Keenan Rolls With Rafael

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Just uploaded today. Didn't see it on here.



Keenan looks like he's been training for awhile before this particular roll.

 

[Was at Pride GP 2000]

Is that Nick the Tooth in the background

 

[trustdoesntrust]

Just uploaded today. Didn't see it on here.



Keenan looks like he's been training for awhile before this particular roll.

Isn't this from their training camp for ADCC 2013? I recall much discussion around that time.

 

[BJJ_Rage]

going no gi with rafa and trying to pass his guard is just a waste of time seems like...

 

[Rico]

Looks like Keenan was trying to work something in particular the first half of that vid

 

[Pizdek]

no white shorts and rash guards... I'm disapoint.

 

[GordoBarraBJJ]

Isn't this from their training camp for ADCC 2013? I recall much discussion around that time.

Not sure - it was posted just yesterday on the youtube page.

 

[mataleaos]

Not sure - it was posted just yesterday on the youtube page.

It's one of the 3 or 4 rolls they posted back after the 2013 ADCC training camp with rafa and keenan.

 

[selfcritical]

Rafa is clearly a witch.

 

[Leify]

Keenan looks exhausted. I'm not sure if the Mendes Bro's have a bad habit of posting videos of them sparring with tired high level guys, or it's just that they themselves never look/get tired.

 

[GracieMMABarra]

Never get tired.

 

[yetanother]

It's lame they post footage with them rolling with exhausted opponents.

 

[nefti]

the medez bros have been called out for only posting vids of them winning before. Keenan is clearly exhausted in this vid.

 

[yetanother]

the medez bros have been called out for only posting vids of them winning before. Keenan is clearly exhausted in this vid.

It has been claimed that a lot of the time they roll with the visitors after they have been tired by fighting everyone else.

 

[mike sherry]

i usually find myself watching the lower belts in the background of these videos because what they're doing is easier for me to understand, lol

 

[brendan raedy]

The Mendes Bros have lost matches, it's not like they are invincible. I respect Eddie Bravo and Rener Gracie a lot because on their websites, they post all their live rolls, including when they are exhausted, and even of them getting scored on or tapped. If you train to exhaustion, you get scored on or tapped. I don't care who you are. That might not happen in front of regular AOJ students but rather in closed door sessions, but it 100% does happen.

I don't know who does the video editing and content structure for AOJ, but my guess is it is not the Mendes bros. My assumption is that the person running their business makes those calls, including editing out or just not sharing videos that make the Mendes bros appear anything less than invincible. And we don't know whether or not the Mendes bros are cool with it. All that said, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth all the same.

 

[BajaMaliKnindza]

They did the same thing with Luiz Panza a few years back after he won the Pan Ams.

I dont know if the mendes bros themselves make the call to put those videos up, but regardless its poor form.