no doubt, very technical. But most people do not realize these kids have probably been training about a decade already. Don't get distracted by a "blue belt"
So he's been training since he was 6? Let's be real. The whole argument is that despite training, Geo should be experienced enough to have "seen it all." Clearly that's not the case, and the whole belt paradigm for competitors is shifting.
@@-CrampedStyle- Likewise, someone who has been training for the amount of time it takes to get a black belt (despite being a young blue belt out of formality) also "should" be experienced enough to have "seen it all."
I absolutely agree that he is performing way above his belt colour, however in bjj there are minimum age limits per belts and training times with those belts. EG you have to have a blue belt for at least 2 years before going to purple, and since min age for blue belt is 16 he will have to wait for two extra years
As in all martial arts, belts are usually a symbol of how much you've paid into the sport not how proficient you are. I wish it were different but because belt progressions are decided by individual associations, there are no worldwide standards for them. My brother for example is a blue belt at the moment, and despite the fact that he can beat every black belt in his area, he hasn't "been in the sport long enough" to earn a chance at testing for the next belt. Other martial arts are similar. That's not to say that black belt is meaningless, but generally if he's a black belt at a school A he might be worse than a blue belt from school B, C, D etc. They should either remove, or greatly change the belt system imo.
He’s an incredible athlete. I got to see him training at RPBJJ San Antonio. He’s been training literally his entire life. He isn’t a black belt because he’s 16... But in skill he’s a black belt no doubt. He’s a straight up gangster.
Age restrictions were introduced to avoid the watering down of BJJ black belts by creating junior black belts. While I generally agree with that sentiment, I do think that the current age restrictions are way too high. Every year we have new batches of blue belts tearing through black belts.
@@DMurdock yeah, pretty silly to make it so they have to be 19 and have minimum time requirements for each belt. If you're a real good young bjj person should get your purple at 15, brown at 16 with the possibility of getting your black on your 18th birthday. Instead of these kids belts and then restarting from blue at 16. So many kids that have been training for like 20 years by the time they're 15 and tear through everyone.
@@Joecool20147 Except 99% of kids who would get a black belt in karate and TKWD don't know diddly jack. BJJ isn't a daycare like TKWD and Karate has become in the states.
The new kids coming in with the high athletic speed plus strength are changing the game and I’m loving it. The slow technical bjj is nice but when these guys battle, that’s the real sport
Fr. I'm old now and dont roll like I used to. But that whole slow and methodical ideal is so old men can still hang, but In Reality, athleticism is half the battle if not more... if it wasnt why would the militaries of the world work so much on physical fitness
It also suggests that Bjj is still has much room left to evolve. Abate was much more athletic, but his technique was pretty cutting edge! Definitely deserves a promotion
@@sheeparebillygoats7221 that’s because Brazilian jiu jitsu was made by some of the most athletically ungifted people to grace martial arts lol also, it was a martial art that was extremely elitist. It was taught to the wealthy in Brazil. Made those lazy rich mfs feel bada$$ lol Back then, it was only gi. They took a lot from Luta Livre. Anyway, BJJ today isn’t even the same martial art lol if you go to Rickson’s school, for example, you’ll be surprised how different things are.
@@dfwherbie8814 yea, I'm familiar with the history. I went to a Gracie Barra school for a couple years and they focused more on tech for sure. But they rolled hard af.. I currently go to a caio terra affiliate now and We have 3 coaches and 2 of them are brown belts from different schools, and didnt learn under a caio terra program. 2 of the coaches are younger and go hard and will muscle in things sometimes. While head coach is very technical and goes soft and still rolls that ass up like easy work... but All 3 coaches teach differently. Its not so much the affiliate name the gym is under, it is more about each individual gym and coaches.. gracie barra didnt seem super focused on comp, but my current school is very competition oriented, so fitness is a big part of every class. It all depends on who is teaching.
Woah stop right there. Skill and potential is certainly present, no doubt about it. But beating a black belt does not automatically make you goat material. Agree or disagree? I'm open for conversation.
@@MoontrooperThey didn't say he's the goat. They said he has everything needed to eventually become a goat potentially. You ever hear the expression bf material. A dude that has all the right moves and qualities. A women might say bf material or husband material. It's a figure of speech that means has the potential. Based on the qualities they display or character exc. In jiu jitsu context athleticism technique skill.
So great seeing cole’s success. I used to train at the gym that cole started in. From yellow to orange to now you always saw the focus in this kid to get better. He has been blessed to have an awesome father who has supported his dream. Best move was leaving San Antonio to Art of Jiu Jitsu.
Nice to see young talent in action. This is the way it is supposed to be as it leads to further development of techniques and overall growth of our beloved art. Congratulations!
think jiu jitsu is shifting more towards grappling arts in general. this is a young mans sport. i know coz after rolling hard with 4-5 blackbelts, and i roll with a fresh young blue belt...im going to have a tough time
To my eye it would have served Geo better if he disengaged from that leg entanglement rather than thinking he could sprawl through it with head control - made the mistake of thinking he could win a better position from a worse one rather than resetting and getting better position from neutral
Geo hasn’t been the same since he choked Haisam. He tries to wrestle but never commits. Plays top and just lays there. You can’t keep saying “Im gonna give everyone a show” and be as boring as he’s been since the Rida choke
@@nintendogamer5472yeah cuz we should totaly stop kids from training so they dont get too good, or give them a black belt by the age of 12 lol its not cole's fault that he has more time on the mats than most people. it also has nothing to do with nationality since nothing is stopping a young american from training 2,3x time a day since the age of 4. Nothing except lazyness
@@supern0is349 I said nothing negative about Cole he is a stud. He is definitely a brown or blackbelt stuck cause of age. It happens to a lot of people who are not age restricted, and your right sandbagging isn't limited to nationality, but I have seen it big time over my 18 years in the sport from teams like atos, aoj, and many others. Which I like cause belts have been watered down by teams like Gracie Barra belt factory, most of the blackbelts that come thru our open mat are purple belts at best. Sandbagging raises the standard back up.
@@williamfranco7526 besides the age BS, most schools won't over-promote their good competitors. It builds a name for the academy. Though where he came from didn't need that...Rodrigo Penheiro BJJ.
This is like anything else in these times where kids have so many resources that they have been able to raise the level greatly. Not just BJJ, check out guitarists, skateboarders, and even little league sports.
BJJ age restriction on belt promotion is outdated. In Judo, only BB division champion that counts and other competition is considered developmental. Therefore, purple & brown belt and juvenile can compete in BB division with instructor signs off to gain experience. If the kid consistently beating BB at tournament, he should be promoted to BB. I never seen sandbagging in Judo and wrestling.
@@Cruzylife This is the new trend and will be the norm as Jiu-jitsu reaches its maturity. The same thing happened in wrestling and Judo. The new generation starts training at the age of 4 under best of the best and these kids have more training and competition experience than most of adult black belts.
@@KS-ru3bi this kid is still an exception. The vast majority of kids are NOT this kid. The age restriction makes sense for the lions share of kids that do Jiu Jitsu. You don’t want to start handing black belts to kids, that’s the path to McDojoville
@@matthewthehawk1066 What do you mean by this comment? In real combat sports, anyone has the capability of beating anyone else. Do you mean that Cole should already be a black belt? If so, I agree, but general sentiment has been that juveniles can only get their blue at 16, so he's only a blue belt because of age restrictions.
The blue belt comes from a very strong gi jiujitsu background, training under the Mendes brothers. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to train in the gi in order to develop your jiujitsu technique. The gi game is more technical than the no gi game, sweat and being slippery are not elements than can help you evade bad situations and as a result, in the gi your technique becomes extreme sharp. That is why Cole was able to take off the gi and enter this competition and do very well
I don’t know about all martial arts, but Bjj is one of the very few arts that have age restrictions. I’ve been training for years and it’s all about the money.
Black belt in bjj is much more than skills on the mat is why. It's also a development of character and discovering more about yourself and the way you live your life, which also comes with age and life experience
I just don’t understand why we just don’t promote them to a black belt for situations like this. I get trying to keep tight regulations so the belts don’t lose value, but we always have the anomaly and if someone clearly deserves it we should award it.
These guys are masters of sport with so much technical proficiency but man to the casual eye the sport is more boring than watching golf. Something has to change. Maybe ad strikes like EBI but this is just mundane.
Man this 16 years old kids are real pain. They are training for 10 years and just got a blue belt because of the age :D in final game l got choked by 15 years old kid in white belts division. That day he won 8 fights in different weight categories 😁😁
I feel like gio just wanted to get out of there the whole match, all of his attacks were basically just to stop cole from attacking except for the kimura attempt. Such an interesting sport. Either the hunter or the prey
Yeah, kids like that are only blue belts because of time requirements in each belt. At 16 he's probably recently promoted from Green Belt. I guarantee he'll be getting each promotion at the minimum time from here on out. He's a badass.
@@lewciferistic yes there is an age requirement for certain belts. Thats why you never see a child in jiujitsu wearing a blackbelt, this aint Karate. 16 is the minimum age requirement for Blue and 19 for Black
LOL at all the comments saying "he is not a blue belt, he is actually a black belt" No, he IS actually a blue belt, just because he is able to beat a lot of black belts doesn't mean he is one. A belt doesn't mean you can beat every belt below you or can't beat people with belts above you, it is earned over time and due to age limits he still has a blue belt. That's just the way it is, all the people commenting otherwise can not like it but they're wrong to disagree with the simple fact that he's a blue belt. Even the announcers say it
I’ve always said if you come up through the kids rankings blue belts should have indicators on them. For nogi it should be called blue/black or juvenile blue. My son is six years in by the time he’s 16 he’ll be 10 years in..
John Danaher said it the best.... A blue in his gym is likely better than a 2nd degree black belt in another gym. Don't let those belts fool you.... Where they train will tell you whether the belt is an applicable representation of their skill set. Also, we're now seeing a generation rise that's been training since they were 6, given the popularity and rise of Brazilian Jujitsu in this country and around the world. And im obviously not knocking on the great Geo Martinez.
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“How old are you?”
Cole: “16”
“Mf you look 30”
YUP
yeah they dont test for PED's in BJJ its so unfair
Lol at the badboys2 reference.
who the fuck is Reggie
underrated comment
no doubt, very technical. But most people do not realize these kids have probably been training about a decade already. Don't get distracted by a "blue belt"
Yes
Literally the most logical and rational comment made. Thank you. FloGrappling tends to use exaggerated titles.
So he's been training since he was 6? Let's be real. The whole argument is that despite training, Geo should be experienced enough to have "seen it all." Clearly that's not the case, and the whole belt paradigm for competitors is shifting.
@@-CrampedStyle- Likewise, someone who has been training for the amount of time it takes to get a black belt (despite being a young blue belt out of formality) also "should" be experienced enough to have "seen it all."
I was coming here to say this. Kid has probably been training for 10 years and competing at a high level too. He's only a blue belt because of his age
The kid has been training for 7 or so years at this point. He's definitely not just a blue belt.
I absolutely agree that he is performing way above his belt colour, however in bjj there are minimum age limits per belts and training times with those belts. EG you have to have a blue belt for at least 2 years before going to purple, and since min age for blue belt is 16 he will have to wait for two extra years
Try about 10+ years, not 7.
As in all martial arts, belts are usually a symbol of how much you've paid into the sport not how proficient you are. I wish it were different but because belt progressions are decided by individual associations, there are no worldwide standards for them. My brother for example is a blue belt at the moment, and despite the fact that he can beat every black belt in his area, he hasn't "been in the sport long enough" to earn a chance at testing for the next belt. Other martial arts are similar. That's not to say that black belt is meaningless, but generally if he's a black belt at a school A he might be worse than a blue belt from school B, C, D etc. They should either remove, or greatly change the belt system imo.
12 years... longer than Geo
I been training for 13 years and I’m still a blue belt
misleading title… The kid is a blue belt because of age restrictions NOT because of skill level. Dude is a legit no-gi black belt.
Just used clickbait to reach more views btw the kid train since he has 8 years old so..
How is it misleading? Regardless if he’s trained for 20 years, he’s technically a blue belt.
@@jj691 BECAUSE HES BEEN TRAINING FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF YEARS AS A BLACK BELT SO THEREFORE HE IS NOT AN ACTUALY BLUE BELT !!
@@holywoof6419 He is a blue belt therefore he is a blue belt, lmao. It really is just a technicality tho
@@jj691 TRIGGERED
He’s an incredible athlete. I got to see him training at RPBJJ San Antonio. He’s been training literally his entire life. He isn’t a black belt because he’s 16... But in skill he’s a black belt no doubt. He’s a straight up gangster.
Probably 8 years training as a kid at the best years to learn a new skill so probably a black belt to be honest
He trained since he was 4 so yeah basically a black belt.
Age restrictions were introduced to avoid the watering down of BJJ black belts by creating junior black belts. While I generally agree with that sentiment, I do think that the current age restrictions are way too high. Every year we have new batches of blue belts tearing through black belts.
@@DMurdock yeah, pretty silly to make it so they have to be 19 and have minimum time requirements for each belt.
If you're a real good young bjj person should get your purple at 15, brown at 16 with the possibility of getting your black on your 18th birthday.
Instead of these kids belts and then restarting from blue at 16. So many kids that have been training for like 20 years by the time they're 15 and tear through everyone.
@@roryvanderleeden7675 math isn’t your strong suit
@@reigninblood123 haha I'll admit that before anyone else
The next generation of grapplers is fucking insane in all grappling arts, jiu-jitsu, wrestling, judo etc
Because of men leading men you get excellence otherwise you only get mass school shootings
Absolutely insane. Seeing more and more of this. Excited for the next decade in grappling we're gonna see some crazy stuff.
Not really. What you see now is pretty much what you will get 10 years from now.
@@robmen1402 that’s exactly what I’m saying. The only reason it feels different is because technology makes it more known
Mica galvao was tapping out black belts as a junior green belt. These young guys are beasts
See this proves that Karate and TKWD had it right the whole time. 12 year olds should be able to have black belts
@@Joecool20147 Except 99% of kids who would get a black belt in karate and TKWD don't know diddly jack. BJJ isn't a daycare like TKWD and Karate has become in the states.
These new kids are training so young by the time they’re 17 they are already 10+ years deep in the game
Yup everybody is a beast, until Gordon ryan or anybody from the bbs comes along
@@damontan4749 The Bonobo Bang Squad? Yeah, they're solid..
The new kids coming in with the high athletic speed plus strength are changing the game and I’m loving it. The slow technical bjj is nice but when these guys battle, that’s the real sport
Fr. I'm old now and dont roll like I used to. But that whole slow and methodical ideal is so old men can still hang, but In Reality, athleticism is half the battle if not more... if it wasnt why would the militaries of the world work so much on physical fitness
It also suggests that Bjj is still has much room left to evolve. Abate was much more athletic, but his technique was pretty cutting edge! Definitely deserves a promotion
@@sheeparebillygoats7221 Roger Gracie nuff said
@@sheeparebillygoats7221 that’s because Brazilian jiu jitsu was made by some of the most athletically ungifted people to grace martial arts lol also, it was a martial art that was extremely elitist. It was taught to the wealthy in Brazil. Made those lazy rich mfs feel bada$$ lol Back then, it was only gi. They took a lot from Luta Livre. Anyway, BJJ today isn’t even the same martial art lol if you go to Rickson’s school, for example, you’ll be surprised how different things are.
@@dfwherbie8814 yea, I'm familiar with the history. I went to a Gracie Barra school for a couple years and they focused more on tech for sure. But they rolled hard af.. I currently go to a caio terra affiliate now and We have 3 coaches and 2 of them are brown belts from different schools, and didnt learn under a caio terra program. 2 of the coaches are younger and go hard and will muscle in things sometimes. While head coach is very technical and goes soft and still rolls that ass up like easy work... but All 3 coaches teach differently. Its not so much the affiliate name the gym is under, it is more about each individual gym and coaches.. gracie barra didnt seem super focused on comp, but my current school is very competition oriented, so fitness is a big part of every class. It all depends on who is teaching.
The kid has insane skill and potential. Goat material right there
Woah stop right there. Skill and potential is certainly present, no doubt about it. But beating a black belt does not automatically make you goat material. Agree or disagree? I'm open for conversation.
Goat material? That doesn’t even make sense. Either you are the greatest of all time or not. No material.
@@MoontrooperThey didn't say he's the goat. They said he has everything needed to eventually become a goat potentially. You ever hear the expression bf material. A dude that has all the right moves and qualities. A women might say bf material or husband material. It's a figure of speech that means has the potential. Based on the qualities they display or character exc. In jiu jitsu context athleticism technique skill.
Nicky Ryan disagrees
@@Cennor11 black belt under Rafa isn’t your regular bb.
He beats up black belts all day. Amazing skills. His dad has really supported him in his Jiu Jitsu dreams.
Dad? This 16 yo kid?
@@juntjoonunya9216 maybe they meant he has a great dad?
@@gonzalorocha or he's a prodigious young man in all aspects of manhood
@@juntjoonunya9216 hes already a great father to some black belts
@@dominikdunst4465 lol
So great seeing cole’s success. I used to train at the gym that cole started in. From yellow to orange to now you always saw the focus in this kid to get better. He has been blessed to have an awesome father who has supported his dream. Best move was leaving San Antonio to Art of Jiu Jitsu.
Nice to see young talent in action. This is the way it is supposed to be as it leads to further development of techniques and overall growth of our beloved art.
Congratulations!
Kids these days. 😂
Sippin that capri sun ya dig
You too watch wrestling videos when not playing guitar, respect🙏🏻
😂😂😂
Riight, what are they on!
What the hell are you doing here?
I tapped 4 times just by looking at those heel hooks.
think jiu jitsu is shifting more towards grappling arts in general. this is a young mans sport. i know coz after rolling hard with 4-5 blackbelts, and i roll with a fresh young blue belt...im going to have a tough time
Cole is my nephew, we are so proud of him!
Thanks for uploading this amazing content! Just pls don’t spoil the ending. That ruins the excitement quit a bit.
Agreed!
Gotta get the clicks broski
It must get them more clicks
And it's kinda uncool for Geo
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Last generations warriors are becoming incredible coaches and taking new talent and pushing the sport forward.
When the commentator made training with people who spoke Portuguese a qualification I LoLd
My gym had a 16 year old blue belt that started traiing at 5. Its not even fair how good he is.
Man that was a deep heelhook attempt from Cole. Kudos to Geo for getting out of that one. The future of grappling is bright!
That leg lock defense from geo was insane.
if you train for almost 10 years full-time, belt colors don't matter!
This guy knowing Portuguese at 16 being born in America and calling him a blue belt is like the ultimate sleeper car street racer.
To my eye it would have served Geo better if he disengaged from that leg entanglement rather than thinking he could sprawl through it with head control - made the mistake of thinking he could win a better position from a worse one rather than resetting and getting better position from neutral
Geo hasn’t been the same since he choked Haisam. He tries to wrestle but never commits. Plays top and just lays there. You can’t keep saying “Im gonna give everyone a show” and be as boring as he’s been since the Rida choke
sshhh
I like how hard they went it became entertaining. Not boring...they went hard and explosive.
I got annihilated by a 16 year old green belt the other day so this makes me feel better I guess.
Lol welcome to the club mate 😁😁😁 Im so happy to see this video, so I can show it to my friends and they will stop laughing at me 😁😁😁
The new generation grapplers are the next step on the evolution of the art
Lmfao. Been training since he was 4? Yea. Blue belt.
That’s 8 years in. Brown belt / black belt time . Very good point. Blue belt in rank only
you can only go as high as blue as a 16 year old.
@@robertcunningham6592 Brazilian love to sandbag, when their blue belts beat blackbelts it is good for business.
@@nintendogamer5472yeah cuz we should totaly stop kids from training so they dont get too good, or give them a black belt by the age of 12 lol
its not cole's fault that he has more time on the mats than most people.
it also has nothing to do with nationality since nothing is stopping a young american from training 2,3x time a day since the age of 4.
Nothing except lazyness
@@supern0is349 I said nothing negative about Cole he is a stud. He is definitely a brown or blackbelt stuck cause of age. It happens to a lot of people who are not age restricted, and your right sandbagging isn't limited to nationality, but I have seen it big time over my 18 years in the sport from teams like atos, aoj, and many others. Which I like cause belts have been watered down by teams like Gracie Barra belt factory, most of the blackbelts that come thru our open mat are purple belts at best. Sandbagging raises the standard back up.
I'm a blue belt. After seeing this. I'm convinced there's no need to train anymore 😎
Legend hahahahs same
lololololol
@ Cole has trained with many of the best in the sport.
@@vids595 Haha I was joking. Wait for real? why has he not been promoted??? he should be a blackbelt right???
@@williamfranco7526 besides the age BS, most schools won't over-promote their good competitors. It builds a name for the academy. Though where he came from didn't need that...Rodrigo Penheiro BJJ.
This is like anything else in these times where kids have so many resources that they have been able to raise the level greatly. Not just BJJ, check out guitarists, skateboarders, and even little league sports.
Imagine that Cole has spent at least half his time training in the Gi as well, meanwhile Geo has been training 100% Nogi since he started.
We are witnessing the future of grappling, lots of upsets lately daannngg
These young kids are getting damn good at BJJ. Belt doesn't mean shit. Look at the Ruotolo brothers.
Cole is scary and has a bright future!
AOJ is just starting to collect its prizes. After years of work, they will change the game.
BJJ age restriction on belt promotion is outdated. In Judo, only BB division champion that counts and other competition is considered developmental. Therefore, purple & brown belt and juvenile can compete in BB division with instructor signs off to gain experience. If the kid consistently beating BB at tournament, he should be promoted to BB. I never seen sandbagging in Judo and wrestling.
No, this is a rare exception. Otherwise the belt restriction makes sense
@@Cruzylife This is the new trend and will be the norm as Jiu-jitsu reaches its maturity. The same thing happened in wrestling and Judo. The new generation starts training at the age of 4 under best of the best and these kids have more training and competition experience than most of adult black belts.
@@KS-ru3bi this kid is still an exception. The vast majority of kids are NOT this kid. The age restriction makes sense for the lions share of kids that do Jiu Jitsu. You don’t want to start handing black belts to kids, that’s the path to McDojoville
These up an coming juvenile's are truly something else🤙
Definitely my favorite match of the event. And Cole's was the most impressive overall performance.
When 1 coach is training while the other coach is smoking it up with Joe Rogan
I knew he would be a beast couple months back but beating geo !! Wow !!
Blue belts shouldnt be beating black belts
@@matthewthehawk1066 What do you mean by this comment? In real combat sports, anyone has the capability of beating anyone else. Do you mean that Cole should already be a black belt? If so, I agree, but general sentiment has been that juveniles can only get their blue at 16, so he's only a blue belt because of age restrictions.
@@matthewthehawk1066 There are Black belts and there are BLACK BELTS...
@@kovenmaitreya7184 - I think my comment was very clear. Cole is a rare talent and very aggressive. He should be a brown belt for sure.
@@matthewthehawk1066 Oh ok, I gotcha. Just making sure. Yeah we're on the same page. I think he's obviously at black belt level.
Was the video sped up at @2:17-2:30? Holy moly they are moving fast
Cole abate has some of the slickest no-gi jitz in the game its crazy how hes only 16......shiet is bananas
Wow. This rocket just now taking off. Poor Geo, keep your head up brotha.
I think his instructor should consider giving a purple belt.
This kid once flying armbared me in a tournament.
This kid is relentless
The new era has begun
14:55 when you're a Siamese twin and don't know who's limb it is
The blue belt comes from a very strong gi jiujitsu background, training under the Mendes brothers.
I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to train in the gi in order to develop your jiujitsu technique. The gi game is more technical than the no gi game, sweat and being slippery are not elements than can help you evade bad situations and as a result, in the gi your technique becomes extreme sharp.
That is why Cole was able to take off the gi and enter this competition and do very well
Lol no its not
Back in my day leg locks were legal only in purple belt and up... i feel old...
They both look 30
"Blue belt" lol good lord. They need to reassess what age you can qualify for a black belt lol
I don’t know about all martial arts, but Bjj is one of the very few arts that have age restrictions. I’ve been training for years and it’s all about the money.
Black belt in bjj is much more than skills on the mat is why. It's also a development of character and discovering more about yourself and the way you live your life, which also comes with age and life experience
@@SaltyJ3WBagles Thats a very good point
I just don’t understand why we just don’t promote them to a black belt for situations like this. I get trying to keep tight regulations so the belts don’t lose value, but we always have the anomaly and if someone clearly deserves it we should award it.
might be a blue belt, but is obviusly highly experienced grappler. And probably a big talent.
im a cole abate fan now. holy shiiiii!!
It’s BA,one hell of a accomplishment.
These guys are masters of sport with so much technical proficiency but man to the casual eye the sport is more boring than watching golf. Something has to change. Maybe ad strikes like EBI but this is just mundane.
That back take was some Danaher Deathsquad ish, so clean
Man this 16 years old kids are real pain. They are training for 10 years and just got a blue belt because of the age :D in final game l got choked by 15 years old kid in white belts division. That day he won 8 fights in different weight categories 😁😁
Can we quit calling him a blue belt lol
Can we get an ELO system already.
Scene is pretty darkly lit with sharp shadows just saying
Yup flo's production is absolutely abysmal
these up and coming teenagers are like a Mike Tyson skill if Tyson can breakdance...Fast skillful explosive and gr8 to watch..Modern bjj
16 year old? Dude is built like a fully grown 25 year old man.
He needs to be promoted right now to a black belt
Those Brazilian coaches gave this kid little more than just techniques. Dude is so juiced up, even I tested positive watching this.
Garcia, s guard there and moviment!!
Cole is awesome high level bjj and a blue belt only 16 dammm
that straight arm bar attempt even scared me lmao
Most schools are hesitant to give belts above blue to anyone under 17-18 years old. Don’t be fooled but the blue belt, kids a beast
Kids a fucking talent! This was a one sided blow out…
I feel like gio just wanted to get out of there the whole match, all of his attacks were basically just to stop cole from attacking except for the kimura attempt. Such an interesting sport. Either the hunter or the prey
This kid is legit
Yeah, kids like that are only blue belts because of time requirements in each belt. At 16 he's probably recently promoted from Green Belt. I guarantee he'll be getting each promotion at the minimum time from here on out. He's a badass.
this is every black belt nightmare, were they meet a solid blue belt that could be skipping belt when he goes for his next test level.
As corny as it sounds, there's definitely a difference between beating and submitting a black belt.
Props to both guys though - kids a beast
After that match Geo was limping and had to pull out of the competition.
He might have not tapped but resulted in some serious damage
Would have agreed with you if it wasn't for the fact that he had multiple locked in heel hooks that most people would tap to in training.
@@arxr-arxr true
Geo fell off. I remember 2 years ago he was looking unstoppable now he's looking like Anderson silva when he lost his mojo
Cole has blackbelt level jiujitsu , hes only a blue belt because he is 16, when he turns 19 he will get his black belt
Is there an age limit in regards to belts in traditional bjj? Because he's modern bjj bb in my eyes hanging with a guy of this experience.
@@lewciferistic yes there is an age requirement for certain belts. Thats why you never see a child in jiujitsu wearing a blackbelt, this aint Karate. 16 is the minimum age requirement for Blue and 19 for Black
Great LL attacks and defense. I think Geo messed received a knee pop or two.
I love this ruleset
I love how Geo’s legs are already so blown he won’t tap to anything legit. Gonna be hobbling in his 40’s.
AmZing. One of my favorite new grapplers
impressive match
That’s a scary 16 year old!
I just realized my dog must have trained in JJ before I adopted him. He scoots his ass across the ground just like these guys.
blue belt
with 10 years of jiu jitsu
LOL at all the comments saying "he is not a blue belt, he is actually a black belt" No, he IS actually a blue belt, just because he is able to beat a lot of black belts doesn't mean he is one. A belt doesn't mean you can beat every belt below you or can't beat people with belts above you, it is earned over time and due to age limits he still has a blue belt. That's just the way it is, all the people commenting otherwise can not like it but they're wrong to disagree with the simple fact that he's a blue belt. Even the announcers say it
Great match. GJ cole.
I love how everyone thinks the belt or time dictates the level.
I’ve always said if you come up through the kids rankings blue belts should have indicators on them. For nogi it should be called blue/black or juvenile blue. My son is six years in by the time he’s 16 he’ll be 10 years in..
This is no shock. Cole is an excellent player.
John Danaher said it the best....
A blue in his gym is likely better than a 2nd degree black belt in another gym.
Don't let those belts fool you....
Where they train will tell you whether the belt is an applicable representation of their skill set.
Also, we're now seeing a generation rise that's been training since they were 6, given the popularity and rise of Brazilian Jujitsu in this country and around the world.
And im obviously not knocking on the great Geo Martinez.
2:15 is that an underhook DLR to inversion?
The commentator is a fucking weapon!
Bjj has turned into straight up hh game... Crazy shit
- Can anyone explain why Geo doesn't wrestle? Does he know how to wrestle?
Love to see success in the up and coming, and love to see losers lose 😂 so this is just great to watch all around