Let me just get this out of the way at the outset: I’m not a black belt in jiu-jitsu. My belt is just a regular brown one that I wear to make my pants fit better. I don’t know Royce Gracie personally. I used to think a kimura was something you ordered in a sushi restaurant. Try the kimura, I’d say. Or how’s the kimura tonight? Is it fresh? Because if it’s not fresh, it kind of tastes like homeless person.
Nevertheless, I hereby dub myself qualified to identify five underrated and five overrated submission artists working today in the UFC. I watch a lot of fights. A lot. A very high number. And I know who has and hasn’t used their submission skills to good effect inside the Octagon. Because if you’re not using it to get Ws, either directly or indirectly, then does it really matter how “technical” you are? I say no. And as we’ve established, I’m an expert.