BJJ is not a superpower..... No more or less than a skilled boxer facing off against an unskilled pugilist who thinks he can "throw hands" or a back yard wrestler testing his takedown skills against a former college wrestler or good high school wrestler. BJJ is not a superpower...unless the BJJ combatant has good takedown skills, wrestling. It's always quoted that the UFC showed the effectiveness of BJJ. What's rarely quoted is that the UFC also showed the ineffectiveness of BJJ (without good takedown skills). As well as the effectiveness of boxing and kickboxing (with good wrestling skills). As well as, the ineffectiveness of wrestling without good submission awareness. I've mentioned this before but back in the mid-90s, when I first saw the Gracie Jiujitsu fighters, I thought, "wow, all these guys have to do is get with some good wrestlers, make a dedicated effort to improve their wrestling and they will be unstoppable! But soon, I saw some of the best Gr