Rockhold is just one of the best athletes i've ever seen. Now he is gone we all will miss him. Prime Rockhold... Damn... Probably one of the greatest 185ers.
That last look at them shirtless with the referee between them shows the clear size advantage that Nicky Rod had over Luke. Just a testament to how insanely athletic and gifted Luke is that he can absorb those snaps and charges and just keep coming.
Luke Rockhold is not a small guy and he's really strong. Even in mma, you didn't really see many guys overpower him, it was more that he would have mental lapses in fights and his opponents would capitalize on it.
Honestly this is pretty silly. Within the first 2 minutes the match got stopped at least six times because they kept going out of bounds. In freestyle wrestling, you force the wrestlers to stay inbound by having push out points, but here there's no motivation to actually circle and try to stay inbounds. It's pretty unwatchable. BJJ really needs to update rulesets to be more spectator friendly.
It's the closest thing to a real fight with out striking. It's a legit strategy in bjj and a real fight. If you go out off bounds on purpose you get fouled tho.
@@rileyjohnporter4274 so you say this is a strategy but you say that you can loose point if you do it on purpose which doesn’t make anysense cause if it’s a strategy, it’s not supposed to make you loose point. And since when going out of bounds is a streategy in a "real fight" ? There is no bounds in a real fight dude. This rule is just stupid, they need to add this wrestling restriction.
@@overbeatzme6 years is simply isnt just few years. Been 4 years since his first ADCC and still couldn't pull a submission. His lil brother is actually more entertaining than him, looking for submission
Nicky rod was a purple belt here, he's been doing BJJ for the quarter of time Luke has and Luke has been wrestling a lot longer. He started training BJJ less than 2 yrs before this lol Not much can't be done when a guy just wants to disengage and stall either....I get UFC fans don't understand grappling, but what we saw was Rockhold basically getting tech'd. This is why a lot of MMA guys, look at the UFC, are still getting dominated by guys who started out as wrestlers, the reason being that most gyms are just training guys in basic wrestling a few times a week.
@@kevinwilliams8375 That's true. However, Nicky has been doing this sport exclusively, without splitting any training time in to other areas like is done in MMA. Nicky is a specialist in this specific area of unarmed combat, who has competed and placed highly in numerous ADCC competitions. This would be the equivalent of a great MMA boxer competing against a great professional boxer in the sport of boxing.
@@keenanvanzilelmao you don’t even know what your watching. Also this is Nickys profession not Rockolds and he’s also the smaller guy and still held his own.
It's hilarious see that Nicky Rodriguez isn't massively impressive when faced with someone roughly his own size. He seemed scared to engage Luke on the ground.
@@thomasburchfiel120 yea but if he was any other weight class he probably wouldn’t the heavy weights are way less technical and athleticism matters way more cuz of it
That mat is too small, they keep going out of bounds..and they don't stop the time when they bring them back, so half the match they're just going back to the middle
Rod should move to MMA. He's way too emotional and unstable for jiu jitsu. He's not technical or skillful - he's just a brute relying on brute strength who picked up some great techniques introduced by wise people.
Rod couldn't actually submit Luke despite the fact that JJ is his primary sport. He clearly had the size advantage and is clearly on the juice. Even in full mount he couldn't finish him. This should've been a tie
It's really cool to see an elite MMA fighter do a great job against an elite no jiujitsu fighter, also ADCC finalist. It shows you how well rounded are MMA fighters.
i cant stop but think whenever an mma fighter boxes a boxer or grapplers a grappler, "what if he stops and just headkicks the shit out of them midfight as a reality check?" lol
I just assume this is the type of match the guard pulling police want to watch lol... of course now they'll point to Kade/Tackett, which is the extreme exception to how that sort of match typically plays out, this match or Hinger/Vagner is how it usually goes lol
I’m new to this sport but can someone explain why the mat is the size of a one car garage? It seems like it should be like the size of a basketball court.
Pure athleticism and technique alone is what allowed Luke to hang with Nicky. People often forget how good Luke's grappling was. I honestly feel that he needed better coaching and fight team to utilize his talents. His move to Blackzilians/Sanford really hindered his career.
Modern BJJ really needs to implement hard stall calls and push out points, otherwise non-hardcore spectators are gonna fall asleep with matches like this.
Luke’s the fucking man. Giving one of the best BJJ players a hard time and that’s all Rod does. Not to mention Rod’s undoubtedly on the juice. Luke’s grappling is just one facet of his arsenal.
@@mattbenyon5356 yes, and those rules don't have any criteria for how the referee is supposed to decide the bout if it is tied at the end of regulation. I prefer something more decisive. I come from a wrestling background, we have a "sudden death" where we compete until someone scores. Of course, wrestling also has stalling calls that are applied much more vigorously than BJJ. I have seen some BJJ rule-sets where they have an equivalent period at the end of regulation. If tied, each person gets to start in back control, and go for a submission/escape. Then the person with the fastest sub (if both sub) or fastest escape (if both escape) is the winner. I love BJJ, but its one of the most annoying things about it: the number of contests that don't have a real winner, even though the referee declares one.
So an aged smaller MMA guy with years of injuries goes into a grappling match with a pure grappler in his prime and on steriods, and the roided out dude couldn't win by submission after 20 full minutes. Nicky Rod, Gordon and rest of them suck dude.
I imagine theres a bit of frustration on lukes part knowing if it was a fight it would be like taking candy from a baby ..but sticking to rules that completely keep nicky safe
If this went for 10 more minutes, I can see Luke winning this fight. Luke trains with true elite grapplers all the time, he wasn’t going to let one juiced up jitz guy do much to him.
People so quick to judge Nicky rod but he’s made massive strides for really not training that long.. sure he favors his wrestling but with his prior experience and physical attributes what else would you expect
Can someone answer this for me... In this matches can you use wrestling techniques or Judo techniques or does it HAVE to be only BJJ in order to get it to the ground?
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Luke gotta be thinking “i would headkick the shit out of this guy”
Ik he thought that was he got shucked and shoved back bad at the end
oh, that beutiful roundhouse kick to costa in his last match…
You mean tornado kick?
@@kagomehigurashi693 factsss
Or get koed by another Wrestler and lose another few thousand brain cells permanently
Rockhold is just one of the best athletes i've ever seen. Now he is gone we all will miss him. Prime Rockhold... Damn... Probably one of the greatest 185ers.
In his prime he could win against anyone any position
As far as I know he doesn't have a physic of someone in performance enhancing drugs if he's never taken any that's pretty impressive.
Crazy how he made 185. Dude is huge.
@@samdaman916 A lot of dudes on the sauce don't look like a Greek Adonis.
@@dustinsmith4068 yeah that's why I I don't know just if he isn't that's pretty impressive.
That last look at them shirtless with the referee between them shows the clear size advantage that Nicky Rod had over Luke. Just a testament to how insanely athletic and gifted Luke is that he can absorb those snaps and charges and just keep coming.
Juice-Jitsu
i mean, luke spars and trains with the best wrestlers in the world, he is stronger than nicky. it's just facts.
@@elvisrodriguez9351 believe. Receive. Achieve.
Luke Rockhold is not a small guy and he's really strong. Even in mma, you didn't really see many guys overpower him, it was more that he would have mental lapses in fights and his opponents would capitalize on it.
@@darkmagician1710 the video of him drilling his question mark kick is wild.
That bridge from mount by Rockhold was excellent
Honestly this is pretty silly. Within the first 2 minutes the match got stopped at least six times because they kept going out of bounds. In freestyle wrestling, you force the wrestlers to stay inbound by having push out points, but here there's no motivation to actually circle and try to stay inbounds. It's pretty unwatchable. BJJ really needs to update rulesets to be more spectator friendly.
It's the closest thing to a real fight with out striking. It's a legit strategy in bjj and a real fight. If you go out off bounds on purpose you get fouled tho.
They don’t even stop the timer as they slowly walk back to the middle. Wtf at least 4 minutes worth of time gone just by that
@@rileyjohnporter4274 No, you dont reset in a rela fight, and in mma its a Cage so you dont reset either. Thb the constant resets r bad for spectators
@@rileyjohnporter4274 so you say this is a strategy but you say that you can loose point if you do it on purpose which doesn’t make anysense cause if it’s a strategy, it’s not supposed to make you loose point.
And since when going out of bounds is a streategy in a "real fight" ? There is no bounds in a real fight dude.
This rule is just stupid, they need to add this wrestling restriction.
@@rileyjohnporter4274 restarts suck plain and simple and this many sucks bad.
Gordon is absolutely right saying that most competitors are just boring as hell.
@@zeynand4039 i thought rod was usually one of the more offensive bjj guys mainly because his wrestling has he switched it up?
@@HB448 No he is not. He is a point fighter. Good takedowns but usually wins on points, hes not a submission hunter
@@patl4933 he’s only training jiu jitsu for a few years. He‘ll get there for sure.
@@overbeatzme6 years is simply isnt just few years. Been 4 years since his first ADCC and still couldn't pull a submission. His lil brother is actually more entertaining than him, looking for submission
Gordon is the most boring fighter, made worse by the fact that he demands no time limit.
Even though Luke fell short in this, it's still impressive that he was competitive against someone of Nicky Rod's caliber in _his_ area of expertise.
Nicky rod was a purple belt here, he's been doing BJJ for the quarter of time Luke has and Luke has been wrestling a lot longer. He started training BJJ less than 2 yrs before this lol Not much can't be done when a guy just wants to disengage and stall either....I get UFC fans don't understand grappling, but what we saw was Rockhold basically getting tech'd. This is why a lot of MMA guys, look at the UFC, are still getting dominated by guys who started out as wrestlers, the reason being that most gyms are just training guys in basic wrestling a few times a week.
Lol what??? Luke has been doing jits way longer than Nicky
@@kevinwilliams8375 That's true. However, Nicky has been doing this sport exclusively, without splitting any training time in to other areas like is done in MMA. Nicky is a specialist in this specific area of unarmed combat, who has competed and placed highly in numerous ADCC competitions. This would be the equivalent of a great MMA boxer competing against a great professional boxer in the sport of boxing.
@LearningWithSuj exactly if calvin kattar barley lost to like luke Campbell in a boxing match that would be crazy asf.
lol rockhold legit did nothing but defend
damn that was impressive by luke. i knew his grappling was good though. the right match ups for him can be really entertaining in this sport.
Could they make that mat any smaller??
Yes
Lol. Ikr
It’s not that small….
The mats huge compared to most.
Way smaller
Luke is a tough guy. He has great strength and fortitude.
Testicular fortitude? Or just regular old fashion fortitude?
@@josiffexplosiff1 🤣🤣
AGREED.
Strength and Fortitude and Believeing and achieving
Fuckin samurai
@@henrychi4197 tell us another jackal story.
Always a pleasure to see Rockhold compete, dudes a beast in any competition 💯👌🏿✨
he did nothing but try to survive being sub
@@keenanvanzilelmao you don’t even know what your watching. Also this is Nickys profession not Rockolds and he’s also the smaller guy and still held his own.
This sport needs Luke "The Legend" Rockhold. He makes it fun to watch because he is such a down to earth dude
just call him Mister Ralph Lauren
Nick obviously won, but I still feel the real winner is Rockhold
Watching this after the Costa fight makes me appreciate Luke so much more..what a legend and skilled fighter
Nicky Rod is the kind of guy you avoid at the gym lol
Those are the ones i always go for after you whoop em you get some good satisfaction out of it
@@TheGarlicfather he's the type where when you land a good strike in sparring he turns it into a fight lol
@@TheGarlicfather Yea sure you do... Nicky would whoop you with his eyes closed 🤣
@@TheGarlicfather bruh 🤫😂
@@astheskylarksings What? 🤣
It's hilarious see that Nicky Rodriguez isn't massively impressive when faced with someone roughly his own size. He seemed scared to engage Luke on the ground.
To be fair he’s beaten bigger guys in ADCC like Orlando Sanchez and Cyborg
@@edmonddantes563 sanchez is 5'7
Luke is a black belt
@@mcjohnson31 5'7 500lbs
@@edmonddantes563 also muhammad ali too
The more I see of Nick Rod, the less I am impressed.
His strong wrestling base and athleticism carries him so hard.
i feel like i rarely see him doing good bjj
@@kashura38 He just got silver at adcc tho haha
@@thomasburchfiel120 yea but if he was any other weight class he probably wouldn’t the heavy weights are way less technical and athleticism matters way more cuz of it
@@thomasburchfiel120 With... 0 submissions? Yeah...
@@thomasburchfiel120 it was mostly stand up, much like this match. We hardly get to see bjj
That mat is too small, they keep going out of bounds..and they don't stop the time when they bring them back, so half the match they're just going back to the middle
Crazy how Luke can hold his own vs Nicky. If Luke went 100% BJJ he could be one of the greats!
*could have been* Luke is wayyy too old to improve his game that much to become one of the greats.
@@GaryCooper12 Already a UFC CHAMP
Way more prestige by being a ufc champ
How he got out of that full mount is just mind blowing. From a guy a lot stronger and bigger than him
Prob had Cain and DC do that same shit to him over the years
@@thatdarnmage1515 fair point
STRONGER AND BIGGER ???
Nicky Rod is like 90% aggression, 10% skill. He'll never beat Gordon.
Imagine Rockhold start punching and doing the knee to the face. Sorry man... for a moment, I thought I was in a UFC fight... 😅😅😅
How tempting it must be for him to just blast one right up the middle.
Rockhold ain’t worried bout nothin or no one.
The reset position was incorrect. There was a cross face with the right arm, not an underhook on the left arm.
Nicky has a massive physical advantage due to age difference and juice...and still couldnt get anything going.
He had a massive experience disadvantage though
Prime age for bjj should be 35-40
Why do you people think everyone with an above average body is on roids 😂
@@mohammedamer934 I mean Nicky is more than likely on the sauce now come on
@@mohammedamer934 Casual
If Luke wants to keep competing, this is where he should be not mma. He's obviously a world class grappler. Would be awesome to see him in ADCC
You don't earn money in grappling buddy....
@@62Tob gordon says hi
he's also a world class striker, just too arrogant when he's fighting power punchers
It's comical how untechnically successful nicky rod is.
Rod should move to MMA. He's way too emotional and unstable for jiu jitsu. He's not technical or skillful - he's just a brute relying on brute strength who picked up some great techniques introduced by wise people.
@@edweaver2750 the fact that he still pretty successful shows how low the level of athlete really is in JJ. Better than it was, but not by much.
If he’s having success then he has technique
He relies on the juice a bit too much
Rod couldn't actually submit Luke despite the fact that JJ is his primary sport. He clearly had the size advantage and is clearly on the juice. Even in full mount he couldn't finish him.
This should've been a tie
The size and age diff is massive. Nicky looked afraid to take it down to the ground unless he was guaranteed the back.
nick just another bjj juicer… props to luke
that camera man FUCKED up at the only moment i wanted to see lmao. Rockhold ESCAPED nicky's mount at 12:20 and we can't see how..........
The commentators have a funny idea of "really bringing it". Why are they so in love with Luke Rockhold?
It's really cool to see an elite MMA fighter do a great job against an elite no jiujitsu fighter, also ADCC finalist. It shows you how well rounded are MMA fighters.
By refusing to engage. Sure bro! Even I can go there and be avoidant the whole fight.
Lmao jui jitsu “Do you wanna watch two grown men push each other for 10 minutes then start rolling then this is the sport for you”
Man, I'm a massive fan of UFC and MMA, never watched a single grappling match, and this was insanely entertaining.
If you think watching it's fun, give it a try yourself!
Only problem is it makes everything else in life feel boring in comparison
It was boring. Only guy worth watching is Gordon Ryan.
@@breakdancerQ I hate that I hate BJJ. I love martial art and I wrestled but I simply can't get behind It.
i cant stop but think whenever an mma fighter boxes a boxer or grapplers a grappler, "what if he stops and just headkicks the shit out of them midfight as a reality check?" lol
Does anyone actually enjoy these two just pushing each other. I almost thought it was a Sumo match.
no i don't it's like sumo wrestling
@@larrybardwell8461 Yeah…. ummm, exactly what I said.
I just assume this is the type of match the guard pulling police want to watch lol... of course now they'll point to Kade/Tackett, which is the extreme exception to how that sort of match typically plays out, this match or Hinger/Vagner is how it usually goes lol
would be so much better and maintain more flow if there was a side to the cage similar to ufc, onefc etc.. where the athletes could continue to work
Where was the grappling part?
wish we got more jits and less wrestling, but props to rockhold for bringing it
Go luke! Never seen this side of him.
I’m new to this sport but can someone explain why the mat is the size of a one car garage? It seems like it should be like the size of a basketball court.
its 81 square metres, those are just big men
It's great to see catch wrestling making a come back!
Pure athleticism and technique alone is what allowed Luke to hang with Nicky. People often forget how good Luke's grappling was. I honestly feel that he needed better coaching and fight team to utilize his talents. His move to Blackzilians/Sanford really hindered his career.
Leaving AKA was a mistake for sure
Nicky rod survives against Luke purely due to athleticism and gear.
Athleticism and technique is all there is
And this is the same guy trying to call out Gordon for using PEDs? He never juices! Totally laughable !
Great win by headbutt…
I’m sure this matched pissed Luke off, knowing a 2nd year kid in jiu jitsu had enough grown man strength to slap him around lol
Modern BJJ really needs to implement hard stall calls and push out points, otherwise non-hardcore spectators are gonna fall asleep with matches like this.
Watching this after how well the alley at CJI kept competitors in the ring feels like I'm watching ancient history
Luke’s the fucking man. Giving one of the best BJJ players a hard time and that’s all Rod does. Not to mention Rod’s undoubtedly on the juice.
Luke’s grappling is just one facet of his arsenal.
Referee's decision without any real criteria is a horrible way to end any contest. Its possibly the worst part of BJJ
The Polaris rules are online for all to see 😁
@@mattbenyon5356 yes, and those rules don't have any criteria for how the referee is supposed to decide the bout if it is tied at the end of regulation.
I prefer something more decisive. I come from a wrestling background, we have a "sudden death" where we compete until someone scores. Of course, wrestling also has stalling calls that are applied much more vigorously than BJJ. I have seen some BJJ rule-sets where they have an equivalent period at the end of regulation. If tied, each person gets to start in back control, and go for a submission/escape. Then the person with the fastest sub (if both sub) or fastest escape (if both escape) is the winner.
I love BJJ, but its one of the most annoying things about it: the number of contests that don't have a real winner, even though the referee declares one.
People can hate on Rockhold wall they want but you cant deny the man is a samurai lol
Shows how UFC fighters are just beasts.
What has happened to BJJ?
Luke is a beast
If anyone ever had any doubts about how rampant steroids are in bjj competition you need only look at Nicky rod
This was in.2019?
Yes
Love seeing Luke compete
USADA?
Luke isnt on steroids either....
Pretty sure Nicky is on some sauce.
You think?
God I wanted to see that go no time limit so much that match ramped up to such an awesome level of action!
these bjj promotions have theeee worst camera people.. they missed the takedown and mount bridge both times... so low level
Big difference, Nicky Rod's probably juiced to the gills, Rockhold isn't.
Did they have beef or something???
the announcers don't know how cuts are treated apparently...
Nice shot by Nicky Rod @ 18:26. Way to take advantage off Rockhold's frustration!
What a match enjoyed this more then many ufc fights .
Newport Wales, damn. Missed this and I'm only in Gloucester!!
Prime Luke was so fun to watch man, what a beast he is
Slap fighting champ Luke has met his match..
Nice Sumo competition
Was this before or after his ufc retirement?
Shame he didn't use his grappling as much as he could have during his UFC run
He was just as much a grappler as he was a striker.
Yep
Well you can turn a black belt into a blue belt just by punching them in the face
Bruh what u talking about? Lol. Luke was known for having elite grappling all throughout his career. He just also had beautiful striking
You can't just beat a samurai that easily.....
I wish Luke would just head kick him, get disqualified and go home a hero.
So an aged smaller MMA guy with years of injuries goes into a grappling match with a pure grappler in his prime and on steriods, and the roided out dude couldn't win by submission after 20 full minutes. Nicky Rod, Gordon and rest of them suck dude.
Is it asking too much to have a little extra mat, so they aren't restarting every 5 seconds
That was 21 minutes I’ll never get back.
Luke shouldn't have retired. He looked awesome against a top contender and fought at altitude. He looked sharp af imo
This was great, reminded me of Galvao vs Palhares. Two silverbacks going at it. 💪💪
Luke Rockhold has got that scary Dad look lol.
I imagine theres a bit of frustration on lukes part knowing if it was a fight it would be like taking candy from a baby ..but sticking to rules that completely keep nicky safe
They really should start placing cages or other barriers around the mat. The constant stoppages and restarts are annoying.
Exactly, it's hard to watch.
I found this boring to watch, would rather have seen them pulling guard to initiate some interesting jujitsu exchanges
Rod living up to the name juiced through the roof!
Ok. Now rematch under mma rules.
If this went for 10 more minutes, I can see Luke winning this fight. Luke trains with true elite grapplers all the time, he wasn’t going to let one juiced up jitz guy do much to him.
I fell asleep twice watching this
but to be fair, props to rockhold for competing vs nicky rod like that
costa's ground game underrated. he toyed with luke. took him down, mounted multiple times and took his back
Luke was also completely gassed 2 mins into the fight and got hurt on the feet… makes a massive difference
@@troncity6693 I hope he does
@@JsalMMA1 Luke was literally gassed in 2 minutes and paulo still managed to look like a moron 😂😂😂
freestyle wrestling is more exciting than grappling
Luke Rockhold !
👍👍👍
needed a bigger mat! always forget how big rockhold was, walked around at 230?!
Was this a jui jitsu fight or a no-gi judo match?🤔
Rockhold is clean and Nicky is juiced the gills…
Now have them do an mma match
Luke would kick this dudes head off
People so quick to judge Nicky rod but he’s made massive strides for really not training that long.. sure he favors his wrestling but with his prior experience and physical attributes what else would you expect
Can someone answer this for me... In this matches can you use wrestling techniques or Judo techniques or does it HAVE to be only BJJ in order to get it to the ground?
Say what you will about butt scooters… at least it’s more entertaining than 15 minutes of dudes collar tying each other.