OLD SCHOOL BJJ MATCH: BJ Penn vs Edson Diniz Mundials 2000 IBJJF Finals
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2020
- This was the historical finals match from the 2000 IBJJF Worlds Championship where BJ Penn became the first American and non Brazilian, to win the worlds at black belt.
BJ Penn, also known as “The Prodigy” is an iconic figure in martial arts and combat sports in general having been the first American to ever win the World Jiu Jitsu Championship, he was also the second man to win UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) titles in two different weight categories (lightweight & welterweight). Amongst the incredible list of achievements accomplished by the Hawaiian, BJ Penn was also one of the fastest men to achieve the rank of black beklt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ( 3 years and 4 months).
BJ came from his family. All Penn’s brothers have “Jay” as their first name, when BJ was born they started calling him “Baby Jay” and soon shortened to “BJ”. People started calling him “The Prodigy” because of his fast rise to BJJ Stardom, winning the World BJJ Championships with 3 years and a few months of training.
BJ Penn was born on December 13, 1978 in Kailua - Hawaii. BJ was named Jay Dee Penn, just like his 3 older brothers (the youngest of the family, born after BJ was named Reagan). He is part of a wealthy Hawaiian family with Korean and Irish descent. When in his early teens BJ Penn started training as a way of releasing his hyper activeness, he started having grappling lessons from a neighbour Tom Callos who was a student of Ralph and Cesar Gracie. BJ Penn really enjoyed the classes and supported by his father, he decided to move to California to train with Ralph Gracie with whom he stayed until he was a purple belt.
Penn understood that he had a future in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and wanted to pursue his career by going to train in Brazil where the best competitors were, Ralph opposed to this decision and BJ decided to move to Brazil anyway, picking up training at the Nova União headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, there BJ had a chance to train with some of the best BJJ lightweights in history, grapplers like Leo Santos, Robson Moura and Shaolin Ribeiro. His Jiu Jitsu game rose exponentially, culminating in a Gold Medal at the Mundial (World Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Championships) in 2000, being the first American Born to win the prestigious tournament in the black belt division.
BJ Penn’s rise to black belt stardom was one of the fastest ever recorded. According to an interview given by BJ Penn, he received his black belt in 3 years and 4 months; 6 months to blue belt (Ralph Gracie), 1 year and 6 months more until he reached his purple (Ralph Gracie), 8 more months to receive his brown belt (Andre Pederneiras) plus 8 months to his black belt (Andre Pederneiras).
After his world title in BJJ, Penn started focussing on fighting MMA. He would excel at Mixed Martial Arts as well, becoming the UFC welterweight champion in 2004 and the UFC lightweight champion in 2008 against Joe Stevenson. He was on the Sherdog Top Pound 4 Pound MMA fighter list in 2008 and 2009 and is widely considered one of the best MMA lightweight fighters in the history of the sport.
Edson Diniz is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Rogério Poggio, who worked extensively with coaches Pitoco Jordan, Jorge Pereira, and Ricardo Libório while representing the InFight and American Top Team academies in both grappling and mixed martial arts (MMA). Diniz was widely regarded as one of the top jiu-jitsu athletes during the late 1990s / early 2000s era, a reputation earned with medals in the top tournaments of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF).
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We really take HD for granted….. still great to see such a classic BJJ competitor at his best.
Finally! For years the “finals” video on UA-cam was in fact not the finals. There was a couple unseen matches from BJs 2000 run. I believe he beat Soca on points and also someone else in a blue Gi if I remember seeing it on OTM back in the day. Let’s get those matches!
Yes he beat Soca and fredson Alves but I only have very short clips of those not full matches. The year before he fought tereré at brown belt
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ how did there terere fight go ?
@@benjaminicon4425 so I've never seen the match but heard it was fairly boring I think Terere won on advantage. Regardless of the action that match is like a unicorn 🦄
@@RiccardoAmmendoliaBJJ still love too see it ! Love your content btw , keeping doing The Lord’s work!
I was actually there competing as a young purple belt that year. Edson Dinis had a much tougher bracket leading to this match, but hey that’s tournaments.
That’s awesome Bradda!!!
Boa noite, vc tem mais lutas do mundial 99 e 2000 ?? Tô procurando Omar Salum x João Márcio Pontes
Been looking BJ Penn BJJ matches for such a long time, thank you so much!!!
Loving the old school matches my dude!
Thanks man appreciate that
11:05 veja a diferença para o Jiu jitsu Old School. Na oportunidade catou logo o pé para finalização, hoje só se ver pessoal querendo berimbolar ou fazer belas posições em busca de pontos apenas. Diversas vezes passam por possibilidade de finalização mas não o fazem.
É mesmo
Great !
@ 0:35 That was cold. Dude thought the staff member was going to pickup his hat. haha
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes!!!
;)
Riccardo Ammendolia I want all the nova uniao BJ challenge matches next!
@@gmel1084 ha ha me too!
The first non-brazilian black belt world champion was Joao Roque.
@@welldone2857 no Angola
Joao isn't brazilian what?
You could tell he was different even the crowd knew i bet all six ppl sitting in the stands could tell he was something special
did the other guy tap?
No he lost on points
I think I'm annoyed more people don't use the hbo intro. 🤔
Há ha ha