ANY OF THE GRACIES! Relson, Renzo, Hoyce etc. Ask ANY OF THEM. They will tell you.
John Petrone will put his system up against anyone's. And he has. Hence why he has the reputation of a "thug" in the martial arts community. Moreover, VAJ is a self defense system. Not a fighting system. If you can't understand the difference then keep doing your little wing chun crap. People would get maimed for life. Also Johnn Petrone has fought in Vale Tudo and has grappled with a few of the Gracies and I believe Ken Shamrock. VAJ is growing in popularity. BJJ is bullshit. It's a fad. The Gracies are great business people half the time and full of shit half the time. Put those two together and you can make millions in America just ask Barney Madoff. David James is a very humble person. It's like bodybuilding.......no one wants to see a natural bodybuilder. Well no one is going to pay for an MMA fight that lasts a few seconds because some guy gets his eye gouged out or his knee broken. They'd rather pay $100 a ticket to watch two people roll around on the ground thinking that will carry over into a self defense situation in real life. Hell you could put up a well trained Boxer with a few months of striking, locks, grapple work and he'd be one hell of a contender against anyone. Plus BJJ does not prepare you for opponents much bigger than you. I don't know how big you are but I doubt you'd be able to roll around with someone twice your size. I'm 6'5 and weigh 250 lbs. I've rolled around with my instructor who is a 7th degree black belt in BJJ and is 6'2 270lbs. He schooled me.
But you'll probably come back with some lame example of Royce Gracie fighting a Dan Severan or other big guy. BJJ is only effective with rules. Take biting for example. ANY of those fights with Royce Gracie would have ended with the opponent biting a fucking chunk out of his ankle, arm, head, leg, side whatever. But you'll probably argue some bullshit philosophical martial arts dogma that real fighters don't bite. LMAO! Proving my point.
Who's Hoyce? Hate to break the news to you, champ. BJJ got popular in Brazil under "Vale Tudo" rules (you used it first). That means no rules. Biting, head butts, groin shots, the works. Relson was family champion in Brazil and took on all comers. The reason Gracie Jiu-jitsu got so popular is because Carlos and Relio went to all comers (dojo storm to you) and challenged them to a no rules fight. Guess who won. When Rorion got to the US, he did the same thing. This became the basis for the UFC. It was on the old Gracies in Action VHS tapes. You refer to biting, try it once in a while. When someone has the hooks in, and is punching you in the back of your head the last thing you are worried about is bitinig someone. When someone punches you in the face from the mount, when do you plan on biting? Obviously you don't train, so I will shut my mouth from here on out and let you espouse your opinion without a repartee.
Got rolled up by a visiting JJM blackbelt and tapped three times in five minutes. I outweigh him by 75 lbs, didn't matter. Technique, leverage, position coupled with some athleticism allows BJJ to work. Obvious, you don't train.
Six months of sprawl training and the boxer is good to go? Again, obvious you don't train. One piece of advice, empty your cup of tea, go to a BJJ school that is heavy on self defense, strap on a white belt and train. You will find a lot of answers to your questions. Until you've drank someone else tea, how can you speak from a position of authority. I have been training for most of my life, but like I said earlier, work, wife, kids, prevent me from being a professional martial artist. So I have to choose one or two. BJJ/sub grappling coupled with kickboxing and once or twice a month of fun at the IDPA shoots is all I can do. You obviously can maintain your herculean 6'5 250 lb physique and be the badass of getbig. Good luck.
