Guy Marcello
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So Eddie put up another video of him rolling with a fighter a few months ago in Hideo Tokoro:
And I gotta say, I am finally seeing why so many people hate him.
Good to see he is feeding his ego with another one of his "watch me dominate x fighter videos." Its like he is clueless to the fact that Tokoro was probably thinking he was "friendly rolling" and basically flowing, while Eddie was treating it like it was the finals of ADCC. Do you really think your bjj is that much better than is? Or is some other factor at work?
It's the same head slap inducing, level of narcissism that allowed him to sit there and tell Rickson Gracie of all people, "I did this for jiu-jitsu," when showing him the rubber guard, completely ignoring the fact that the action pretty much equates to some former division 1 basketball player telling Michael Jordan he had a new approach to the fade away jump shot, and he was doing it "for basketball." And then proceeding to show it to Michael, implying that he should implement it to improve his own jump shot!
And lets not forget Metamoris, when he
was so happy with himself that he quickly grabbed a microphone, and said we owe this all to "Carlos Gracie," seemingly ignorant of the fact that there is a huge debate over who really "created" bjj within the Gracie family, and he just happened to be surrounded by the faction that believes Helio was the inventor over Carlos! I have my own opinions on who "invented" the art, and I definitely do not fall in line with the Rorion, Royce, faction, but for god sakes understand your surroundings and use some common sense. He wasn't making a statement on who he really believed started this whole thing, he was just ignorant and blurting stupid shit out!
I've stood behind some of his ideas in the past, and always felt like he had a bad wrap. I've even implemented a few of his moves into my own game like the electric chair, and some of his lockdown stuff, and I respect what he has contributed, but enough is enough. This guy really needs to put down the bong and get a fucking clue already!
And I gotta say, I am finally seeing why so many people hate him.
Good to see he is feeding his ego with another one of his "watch me dominate x fighter videos." Its like he is clueless to the fact that Tokoro was probably thinking he was "friendly rolling" and basically flowing, while Eddie was treating it like it was the finals of ADCC. Do you really think your bjj is that much better than is? Or is some other factor at work?
It's the same head slap inducing, level of narcissism that allowed him to sit there and tell Rickson Gracie of all people, "I did this for jiu-jitsu," when showing him the rubber guard, completely ignoring the fact that the action pretty much equates to some former division 1 basketball player telling Michael Jordan he had a new approach to the fade away jump shot, and he was doing it "for basketball." And then proceeding to show it to Michael, implying that he should implement it to improve his own jump shot!
And lets not forget Metamoris, when he
was so happy with himself that he quickly grabbed a microphone, and said we owe this all to "Carlos Gracie," seemingly ignorant of the fact that there is a huge debate over who really "created" bjj within the Gracie family, and he just happened to be surrounded by the faction that believes Helio was the inventor over Carlos! I have my own opinions on who "invented" the art, and I definitely do not fall in line with the Rorion, Royce, faction, but for god sakes understand your surroundings and use some common sense. He wasn't making a statement on who he really believed started this whole thing, he was just ignorant and blurting stupid shit out!
I've stood behind some of his ideas in the past, and always felt like he had a bad wrap. I've even implemented a few of his moves into my own game like the electric chair, and some of his lockdown stuff, and I respect what he has contributed, but enough is enough. This guy really needs to put down the bong and get a fucking clue already!