Andre Galvao vs Gordon Ryan

My god, Arona was absolutely brutal to watch.

People will go on about how he never had a point scored against him, but my research tells me he never scored more than 3 points in a match - mostly 2 points and several wins by penalties or advantages.
yeah, he was not fan friendly at all. even jiu jitsu enthusiasts like us were all bored to death, and we like and understand the sport. imagine showing someone who doesn't grapple a ricardo arona match - there's no better way to convince them to never try the sport.

but, even with that in mind, not having a single point scored against you when you're facing the best grapplers in the world is an incredible achievement. everyone who's ever rolled knows how difficult it is to stop everything your opponent does, and most of us compete against nobodies. i liken it - albeit to a much lesser degree, obviously - to karelin's 6 years of never having been scored on in international competition. it's just a retarded level of dominance.
 
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