Zack Telander vs Kody Steele (BJJ)

[cacao]

Hello,

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Zack is 100kg and a good regional level Olympic weightlifter, Kody is around 85kkg and a competitive world class and world champion BJJ black belt

For me this shows 2 things : size matters, but more importantly, strength matters

What do you think of this?

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Hello,

Have a look at this video here

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Zack is 100kg and a good regional level Olympic weightlifter, Kody is around 85kkg and a competitive world class and world champion BJJ black belt

For me this shows 2 things : size matters, but more importantly, strength matters

What do you think of this?

Kody is letting him work to help him practice and is lowering himself to his level so he can have fun, it's pretty obvious by the way (eg. he only went for frontal takedowns, he let him escape everytime he put him in a bad spot on the ground and did not attempt to submit him etc....)
Zach himself admitted so and said that when they spar seriously Kody submit him easily at will.
He stated that multiple times on his reddit account, and also on Ramsey's podcast, for example:
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Said that, of course size and strenght matters a lot in grappling and in fighting in general.
But this is absolutely not a case where a size and strenght advantage bridged a skill advantage, it's exactly the opposite.