Besides being a UFC commentator, Joe Rogan is also a highly decorated martial artist. The world’s leading podcast host holds black belts in both taekwondo and jiujitsu. A passionate martial arts enthusiast, Rogan is also friends with several high-level jiu-jitsu practitioners like Eddie Bravo. Recently, Rogan reminisced about getting emotional after watching Bravo submit a BJJ legend who was at the time several levels superior to him.

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In episode #1915 of The Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan talked to comedian Brian Simpson about Eddie Bravo’s milestone achievement. In typical Rogan style, he explained the contest between Eddie Bravo and Royler Gracie.

Joe Rogan got emotional recalling Eddie Bravo’s submission of Royler Gracie

According to the UFC commentator, the contest went down when he was in Brazil in 2003, at the Abu Dhabi World Championships for jiujitsu. The 55-year-old added Eddie Bravo was also competing. He continued, “That was the year he tapped out Royler Gracie. It was the craziest upset ever. It was insane. In Brazil!”

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Rogan also revealed that Bravo “wasn’t even a black belt yet. Eddie was a brown belt,” to prove how monumental the victory was, Rogan explained his opponent Royler Gracie’s credentials.

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The former ‘Fear Factor’ host explained how Royler Gracie, the legendary Royce Gracie’s brother, was more accomplished. He was far superior to his brother in winning tournaments that Rogan called him “the man” and “one of the greatest Gracies of all time.”

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An emotional Rogan recalled the incident and said, “It was insane. I was crying.” “I’ll cry right now,” he added.

Rogan on Eddie Bravo’s technique

While recalling Bravo’s win, Rogan also explained Bravo’s technique from the contest. The millionaire host of JRE said that Bravo tapped Gracie with an amazing triangle choke off his back. He said that Bravo’s crazy leg dexterity gave him the upper hand against an ignorant Royler Gracie.

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“He has crazy leg dexterity… So if you’re in his guard, you’re f***ed. And Royler didn’t know it. And he was in Eddie’s guard and Eddie just slapped that triangle on him and then started pulling the head and then Royler tapped.”

Bravo later became one of the most reputable modern-day jiu-jitsu practitioners. He also developed the 10th planet jiujitsu, which is a unique and innovative style of no-gi jiujitsu.

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