r/judo • u/KasperTheSpoonyBard • Mar 28 '24

Judo x MMA Judo & BJJ in MMA

I’m curious, why did Judo not catch on in MMA like BJJ did? There are of course, lots of judokas who have competed, but while BJJ is accepted as being a major pillar of mma, Judo isn’t. Is it because the early BJJ guys were more involved in mixed rules fights and vale tudo?

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u/D133T Apr 02 '24

Because they saw profit and went hard with heavy marketing and media manipulation that brought it to worldwide attention as something it wasn't/isn't with lots of bogus info that you still hear people quote decades later.