Jose
Mariscal recently shared some details of his lethal judo
game.
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A lifelong mixed martial artist, Mariscal boasts a suffocating
grappling skillset with a combination of judo and jiu jitsu.
Mariscal owns a black belt under Bob Schirmer
in what he labels “hood judo” based on its Chicago origin. Mariscal
revealed that it was that judo skillset which mostly got him out of
physical altercations unscathed.
“I call it ‘hood judo’ because it’s from Chicago,” Mariscal
recently told MMAjunkie.com. “Nobody really knows where I got
my black belt from… It was under Bob
Schirmer, the Combat-Do team. I never got into a street fight
because I threw people before they even tried to punch me or try to
do anything. So when I toss them, someone will lose the air out of
their stomach. Someone will be kind of concussed. I’m glad I never
got caught up on that.”
While Mariscal admired watching judo being translated into MMA by
the likes of Georges St.
Pierre and Jon Jones,
“Machine Gun” always considered himself better in that aspect.
“I loved GSP’s judo when he was there, Jon Jones when
he did like silly little throws,” Mariscal said. “There’s a lot of
guys with that kind of stuff and to be honest, I always looked at
their judo and I was like, ‘Man, my judo is better.’ Because when I
was 6 years old I was just consistently throwing.”
Even now during sparring Mariscal claims to have tossed around the
likes of Cory
Sandhagen, Justin
Gaethje and T.J.
Dillashaw. According to Mariscal, he has even been asked to not
utilize his judo while helping others in certain camps.
“Justin
Gaethje, we were literally throwing hooks at each other and I
threw an underhook and he went heavy on it— I just tossed him over.
And it’s not like one time. I throw these guys a couple of times,”
Mariscal said. “Not to be cocky or whatever, but my judo is there.
I have all the film. I have a bunch of stuff that could get me
famous. Like I’ve thrown T.J.
Dillashaw; I’ve thrown Cory
Sandhagen; I have thrown so many people, dude…They were
obviously pissed…If I had a list, it would do wonders. I had to
even help other fighters in fight camps and not use my judo.”
Undefeated in three UFC appearances, Mariscal is coming off a
“Fight of the Night” split-decision win over Morgan
Charriere from this past April. While he was supposed to meet
Dan Ige
at a UFC Fight Night in July, Ige ended up accepting a UFC 303
clash against Diego Lopes
on four hours’ notice. “Chepe” is now slated to trade leather
against veteran Damon
Jackson at
UFC on ESPN 61 at the promotion’s Apex in Las Vegas on
Saturday.