Mel Gibson did armbar and triangle choke in Lethal weapon (1987) way before UFC 1 and Gracies

[fedja]

I always hear about UFC 1 bringing BJJ to US (or at least to wider public), but i recently (re)watched Lethal weapon 1 and Mel Gibson was doing armbar and triangle in 1987.

If actors knew about BJJ in 1987, how come Kimo, Dan Severn and Shamrock were surprised and unprepared for this ,,new,, fight style? Did they not watch movies?

Could Mel Gibson be sensei to mma fighters before the chosen one (Steven Sigal)?



Triangle is at 3:30 if you don't want to watch all video.

 

[welldone]

not a single pic or video..........?

 

[Midget Boxer]

Here before this gets moved to the lightweights

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

So there's no YT clip you can show us? To be honest I barely remember the movie.

 

[Paolo Delutis]

This would of been a much better thread with a video clip.



Also Brazilian jiu-jitsu and japanese jiu-jitsu and judo ..predate UFC 1 and 1987 and they all have triangles and armbars in their styles...

Thanks for coming out



Also YELLOW BELT CONFIRMED ( mans thought bjj started at UFC 1)

 

[acannxr]

The Gracie family are nothing but conmen whose only intention with the UFC was to commercialize the martial art they stole from Judo and claimed as their own innovation.

 

[Based and White Pilled]

Everyone knows Mel is the most recent master in a long line of collar and elbow practitioners.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

Maybe they didn't know about it because they weren't CIA Assassins like Martin Riggs.

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

 

[DS66]

Pretty sure armbars and triangles existed in Judo/Japanese Ju-jitsu long before UFC 1 and the Gracies popularized them in modern martial arts with Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

 

[Based and White Pilled]

The Gracie family are nothing but conmen whose only intention with the UFC was to commercialize the martial art they stole from Judo and claimed as their own innovation.

To be fair, they did innovate a bit... But they weren't the only ones in Brazil doing it. They've definitely gotten to where they are now more due to superior marketing than superior martial arts.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

This would of been a much better thread with a video clip.



Also Brazilian jiu-jitsu and japanese jiu-jitsu and judo ..predate UFC 1 and 1987 and they all have triangles and armbars in their styles...

Thanks for coming out



Also YELLOW BELT CONFIRMED ( mans thought bjj started at UFC 1)

I think he meant that most Americans did not know much about BJJ until UFC 1 came out.

 

[Crash Lance]

This thread is hilarious.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I always hear about UFC 1 bringing BJJ to US (or at least to wider public), but i recently (re)watched Lethal weapon 1 and Mel Gibson was doing armbar and triangle in 1987.

If actors knew about BJJ in 1987, how come Kimo, Dan Severn and Shamrock were surprised and unprepared for this ,,new,, fight style? Did they not watch movies?

Could Mel Gibson be sensei to mma fighters before the chosen one (Steven Sigal)?



Triangle is at 3:30 if you don't want to watch all video.

Wow that's pretty cool, thanks for sharing. Impressive by Mel.

 

[Simple Southerner]

 

[Based and White Pilled]

Thanks for posting.

Holy shit that was terrible <Lmaoo>

 

[Fossor]

Roman emperor Nero organized much better fights than Dana White. No fight was ever canceled and no fighter ever complained about his payment.

 

[Area809]

I always hear about UFC 1 bringing BJJ to US (or at least to wider public), but i recently (re)watched Lethal weapon 1 and Mel Gibson was doing armbar and triangle in 1987.

If actors knew about BJJ in 1987, how come Kimo, Dan Severn and Shamrock were surprised and unprepared for this ,,new,, fight style? Did they not watch movies?

Could Mel Gibson be sensei to mma fighters before the chosen one (Steven Sigal)?



Triangle is at 3:30 if you don't want to watch all video.

You’re welcome, casual lmao

 

[HNIC215]

Mel Gibson is a legend...

 

[BAM]

One of the few times I hope this is a troll thread. Because otherwise... yeesh.