Sara McMann (UFC) gets tapped by 16 y/o in grappling tourney

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Whoops, forgot to mention that this kind of supports my belief that the younger generation of Bjj practitioners are reaching a higher level than the older generation. Mainly because they started younger, there's more schools to choose from, the advent of learning techniques from various schools, and other factors.
 

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For anyone who doesn't understand the context of what hanzou posted, Mcmann is an Olympic medalist in freestyle wrestling and a solid submission grappler who has medaled (although I don't think ever won gold) at the Abu Dhabi combat club championships, which is a pretty big deal.
 

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It took me a while to figure out what the hell happened. It wasn't until I clicked to the youtube version and read about it. I never saw the knee bar, I never even saw the tap.

Maybe the gal that won is the next coming. Maybe if they fought ten more times Sara would win nine or ten....which is what I think would happen.

Ain't this MMA stuff grand? I love it.
 

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Whoops, forgot to mention that this kind of supports my belief that the younger generation of Bjj practitioners are reaching a higher level than the older generation. Mainly because they started younger, there's more schools to choose from, the advent of learning techniques from various schools, and other factors.

It is a renaissance era for martial arts at the moment.
 

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Lol. Never,one. I thought it was a young man.
Yeah, a lot of the YouTube commenters were making the same mistake.

According to bloodyelbow.com, Alexandria has been tapping out adults since she was 14. I have to agree with Hanzou's assessment that the upcoming generation of submission grapplers is going to be technically far beyond previous generations.
 
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