I dunno the ruleset in Brasileiro competition (like if its ADCC rules, or if different things consist of points etc) but it seems to me Maia dominated dispite Jacare claiming victory at the end. Maia consistently pulled guard and put Jacare in danger nearly every time- taking his back on several occassions, all ending in Jacare being saved by going out of bounds. I can assume taking ones back in Brasileiro is worth some points. Jacares only real offensive was one pass of the guard which resulted in nothing, and then an attack on the leg when Maia was getting off his back when they were out of bounds (but counting that it like counting a punch that came after the bell)

That was awesome. But I still wonder what would occur in an MMA match for several reasons. Less the standup- more so cuz A- no Gi. Which is giant. Maia’s strategy with no gi would have to be different…. and B- the cage. No octagon. When Maia took Jacare’s back he wouldn’t be stood back up in mma, and there would be no gi for jacare to grab to protect himself!

At the end of the day-awesome. A comment there says they had 3 matches, and i feel stupid for not googling that shit…

Its happened 3 times. Jacare submitted Maia at ADCC 2005 and I believe the year before at the Mundials (can never get a confirmation on result and vid doesn’t seem to exist anywhere) won a boring decision where Maia was defending himself the whole time while Jacare was looking for the TD.

The time Maia won – He “won” a 0-0 advantage decision after Jacare (who was competing in his weight class and the open-weight absolute) had fought 3 grueling matches prior to that bout.

i think i saw it… and Jacare whooped his lil ass- bjj match