Craig's training camp consisted of beers and throwing down with career martial artists in simulated self defense situations lmao His victory is obvious lol
Craig really showed the importance of mindset in self defense. Just being unflappable, not intimidated, quick on your feet with decisions etc. Obviously you have to have some skill too, but he really showed that the right mindset really goes a long way, even against highly trained opponents. Awesome job "regular guy"!
@CraigHunterTheRegAussieBloke you clearly have that mindset. You know you may not win. But, you're going to put a hurt on them so they'll remember you. That bar fight was the chefs kiss. You reacted perfectly with situational awareness. Did they spike my drink? Where can I put myself so that I don't get hit in the back. Leave the bar so tensions can cool down. Where is the nearest weapon. It's like looking in a mirror to every bar fight I've been in and seen. Thanks man for making the rest of us truck drivers look good.
he had a real chance to win, and his opponent might have held back because of his fight the next day. so it was the honourable thing to do. because how could he beat natan with less than 100, but how could he feel right going 100 if he knew his opponent wasn't? Us aussies are very much about fair fights, and especially craig's generation
I think you and Jesse underestimated the intensity of the fights and the fitness of your opponents. You can be glad that achampong was missing from injury, that jump in weight could have injured you guys
so glad i randomly stumbled across this, it might be my new favorite series. also craigs such a good fit for this show, as a regular dude, he likely brings the most real life experience for self defense situations, as he wouldnt have a distinct advantage over an attacker, and would be used to chaotic experiences, rather than clinical, well curated training. i hope you consider bringing a regular person on in future seasons, as craigs proved to be very entertaining, and a real underdog you want to root for
Craig has been an absolute beast in this! Who would have thought he would have placed second?! Out of all the high-level fighters, it really shows the fight that Craig has in him!
What an incredible show and I’m so proud to have been part of it! Thank you Rokas and Jeff, all the competitors, attackers and all of you for the support! 👊🏼🙏🏼
What i most love about contact sports, is that you see them fighting, trying to kill the other person or hurting them as much as possible. And 5 seconds later, a bell sounds and they are hugging and telling each other how much respect they have and so on... That´s beautiful
You did not become last, thats something. And you were only separated by a small margin from the third place. You showed guts and that is what mattered. Its actually more than expected maybe you should have gotten yourself more weapons in the challenges as a kobudo guy. I would have like ranton to swing around with a table like a shaolin stuff too, but maybe next time
My coach always said, "My favorite wrestlers aren't the most technical wrestlers. They are the ones that can get out there and just be physical and brawl." And Craig has gotta be the physical embodiment of that.
Great job! Another terrific event with great contenders, educational and entertaining scenarios, tremendous supporting cast, and some of the absolute best stuff on TH-cam. BZ, y'all.
At the begining I saw a lot of comments about wanting a "regular person" in every sporting event from now on. Now, after the season is over, I just want to see Craig Hunter in every sporting event just doing his best against professional athletes and still being very competitive 🤣 Gotta love the guy. Love the season, can't wait for season 3
Honestly, I'd watch that show. There have been versions of it done before, but usually it's "professional athlete tries other sports". I just want to see Craig out there trying Curling or Racketball or whatever.
He seems to have fighter's spirit of not being afraid to get hit and does have some rudimentary knowledge on technique. Fitness level also seems quite high and those two make him at least moderately dangerous foe to face.
Well done Natan, smart, skillful and knows when to go hard. That Jeff Chan fight with Natan was intense, it really showed how they both held back against everyone else.
@@dylannakandakarisugimoto6201 Handily. I think Jeff knows it too, but it's not his call. If you look at his sparring vid with Natan he breaks down just how much he was being outclassed there, but the organizers of this event aren't fight judges.
@@bensylver5113 yeah. Also he hit a hard punch on Jeff that Jeff heads bounced so hard that he stopped a second to breathe. For a moment I thought he was knockout
Outstanding job Rokus!!! You learned from season 1, and developed a wonderful challenge. I was pleasantly surprised to see season 2 was more organized with scoring and safety conscience towards the competitors and opponents. Well done, and I look forward to season 3!!! I do think that 25 minutes per episode feels about right. You could release condensed versions later. I also love the fact that your idea of a "regular guy" is a jacked Australian trucker, taking boxing lessons. As an American, it just made me smile. Keep up the good work!
Thanks all for this motivating entertainment! You've got small story lines, reality TV comments, amazing fighting skills, regular persons, martial arts secret humble killers, beasts, weird sponsorship pens. Time length (even though we want more). Everything is spot on. 10/10. We need more! Also I learned to always run at a knife fight..
Craig was absolutley INSANE! Wherever he didnt have raw skills in this series, he used down to earth methods to solve the situation other than physically. It's something to be proud of going against masters and actually standing hid ground. I wish him the best of luck!
I think it's because Greg probably has had some gnarly experiences in actual real bar brawls in his day... I've been to bars, pubs and clubs before and fights tend to break out quite often over petty things, though I've never been in any myself... But they do happen quite a lot when alcohol is involved... So it could be that Greg has experienced these as well and thus he just knows how to deal with such situations as well as also training in boxing
@@cyborgchicken3502 It's because their label on him as "regular person" is bit of deception to create the narrative. He does not have experience in sport and martial arts fighting... But he was prison fighter in the past, doing not so sport-like fighting against actual criminals. It feels bit disingenuous, despite knowing why they didn't really talk about that part.
i love the cast, i didnt dislike anyone. ranton's the lovable underdog, jesse's just a nice dude you can never go wrong with him, jeff is hilarious in a good way, jordan's spirit was admirable, natan's a powerhouse but is very kind and doesnt go for unecessary attacks, oh and theres craig just being craig
Ranton was a little out of his depth because he's not had much formal self defense training. Jesse was playing around a little more than competing. Craig was hilariously awesome just by being Australian. And... the other guys didn't leave as much of an impression for me, but they're cool too.
Awesome! This is the greatest series on TH-cam--hands down. I really appreciate everyone who was a part of this and made this happen. I truly hope this gains more steam and you all get greater success. Craig remains The Man!
Craig and Natan Were my 2 picks both did very well throughout all the challenges and hope to see them back is season 3. 👀 And good effort to everyone else that participated, you all did great!
Congrats to Natan for winning, Craig for defying everyone's expectations, and everyone who competed for making this such a great competition! This was awesome and inspiring to watch as everyone displayed good sportsmanship and had great attitudes. Looking forward to season 3!
Craig man, he may not have won, but he's a certified legend for going up against guys who're martial artists. And congrants on his boxing match win the!
Most epic series I've watched on TH-cam. The growth from the contestants especially the least experienced combat contestants. Not forgetting Jesse's take down attempts. Legendary
fr that whole thing was fight camp x100, scrapping that guy would have been nothing after going toe to toe with Natan on full blast even though I'm sure he was sore as hell walking into that ring
They are all just having fun and getting internet points. For a moment I thought Levi would cripple the sexual offender, as he probably would in a real life scenario.
To be completely honest, I have never been a fan of combat sports. On the first episode, the sportsmanship of the contestants had me hooked though. Thanks for my introduction and a great season. Cheers to the contestants!
It's like any other sport. Only that they put on a fake personality as part of the show. Well, in most cases. There are some bad apples, but you can find those in every sport. The majority of fighters are like this. Because at the end of the day, they're just people. Like everybody else.
This is great! I love this series! Lots of great self defence lessons being taught, but it's also great that everyone isn't taking themselves too seriously!
Thank you sooo much for this series!!! It‘s the absolute best to watch as a martial artist. The contenders in both seasons were super charismatic. I had tears im my eyes during that last episode!
Natan was a beast throughout. Even though my boy Craig didn't win, second is fantastic, dude's a beast. All were so entertaining and I've loved this season even more than S1.
Having finally watched the final episode, I'll drop my thoughts. 1st: thanks so much Rokas and team! This is such an event! Wonderful! The group of fighters was so great, but in Season 1, there was more opportunity to see their banter and interactions with longer episodes and extra challenges. Some of the filming of the challenges was quite heavily edited and therefore everything felt a little short and to the point. I felt that the first season covered a lot more in scope and it brought us close to the emotions of the people involved, also with a lot of teaching on self-defence mixed in. I am guessing that with having had long covid, plus breaking your leg, it must have been difficult to do the whole filming plus editing, but you still did a great job. Anyway, great job again!
Well done fellas. Also I agree with Natan 100% that Craig might legitimately be the most dangerous person here if he lands a good hit. That punch in the first episode hurt my neck watching it.
AWESOME!!! Congrats Natan! 🤜🤛 - That bus fight between Natan and Jeff... SOOO GOOD!! - Craig "the hunter" asking Natan to go 100% DAMN! - Jesse and Ranton carisma, such a nice guys! - Jordan sadly that knee, i feel bad for him, i got a similar injury and its ultra frustrating... - Jeff showed us why he was the last champion 💪
This season was awesome - the situations improved from last year and the cast was great too. One little thing that I’d love to have for season 3 would be a bit longer episodes, and maybe more behind the scenes. Some episodes felt rushed even though it looks like there was so much great material.
And over-edited. Do 15 s fights really need to be cut with interview footage? Just let the footage run! You can go back and slow mo important moments later and include interview snippets
@@master0fthearts894 I'm going to go on a limb here, I think Regular Person Greg probably has had his fair share of drunken bar brawls in his day and maybe that's why he's doing so well, he probably has real world experience
Missed this series when it 1st came round, binged watched both seasons in a couple of weeks!! Fantastic series and great for showing different self defence situations, ideas and tactics. Rokas has done an amazing job, definitely giving me ideas for my own self defence classes. All the contenders have gained a new follower in me, everyone has been amazing and I'm looking forward to see where you all go from here 😀 🥊🥊🔥🔥
This was amazing. Congrats to Nathan for Winning the USDC, and congrats to Craig for winning the boxing match, and congrats to Jesse for getting the golden pen. Everyone else are winners to me. Can't wait for Kevin in the 3rd season.
Awesome, my 2 picks for the contest ended up fighting 100%. Everyone was fantastic, but hell yeah Craig! Congrats to you on your boxing win. Congrats on the win, Natan.
There were some awesome bouts in there. And so much appreciation to everyone who took part in creating this amazing project! And to all the participants, incredible job. A bit of feedback on this episode, which maybe just came down to editing. The matchups and scoring are kind of confusing. Some of the guys had more fights in certain environments and it seemed like the draws were scored the same as a loss. Very fun and interesting to watch nonetheless, and as I said on an earlier episode the scores are secondary to me anyway.
Amazing series absolutely entertaining loved ever second of it. If i can say one thing i dont belive ANYone would disslike 30 min episodes would be welcome! Every second of this show i am LOCKED IN, checking for easter eggs, the interviews, the narration. Every aspect is Chefs kiss perfection
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KEVINNNNN Great season! Despite all the challenges this was a great season! All the credit to Jeff and the attackers and the extra camera people! Thanks Rokas!
finally!!!!!! IT's out!!! I like how you spread this over a few weeks, builds the hype. Most youtube videos are taken for granted now days, we continually consume without a break. Good to wait for something we know is great content. Thanks Rokas!
I don’t usually agree with this stance, but everyone really was a winner this season. They all went all for it and showed individual growth. Proud of each of them
When I heard Natan saying "I'm going to avoid his right hand since he can land it very hard." and Craig didn't have a game plan, I knew that Natan was going to win. Not in disrespect to Craig, it's just where fighting experience really comes into play. When you have no game plan, you usually tend to do worse because you're building it as you go while your opponent already knows how he wants to land his hits. Of course I don't think it's a bulletproof method of guessing a fight, it just really stood up for me from my experience in fighting. I love this show, can't wait until season 3 where my favorite Natan might be there to defend his self defense title.
gonna be honest, I think he got scored a little higher than he probably should have at points and I think with the injury they might have given a little more than otherwise.
I know you're just joking, but Jesse has a lot of research about bunkai in Karate, so there are many grappling moves hidden in Kata and other throws/sweeps that are allowed in his style's ruleset.
All participants will have taken so much from this, from Natan to Ranton. And all martial arts practitioners need to incorporate lessons from this show into their training, pressure testing, hard sparring, awareness, de-escalation, etc.
this was such a great ride, eagerly waited for every new episode. I've done several martial arts during my life, from regular and kickboxing to judo and jiu-jitsu, seeing them stacked up in real life scenario's was just an absolute JOY.
That was hella entertaining. Osu to all the contenders. Man Craig is no joke. He hits like a hammer and is smart too. Ranton in the shank tank was one of my highlights man. The boxing skill was mad good. That works. Such good fun this show all together. Everyone did insanely well.
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"hes literally trying to break my neck"... 5 seconds later... "Im just giving him a neck message" Im dead lmao
Best quote of the season.
*massage
"Twice my age, half my handsomeness.."
Never change, Jesse.
lolz
Love that immediately he's like "I wanted to go easy" and then gets raked over the chair and "choked out" haha
"I may not be the USDC but I do know how to use a pen."
Accidental surrender has to be the most Ranton thing I’ve seen in the series 😂
no answers? lemme fix that
He was punching so light, his opponent thought he was tapping out 😂
@@BeHelpfulNotHurtful It did look like he was tapping out even from a bystander's perspective
the respect there made me smile
That was called fight or flight and ole truck driver probably had him dazed, dude hits like a semi
"Craig won his first boxing match the following day"
Of course he won, what the heck, man's just way too good!
Craig's training camp consisted of beers and throwing down with career martial artists in simulated self defense situations lmao
His victory is obvious lol
Craig must have been "I went 100% with a UFC champion just yesterday, do you think You will scare me?"
@@wasabi5338😂❤🥊👊🏽💯
@@RichQ6666and got destroyed
Craig asking Natan no go 100% was some dragonball saiyan shit
😂
Some Goku shit fr
At this point I'm convinced Aussies are Sayians.
bro passed natan his last senzu bean
Nah and the fact he managed to land a shot straight to the head too. Crazy shit
I don't care what you say about Craig but that is no "regular person" that man is a beast
Agreed
the punches he threw have good technique, atleast better than me, the 'average person'
He's waayyyyyyy better than the average Joe in both strength and technique.
He did bareknuckle in prison and is a two stripe white belt hes definitely not the average person
@@JohnCena-vo4huHe's done bare knuckle boxing, they just say regular person cause it sounds funnier
Craig asking Natan to go 100% is such a *fucking* cool moment.
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So Aussie.
Did not expect anything less 🤝
Stone Cold Craig Hunter
That right hand he landed too...feel like could have been a knockout shot
That bus fight between Natan and Jeff looked straight out of a movie! So good!
Natan vs Jeff is like Batman vs Captain America lmao
that fight brought joy to my heart I was cheering at my laptop the whole time
Epic
If that leg for the head had hit.. oh man.
Reminded me of that Movie with the actor from Better Call Saul, Nobody?
Craig really showed the importance of mindset in self defense. Just being unflappable, not intimidated, quick on your feet with decisions etc. Obviously you have to have some skill too, but he really showed that the right mindset really goes a long way, even against highly trained opponents.
Awesome job "regular guy"!
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@CraigHunterTheRegAussieBloke you clearly have that mindset. You know you may not win. But, you're going to put a hurt on them so they'll remember you. That bar fight was the chefs kiss. You reacted perfectly with situational awareness. Did they spike my drink? Where can I put myself so that I don't get hit in the back. Leave the bar so tensions can cool down. Where is the nearest weapon. It's like looking in a mirror to every bar fight I've been in and seen. Thanks man for making the rest of us truck drivers look good.
12:37 "Domination! Complete domination!" Ranton just casually being a meme every episode 😂😂
"This... Is content!" Lmao
Bro, Craig is a madman, who the f*ck asks a professional UFC fighter to go 100%? Freaking legend!
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@@CraigHunterTheRegAussieBloke You're a fearless beast, truly inspirational
can we wrestle bro
"who the fck asks a pro UFC fighter to go 100%"
an australian lmfao
he had a real chance to win, and his opponent might have held back because of his fight the next day. so it was the honourable thing to do. because how could he beat natan with less than 100, but how could he feel right going 100 if he knew his opponent wasn't? Us aussies are very much about fair fights, and especially craig's generation
THE WHOLE EVENT WAS RIGGED 😤 (i used Shaolin technique #412: Dented Forehead)
You did great, Ranton. Even if you were last place on the leader boards, you were first place in our hearts!
the bus kicks were cool and still proud of ur shank tank performance
wude
I think you and Jesse underestimated the intensity of the fights and the fitness of your opponents. You can be glad that achampong was missing from injury, that jump in weight could have injured you guys
I watched this mostly cos of you man! YOU KILLED IT! Comeback? Please? Season 3 champ? Please?
I don't care if Ranton is last in points, he's first in our hearts.
Mr. Congeniality for sure!
So true
Tbf he didn't do bad either
Ofc for someone with attention span like him he has hard time to flip switch@@polodok9988
The other guys all had 50 lb on him
so glad i randomly stumbled across this, it might be my new favorite series.
also craigs such a good fit for this show, as a regular dude, he likely brings the most real life experience for self defense situations, as he wouldnt have a distinct advantage over an attacker, and would be used to chaotic experiences, rather than clinical, well curated training.
i hope you consider bringing a regular person on in future seasons, as craigs proved to be very entertaining, and a real underdog you want to root for
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Craig has been an absolute beast in this! Who would have thought he would have placed second?! Out of all the high-level fighters, it really shows the fight that Craig has in him!
''Are you punching me or are you tapping out?'' had me wheezing lmao
thats one hell of a taunt lmao
Please get straight into season 3, this has been my weekly muse and Ill be lost without it.
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@@SociallyIneptInvertebrate yeah i agree plz feed us more
@@MartialArtsJourneyTELL US THE DIFFERENT MARTIAL ARTS
Would love to see a high level Folkstyle Wrestler @MartialArtsJourney
@1llucion Well Wing Chun will definitely be 1 (nice)
What an incredible show and I’m so proud to have been part of it!
Thank you Rokas and Jeff, all the competitors, attackers and all of you for the support! 👊🏼🙏🏼
You rock man!
Great job! You earned every bit of that championship.
You are a real champion. Well deserved win.
Great Job ,Krav Maga rules. and magav :)
Great job man, you are a true warrior.
What i most love about contact sports, is that you see them fighting, trying to kill the other person or hurting them as much as possible. And 5 seconds later, a bell sounds and they are hugging and telling each other how much respect they have and so on... That´s beautiful
this is my first time seeing this ever and i can’t believe the level of sportsmanship. y’all are great
I was honestly hoping Craig wouldve picked up the keyboard 🤣
Same! :D
Dude I was so hoping for this. Straight up from the 2000 office rage memes.
100% wanted to see that as well!
He would be a true keyboard warrior
😂
People may disagree with the scoring, but we can all agree the right man won in the end!! 👏🥳🏆
Huge fan of yours, Jesse. I think you are just too nice in most of the rounds 😁. Oss!
You did not become last, thats something. And you were only separated by a small margin from the third place. You showed guts and that is what mattered. Its actually more than expected maybe you should have gotten yourself more weapons in the challenges as a kobudo guy. I would have like ranton to swing around with a table like a shaolin stuff too, but maybe next time
Id go with you 100% handsome man
Great display of your skills, Jesse!
It was awesome seeing you let loose a little on ranton. You're a hell of a fighter
Jordan still being in the top 3 even though he had to stop participating is insane!! He should definitely be reinvited for season 3
Yes agreed!
Ikr!!!!
Truly! 👊👊✊✊👏👏👏
Hes awesome man
Ya but he should punch too.
My coach always said, "My favorite wrestlers aren't the most technical wrestlers. They are the ones that can get out there and just be physical and brawl." And Craig has gotta be the physical embodiment of that.
Great job! Another terrific event with great contenders, educational and entertaining scenarios, tremendous supporting cast, and some of the absolute best stuff on TH-cam. BZ, y'all.
Thank you!
At the begining I saw a lot of comments about wanting a "regular person" in every sporting event from now on. Now, after the season is over, I just want to see Craig Hunter in every sporting event just doing his best against professional athletes and still being very competitive 🤣 Gotta love the guy.
Love the season, can't wait for season 3
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if this was a TV show Craig Hunter wouldve been definitely invited to several other shows
Honestly, I'd watch that show. There have been versions of it done before, but usually it's "professional athlete tries other sports". I just want to see Craig out there trying Curling or Racketball or whatever.
Pros vs Joes… errr Craig Hunter
He seems to have fighter's spirit of not being afraid to get hit and does have some rudimentary knowledge on technique. Fitness level also seems quite high and those two make him at least moderately dangerous foe to face.
Well done Natan, smart, skillful and knows when to go hard. That Jeff Chan fight with Natan was intense, it really showed how they both held back against everyone else.
For me, Natan won that fight
@@dylannakandakarisugimoto6201 Handily. I think Jeff knows it too, but it's not his call. If you look at his sparring vid with Natan he breaks down just how much he was being outclassed there, but the organizers of this event aren't fight judges.
@@dylannakandakarisugimoto6201 close one but nathan kick won it .
Natan made Jeff's head bounce to the window, what a solid hit
@@bensylver5113 yeah. Also he hit a hard punch on Jeff that Jeff heads bounced so hard that he stopped a second to breathe. For a moment I thought he was knockout
that spinning kick during the knife fight was the prelude for this end. Natan is a monster.
Outstanding job Rokus!!! You learned from season 1, and developed a wonderful challenge.
I was pleasantly surprised to see season 2 was more organized with scoring and safety conscience towards the competitors and opponents.
Well done, and I look forward to season 3!!!
I do think that 25 minutes per episode feels about right. You could release condensed versions later.
I also love the fact that your idea of a "regular guy" is a jacked Australian trucker, taking boxing lessons. As an American, it just made me smile.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks all for this motivating entertainment! You've got small story lines, reality TV comments, amazing fighting skills, regular persons, martial arts secret humble killers, beasts, weird sponsorship pens. Time length (even though we want more). Everything is spot on. 10/10. We need more! Also I learned to always run at a knife fight..
Craig was absolutley INSANE! Wherever he didnt have raw skills in this series, he used down to earth methods to solve the situation other than physically. It's something to be proud of going against masters and actually standing hid ground. I wish him the best of luck!
I think it's because Greg probably has had some gnarly experiences in actual real bar brawls in his day... I've been to bars, pubs and clubs before and fights tend to break out quite often over petty things, though I've never been in any myself... But they do happen quite a lot when alcohol is involved... So it could be that Greg has experienced these as well and thus he just knows how to deal with such situations as well as also training in boxing
@@cyborgchicken3502 It's because their label on him as "regular person" is bit of deception to create the narrative. He does not have experience in sport and martial arts fighting... But he was prison fighter in the past, doing not so sport-like fighting against actual criminals.
It feels bit disingenuous, despite knowing why they didn't really talk about that part.
@@esuilhe does have experience, he has a boxing fight coming up
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@@esuil What did Craig go to prison for? That dude is a beast
5:45
Ranton: "somehow Nathan guessed that"
hahaha 🤣
Guessed... reacted quickly... same difference!
@@hariman7727 No, the guy stood like five steps off the bar, it was obvious
i love the cast, i didnt dislike anyone. ranton's the lovable underdog, jesse's just a nice dude you can never go wrong with him, jeff is hilarious in a good way, jordan's spirit was admirable, natan's a powerhouse but is very kind and doesnt go for unecessary attacks, oh and theres craig just being craig
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I've liked all 6 in both seasons. Which is saying something, because I wasn't much of a fan of Icy Mike or Ramsay Dewey before that.
Ranton was a little out of his depth because he's not had much formal self defense training.
Jesse was playing around a little more than competing.
Craig was hilariously awesome just by being Australian.
And... the other guys didn't leave as much of an impression for me, but they're cool too.
They really need to defend a poor village against marauders
Awesome! This is the greatest series on TH-cam--hands down. I really appreciate everyone who was a part of this and made this happen. I truly hope this gains more steam and you all get greater success. Craig remains The Man!
Craig and Natan Were my 2 picks both did very well throughout all the challenges and hope to see them back is season 3. 👀 And good effort to everyone else that participated, you all did great!
Congrats to Natan for winning, Craig for defying everyone's expectations, and everyone who competed for making this such a great competition! This was awesome and inspiring to watch as everyone displayed good sportsmanship and had great attitudes. Looking forward to season 3!
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Jeff vs Natan bus fight was insane
I want it from multiple angles and in slow motion!!
Those two have incredible talent!
i gave the edge to natan, but it was so fucking fire.
@@DBZeniJeff landed a clean right on his chin which would of dropped him without the helmet
@@xwvr6656 Did you not see natan hit jeff so hard his head almost hit the window?
Craig man, he may not have won, but he's a certified legend for going up against guys who're martial artists. And congrants on his boxing match win the!
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Craig is the people's champion.
Craig's credentials:
two striped bjj blackbelt
boxer
australian
@@wasabi5338 boxer?? 😂😂
@@CraigHunterTheRegAussieBloke well you won the match mate lmao you should qualify as one 🤣
Most epic series I've watched on TH-cam. The growth from the contestants especially the least experienced combat contestants. Not forgetting Jesse's take down attempts. Legendary
True sportsmanship between those men they can hit each other in the body and head 100% and help each other up to a warm friendly hug so awesome
I feel like we need a bonus episode about Craig's boxing match. I'm just realizing the dude had the best camp haha
fr that whole thing was fight camp x100, scrapping that guy would have been nothing after going toe to toe with Natan on full blast even though I'm sure he was sore as hell walking into that ring
Most utmost respect to Natan and Jeff talking about and actually modulating their strength against the less experienced opponents.
It's also strategic. Don't want to burn out on a rest round.
They are all just having fun and getting internet points.
For a moment I thought Levi would cripple the sexual offender, as he probably would in a real life scenario.
To be completely honest, I have never been a fan of combat sports. On the first episode, the sportsmanship of the contestants had me hooked though. Thanks for my introduction and a great season. Cheers to the contestants!
Combat athletes have this public persona to generate hype, but you don't get good in this sport without getting humbled quite a bit along the way.
It's like any other sport. Only that they put on a fake personality as part of the show. Well, in most cases. There are some bad apples, but you can find those in every sport. The majority of fighters are like this. Because at the end of the day, they're just people. Like everybody else.
Likewise!!! Made me a fan of every one of them!
watch ultimate fighter, the interpersonal dynamics are very entertaining
This is great! I love this series!
Lots of great self defence lessons being taught, but it's also great that everyone isn't taking themselves too seriously!
Thank you sooo much for this series!!! It‘s the absolute best to watch as a martial artist. The contenders in both seasons were super charismatic. I had tears im my eyes during that last episode!
11:00 Finally seeing Nathan vs Jeff Chan was such a treat to my eyes. They did not disappoint
They have a fight posted on Jeff’s channel it’s sick
Incredible to watch and only 15 seconds
IKRR
Craig is a legend! This whole series is so great, I hope it goes for many more seasons.
Natan was a beast throughout. Even though my boy Craig didn't win, second is fantastic, dude's a beast. All were so entertaining and I've loved this season even more than S1.
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Having finally watched the final episode, I'll drop my thoughts. 1st: thanks so much Rokas and team! This is such an event! Wonderful!
The group of fighters was so great, but in Season 1, there was more opportunity to see their banter and interactions with longer episodes and extra challenges. Some of the filming of the challenges was quite heavily edited and therefore everything felt a little short and to the point. I felt that the first season covered a lot more in scope and it brought us close to the emotions of the people involved, also with a lot of teaching on self-defence mixed in. I am guessing that with having had long covid, plus breaking your leg, it must have been difficult to do the whole filming plus editing, but you still did a great job.
Anyway, great job again!
You did an amazing job editing these episodes whilst struggling with Long Covid. An amazing series. Can't wait for S3.
Well done fellas. Also I agree with Natan 100% that Craig might legitimately be the most dangerous person here if he lands a good hit. That punch in the first episode hurt my neck watching it.
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Huge thanks for everyone crowdfunding season 2! I’m so hyped for the third season, also I hope we will see a judo guy in season 3!
Shintaro Higashi would be great!
theres a kudo guy
@@jeanackle I agree 100%
Your Foley artist needs a pay raise, his/her work on all the episodes was the highlight for me.
Now this was entertainment. It's been quite some time since I've seen something so captivating and thrilling on TH-cam. Great Job.
AWESOME!!! Congrats Natan! 🤜🤛
- That bus fight between Natan and Jeff... SOOO GOOD!!
- Craig "the hunter" asking Natan to go 100% DAMN!
- Jesse and Ranton carisma, such a nice guys!
- Jordan sadly that knee, i feel bad for him, i got a similar injury and its ultra frustrating...
- Jeff showed us why he was the last champion 💪
This season was awesome - the situations improved from last year and the cast was great too. One little thing that I’d love to have for season 3 would be a bit longer episodes, and maybe more behind the scenes. Some episodes felt rushed even though it looks like there was so much great material.
Yeah you could easily get an hour of great entertainment out of this material. Slow-mos, analysis etc. Lots to talk about.
And over-edited. Do 15 s fights really need to be cut with interview footage? Just let the footage run! You can go back and slow mo important moments later and include interview snippets
yeah i was hoping for a zombie apocalypse event with these guys.
@@wasabi5338 I can understand why they didn't after the Ramsey Dewey incident though.
In every episode the “regular person” is drinking
And yet he still does incredibly well. 😂
@@master0fthearts894 I'm going to go on a limb here, I think Regular Person Greg probably has had his fair share of drunken bar brawls in his day and maybe that's why he's doing so well, he probably has real world experience
@@cyborgchicken3502he’s also 2 stripe bjj white belt and has striking experience. Definitely not the “average” guy lol
@@ishyali9455lmao 2 stripe belt bjj vs ufc fighter 😂
Two stripe is nothing though, and the amount of boxing same thing. Yes he does have an amateur match that happened right after this filmed though
Would sell a kidney for a season 3!
The cowrdfunding is now live! www.usdchampionship.com/support
Haha
Amateur I would sell both of mine for season 3
@@avichaiabramson8502 😆
@@MartialArtsJourney I’m so glad that this might be a reality!
I just loved this series- well done to all the contestants. Enjoyed this far more than I expected.
Missed this series when it 1st came round, binged watched both seasons in a couple of weeks!!
Fantastic series and great for showing different self defence situations, ideas and tactics. Rokas has done an amazing job, definitely giving me ideas for my own self defence classes.
All the contenders have gained a new follower in me, everyone has been amazing and I'm looking forward to see where you all go from here 😀 🥊🥊🔥🔥
This was amazing. Congrats to Nathan for Winning the USDC, and congrats to Craig for winning the boxing match, and congrats to Jesse for getting the golden pen. Everyone else are winners to me.
Can't wait for Kevin in the 3rd season.
best series on youtube.
Imagine the ss3 teaser at the end of the video showing Master Ken
These fighters are such a sweethearts my gosh. There interactions between them are so sweet
Awesome, my 2 picks for the contest ended up fighting 100%. Everyone was fantastic, but hell yeah Craig! Congrats to you on your boxing win. Congrats on the win, Natan.
Every single one of these guys were so likeable! You can only respect them all!
MIGHTY MOUSE FOR S3 CMON ROKAS LETS GO
Too unfair 😂
Mighty mouse🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I would like to see the greatest fighter against truck driver lol
That is an amazing idea
At this rate Aspinal may be available too
Congrats Natan!! 🎉
Craig you won our hearts you absolute legend. Hope to see more from you. Congrats to everyone who competed
Natan was an absolute boss, and a pretty awesome guy as well. Great series again Rokas - thank you!
There were some awesome bouts in there. And so much appreciation to everyone who took part in creating this amazing project! And to all the participants, incredible job.
A bit of feedback on this episode, which maybe just came down to editing. The matchups and scoring are kind of confusing. Some of the guys had more fights in certain environments and it seemed like the draws were scored the same as a loss. Very fun and interesting to watch nonetheless, and as I said on an earlier episode the scores are secondary to me anyway.
11:00 The MOST EPIC bus fight ever💥💥💥
Amazing series absolutely entertaining loved ever second of it. If i can say one thing i dont belive ANYone would disslike 30 min episodes would be welcome! Every second of this show i am LOCKED IN, checking for easter eggs, the interviews, the narration. Every aspect is Chefs kiss perfection
Pleas give us a season 3 LOL
this is the best series.
You can now support season 3! Just don't click on it before watching the final episode. It has a spoiler alert 😁 www.indiegogo.com/projects/ultimate-self-defense-championship-season-3/
Craig is the GOAT and this was awesome all the way through. Everyone really put on a show ✊🏾
KEVINNNNN
Great season! Despite all the challenges this was a great season! All the credit to Jeff and the attackers and the extra camera people! Thanks Rokas!
15:42 jesse is hilarious 😂 someone give this man a tv show already
He has an entire Channel, and it's quality
@@soulance8342 His trip to China to discover the origins of karate is an incredible documentary
4:18 *this fight was INTENSE*
I've watched 5 times!!
loved it!!
My boy ranton got man handled this episode😭 hate to see it but still proud of him❤
he had potential to turn the jeff chan bus fight around ngl still proud of him
I never knew how much I needed this in my life, thank you for making this man
Craig asking Natan for %100 is a proper anime moment, ranton still a legend
This is the most enjoyment I've had watching something on TH-cam in years
finally!!!!!!
IT's out!!!
I like how you spread this over a few weeks, builds the hype. Most youtube videos are taken for granted now days, we continually consume without a break. Good to wait for something we know is great content.
Thanks Rokas!
I don’t usually agree with this stance, but everyone really was a winner this season. They all went all for it and showed individual growth. Proud of each of them
@@Roninfop all of em are winners, some just won harder than others
Amazing series! Binged all of season 2 in a day, totally hooked!
Found this series by accident but found myself smiling and laughing a lot through it, a lot of cool moments 👍🔥
When I heard Natan saying "I'm going to avoid his right hand since he can land it very hard." and Craig didn't have a game plan, I knew that Natan was going to win. Not in disrespect to Craig, it's just where fighting experience really comes into play. When you have no game plan, you usually tend to do worse because you're building it as you go while your opponent already knows how he wants to land his hits. Of course I don't think it's a bulletproof method of guessing a fight, it just really stood up for me from my experience in fighting.
I love this show, can't wait until season 3 where my favorite Natan might be there to defend his self defense title.
Literally never been so excited for a video 🙏🏼🙏🏼👑👑
Can we talk about how Joden didn't participate in 28.6% of the challenges and still made 3. place
Bro i saw him get hurt and then saw he was in the lead and was puzzled
Just shows how elite he and his BJJ were.
We definitely need him back
@@IoanCenturion ong
gonna be honest, I think he got scored a little higher than he probably should have at points and I think with the injury they might have given a little more than otherwise.
Craig is definitely That Friend that everybody introduces as "The Man, The Myth, The Legend"
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I'm happy that Natan won. I hope Season 3 will come sooner.
Jess - Karate Master.
Jess in any situation of real Danger here - Takedown, Takedown and Takedown even tried Takedown a MMA fighter.😂😂
The ground and pound he put on Ranton 😮
He kicked a wall, that's pretty karate for me
I know you're just joking, but Jesse has a lot of research about bunkai in Karate, so there are many grappling moves hidden in Kata and other throws/sweeps that are allowed in his style's ruleset.
All participants will have taken so much from this, from Natan to Ranton. And all martial arts practitioners need to incorporate lessons from this show into their training, pressure testing, hard sparring, awareness, de-escalation, etc.
You managed to get such great personalities on board for this season! I love to see the humility and respect all the athletes have for each other
this was such a great ride, eagerly waited for every new episode.
I've done several martial arts during my life, from regular and kickboxing to judo and jiu-jitsu, seeing them stacked up in real life scenario's was just an absolute JOY.
Ranton wins the saying of "welcome to the ultimate self defense championship" award
Nathan vs Jeff was legendary!!
Last season: 10x better than netflix
This season: Also 10x better than netflix
why do you hate netflix so much
That was hella entertaining. Osu to all the contenders. Man Craig is no joke. He hits like a hammer and is smart too. Ranton in the shank tank was one of my highlights man. The boxing skill was mad good. That works. Such good fun this show all together. Everyone did insanely well.
This series was a masterpiece. Craig the people's champ showing us everything is possible