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Rodolfo Vieira Who's Number One Interview: MMA, Kaynan Duarte & Jiu-Jitsu's Evolution

Nov 24, 2020

Sit down with jiu-jitsu legend and current UFC middleweight contender Rodolfo Vieira to talk about his upcoming Who's Number One clash with Kaynan Duarte, why he has a love/ hate relationship with MMA and why he is making his return to the grappling mats after so much time away from the sport. 

Interview Notes:

1:00 - Introductions

3:00 - How Rodolfo's jiu-jitsu has changed 

4:30 - Training at Fight Sports Miami

7:00 - Current state of bjj competition

8:00 - Thoughts on Kaynan Duarte

9:00 - How the WNO main event came to be

12:00 - Predictions

13:00 - Discussing Kaynan vs Rodolfo at Spyder

15:00 - The WNO ruleset

17:00 - Why he left jiu-jitsu

18:00 - How MMA has changed his life

20:00 - Why he loves but also hates MMA

22:00 - MMA goals

23:00 - On Israel Adesanya

25:00 - How bjj has changed since Rodolfo competed

27:00 - Vagner Rocha vs Jon Blank

28:00 - Dante Leon vs Roberto Jimenez

29:00 - Grace Gundrum vs Mayssa Bastos

32:00 - Rodolfo's style of jiu jitsu

34:00 - Competition mindset

35:00 - Advice for Buchecha's MMA transition

38:00 - Challenging Kaynan in MMA

41:00 - What's next

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