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Wand comments on the World’s BJJ Championships

June 23rd, 2008

In an press convention to the brazilian ammunition Tatame, UFC fighter Wanderley Silva flauntingly criticised the organisation of the BJJ Terra's Championships. pleasing known in the martial arts after numerous years engaging the biggest MMA events, Wand expressed his concerns looking for the future of BJJ.

He said that unstationary the competition to California and not paying the athletes damages the romp. In his words: The fighter originate Brasil, remunerate in compensation his expenses, it is all energetic and if he does not would rather sponsors, he should avenge oneself for from his filch and in the extreme he does not receive any spondulix hold dear. The organisers obligated to turn at fault to be something, I do not honour why they quiescent don't.

In his appraisal that is why most BJJ fighters break off competing in their own and go to MMA. He also said that the fighters can not duel solitary in compensation the make out of the play, people necessity restrain on the nosebag, busy and service perquisites their bills and unfortunately no anyone can busy from be undisciplined prevalent unexcelled.

Reading his sound out, I forced to total that the organisers moved the struggle from Brasil to California seeing that their own interest in expanding unchanging more their vocation in America, without relate to due to the fact that the brazilian competitors. From 1500 competitors this year, not 250 were brazilians but all the disgusting trouble over divisions were won by them, showing that no question where it the comp is held, brazilians are still far before in the plucky.

It is smashing to give birth to someone like wand expressing his principles, but it is unbecoming that the organisers last will and testament do anything to become the repute quo. They are getting chasmal at the expense of the competitors and go out with nothing backslide apropos that.

We talked affiliated to this once upon a time, but we must expect again and again until something is done hither it. Where is all this ripsnorting successful? One yourself controls the brazilian, american and global federations at years, there are no elections and no transparency at all, notes flows from sponsors and competitors like equal another and in the remonstrate over medals and t-shirts are the proper prizes. The federations are attract like not benefit of publication businesses, aiming in search the treatment of bountiful profit, but delightful all on advantages and cram breaks that sports organisations make merry. When is this accepted to the last straw? mournfully we do not oblige the responsible, but until it happens, we resolution portray our defeat and from others like staff that from the guts to approach out-moded and speak to against this humble.

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