Judo Joe Riggs Gif?

[Ogata]

I remember Joe Riggs fought Jason Von Flue who is the inventor of the von flue choke. In the fight, Joe Riggs, nailed him with an EPIC Judo throw!

I say this because of the Karo thread and it reminded me that Riggs had some epic throws and badass ground and pound.


Pic of Riggs posing for Sherdog and online MMA fans with his lovely wife Lisa.

 

[DannyNL]

It's funny you remember Joe Riggs judoing someone, because the first thing that popped into my mind was that brutal judo throw Devela hit him with years back in Strikeforce

 

[freakyfarley]

He looks a lot like his wife

 

[lsa]

He looks a lot like his wife

they are actually cousins

 

[KnightfromtheWhiteland]

I think Judo is very underrated in MMA today. I really love the "pulling techniques" more than the pushing techniques because if you're very good at takedown offence via wrestling, it flows beautifully into your takedown defence as a form of offence. Most people are good at judo but suck at wrestling, or vice versa such as Ronda/Karo P. Would love to see someone who was very skilled at both in the UFC. In my mind I'm imagining a Fedor like grappler with Mark Coleman like shooting ability

 

[Ogata]

It's funny you remember Joe Riggs judoing someone, because the first thing that popped into my mind was that brutal judo throw Devela hit him with years back in Strikeforce

Not cool man!

Please remove gif because this is a Joe Riggs positive thread.

Thank you

He looks a lot like his wife

They are white people from a middleclass neighbor hood.

they are actually cousins

Proof?

I think Judo is very underrated in MMA today. I really love the "pulling techniques" more than the pushing techniques because if you're very good at takedown offence via wrestling, it flows beautifully into your takedown defence as a form of offence. Most people are good at judo but suck at wrestling, or vice versa such as Ronda/Karo P. Would love to see someone who was very skilled at both in the UFC. In my mind I'm imagining a Fedor like grappler with Mark Coleman like shooting ability

Karo had decent wrestling. Karo had a more diverse grappling background since he was also a catch wrestler and a sambo guy. While Ronda was more focused on the sport aspect of judo.

 

[RaskeDanzig]

It's funny you remember Joe Riggs judoing someone, because the first thing that popped into my mind was that brutal judo throw Devela hit him with years back in Strikeforce

Yeah, that's what I thought this thread was about when I clicked it haha

 

[WalkenWouldOwn]

 

[Ogata]

Yeah, that's what I thought this thread was about when I clicked it haha

Common don't be a dick dude!

 

[Muay Thai #1]

It's funny you remember Joe Riggs judoing someone, because the first thing that popped into my mind was that brutal judo throw Devela hit him with years back in Strikeforce

Exact same thought I had. He tapped to a Judo throw

 

[RaskeDanzig]

Common don't be a dick dude!

Ok

 

[RaskeDanzig]

Exact same thought I had. He tapped to a Judo throw

To be fair he injured his back on that throw pretty bad from what I remember

 

[Discharge Stephens]

That picture has to be airbrushed; Joe Riggs doesn't look 80 like he normally does.

 

[Thesnake101]

They are white people from a middleclass neighbor hood.

Reported for racism.

 

[MPD-Psycho]

Yeah the Devola fight was my first thought as well.

 

[Ogata]

Reported for racism.

 

[Les Vejtibals]

Joe Riggs had decent wrestling?!

Someone should have told him before one of his fights.

 

[cheesus]

Joe Riggs had decent wrestling?!

Someone should have told him before one of his fights.

Riggs always had decent wrestling, he wrestled D1 I believe. He always had great boxing though, very underrated boxing. He just had difficulties being putting in all together along with consistancy, personal issues/injuries and changed weight classes way too many times.

 

[Les Vejtibals]

Riggs always had decent wrestling, he wrestled D1 I believe. He always had great boxing though, very underrated boxing. He just had difficulties being putting in all together along with consistancy, personal issues/injuries and changed weight classes way too many times.

I saw him go one for one on takedown attempts in a bare knuckle gypsy boxing match.

 

[Ogata]

Riggs always had decent wrestling, he wrestled D1 I believe. He always had great boxing though, very underrated boxing. He just had difficulties being putting in all together along with consistancy, personal issues/injuries and changed weight classes way too many times.

I agree with his boxing. His dad put him in a boxing gym when he was 5 years old and what I have noticed when I got to MMA was that, Joe Riggs had a very traditional boxing stance while 99 percent of MMA fighters fought in a Thai kickboxing stance during the early-mid 2000s.