 1
Oranday summersaults into the ring. The athletes go to shake hands, but instead of clapping hands, Asare immediately shoots a double leg on Oranday. Oranday recovers guard and tries to go under Asare. Asare goes into a squat passing position. Oranday tries to go for an X position with his foot. Asare tries to outside pass before returning to squat passing position. Asare capitalizes on Orandays leg being on his hip and fishes for a tight heel hook. Oranday taps and takes a second after the match. He’s hurt.
Asare recalls the handshake and says he just wanted to go for a double leg in the beginning of the marsh and meant no disrespect to Oranday. Either way, Asare set the tone for the match. Asare pushed the pace on Oranday and walked away with the W in less than a minute on the mats.
They definitely added the backyard scene as filler. The match was so fast there was time to build tension for the audience’s boiling point to raise. These guys are nice to each other. Some are there for a scrap, but the reality show part is positive for the most part. There’s no drama per se, but there is tension building in other ways. The guys saying who will submit who faster. The guys training and partying together. There’s a sense of camaraderie, character building, and kimura traps in the air.
Next Week:
The teams go Bowling in their pajamas. Lightweights Gianni Grippo of team Gabriel and Carlos Enrique
Live Chat:
“I think he should pull up with a 22”
“Bro expected them to be Bjj versions of Mike Tyson”
“I’m about to say it”
“If ultimate fighter was on Nickelodeon”
“Team Danaher Mikey let’s go!”
“All in on black”
“No Gi just a scissor fest”
“Now kiss”
“Crazy to think last match they couldn’t lock the leg locks”