Metamoris Controversy
My opinion on Metamoris to avoid the controversy of Galvão vs. Gracie fight, NO TIME LIMIT = NO DRAW. Fight until someone is submitted. Problem solved! The only way to legitimate the Metamoris concept. It was very disappointing to have draws, 20 minutes is not enough.
Below a nice article about it.
Metamoris results: Andre Galvao throws fuel on old debate ‘real life vs. it’s a game’
By T.P. Grant on Oct 15, 6:30p
After 20 minutes of submission grappling ended without a finish, Andre Galvao was deemed to have a “draw” with Ryron Gracie. T.P. Grant gives us his thoughts on what the bitter (and booed) post-match speech by Galvao means to him and to the sport.
When Ryron’s brother, Rener Gracie, began to question Andre Galvao in the post-match interview, it became very clear that Galvao was unhappy with the format of the competition. The Metamoris event was organized by the children and grand-children of Helio Gracie and was arranged as a submission only event with a long time limit. Metamoris did not use the points-for-position-improvements system used by most major BJJ competitions. As a result, even though Galvao positionally dominated Ryron, the match ended in a draw. Read more


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