Had Goku Chivichyan fought in early UFC...

[Ogata]

For those wondering, Gokor Chivichyan is famous in the MMA and Grappling circles for his unique style of judo which is mixed with catch wrestling and sambo. In his prime, Gokor was considered Judo Gene Lebells number 1 student.

The thing was though, he was suppose to fight in early UFC but that never happened. I was wondering had he fought, how would he do and if he did well, would todays MMA gyms teach a different style of grappling?


This is Gokors fight:

 

[JohnyBrabo]

Gokor actually trained my first grappling coach. By all accounts the man was a SAVAGE.

 

[King Kerns]

He would Kamehameha anyone in the top 10

 

[Ogata]

Gokor actually trained my first grappling coach. By all accounts the man was a SAVAGE.

Was your grappling coach Max Bishop!!!?? Please tell me it was Max Bishop!!!

 

[MadHouse]

Goku via Hadouken........wait

 

[JohnyBrabo]

Was your grappling coach Max Bishop!!!?? Please tell me it was Max Bishop!!!

It was actually lol

 

[Ogata]

He would Kamehameha anyone in the top 10

I just realized I made a mistake on title!

 

[Haj01]

Goku via apeform!

 

[cade187]

Goku fought in Tenkaichi Budokai. Tenkaichi Budokai > UFC.

 

[Ogata]

It was actually lol

Right on! I have heard so many great things from him! I have talked to Gokor a lot and he always mentions that his two finest students turned teacher are Max Bishop and Harout Terzyan!

 

[JohnyBrabo]

Right on! I have heard so many great things from him! I have talked to Gokor a lot and he always mentions that his two finest students turned teacher are Max Bishop and Harout Terzyan!

Yeah I only got to train with Max for about a year incredibly knowledgeable. Very intense individual but I still use a lot of what he taught me and that has been years and years ago.

 

[DanTheWolfman.com]

heard great things re Max as well,
Gokor is a stud, even couple yrs ago at 50 could move so slow and tap guys like me and Jay Heiron.....because he can do it slow, people do not realize how good that actually makes him.

If he did, throw to heavy top game, transitions, and total body submissions would have been normal..........

a much better overall grappling game for MMA or Street than most of soft flop to butt bjj gyms teach

 

[JohnyBrabo]

heard great things re Max as well,
Gokor is a stud, even couple yrs ago at 50 could move so slow and tap guys like me and Jay Heiron.....because he can do it slow, people do not realize how good that actually makes him.

If he did, throw to heavy top game, transitions, and total body submissions would have been normal..........

a much better overall grappling game for MMA or Street than most of soft flop to butt bjj gyms teach

Yeah you are dead on it is a million times more effective than standard BJJ when it comes to self defense.

 

[NightwingBJJ]

Yeah you are dead on it is a million times more effective than standard BJJ when it comes to self defense.

Sounds he taught you guys some Kill Bill shit.

 

[JohnyBrabo]

Sounds he taught you guys some Kill Bill shit.

LOL it is far ahead of most grappling I've done at other gyms. When I train somewhere new and hit certain techniques they'll be like where did you learn that?

 

[Donny White]

His record would've exceeded over 9000 wins.

 

[Ogata]

heard great things re Max as well,
Gokor is a stud, even couple yrs ago at 50 could move so slow and tap guys like me and Jay Heiron.....because he can do it slow, people do not realize how good that actually makes him.

If he did, throw to heavy top game, transitions, and total body submissions would have been normal..........

a much better overall grappling game for MMA or Street than most of soft flop to butt bjj gyms teach

Right on! People forget that Gokor is also an AMAZING sambo/catch wrestler. His style is exciting and great for developing cardio since it promotes scrambles and creative ways of looking for submissions and that's thanks to the catch wrestling and the sambo.

 

[superpunch]

He was good but I can't see him beating someone like Royce Gracie. Royce subs him on the ground and it's pretty even standing up/ wrestling.

 

[BeardotheWeirdo]

Who knows? It would've been cool to see though.

I think he would've been one of the top guys.

Why didn't he compete in the early UFC's? Would Rorion have allowed him to compete?

 

[Ogata]

He was good but I can't see him beating someone like Royce Gracie. Royce subs him on the ground and it's pretty even standing up/ wrestling.

I am not sure about the ground game. I mean Royce is a legit master when it comes to ground grappling but when it comes to stand up grappling, its Gokor all day!