Orny Adams 170: Rigan Machado Jiu-Jitsu Legend

About this episode

Orny Adams interviews Rigan Machado, a legendary figure in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, discussing his career and influence in the sport.

Rigan Machado is widely regarded as one of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s living legends — an 8 degree red belt— (I didn’t even know they had red belts) a highly ranked master, dominant competitor in his era, prolific teacher, and influential figure in spreading BJJ both in sport and popular culture, started training at age five in his cousin’s garage in Brazil- who were the infamous Gracies. His professional tournament fight career is an astonishing 365 wins and 0 losses.

People in this episode

Host: Orny Adams

Guest: Rigan Machado

Topics covered

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• martial arts
• sports culture
• competition
• teaching

Keywords

• Rigan Machado
• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• red belt
• Gracies
• martial arts legend
• competition record
• BJJ teaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gracies

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