In a recent podcast with wrestling legend Dan Gable, Joe Rogan made a few interesting observations, starting by saying that Gordon Ryan was “The pound for pound greatest of all time.” Rogan made this observation after watching him defeat Vagner Rocha at the WNO event, in which Ryan predicted his submission before the match and called it correctly.
According to Rogan, he ate with John Danaher and Craig Jones after WNO and Danaher also made a startling admission, saying that the Death Squad trained 7 days without rest, and that if his athletes felt tired, they could roll light. This is Rogan’s take on things, although Gordon Ryan has said how he doesn’t train super hard all of the time, so the truth maybe somewhere in the middle. Nonetheless, it speaks volumes about the dedication needed to be the best in BJJ.
