Oswaldo Gracie è famoso per la sua lotta con Joao Baldi, che strangolò in meno di un minuto. Fino a quel momento non era famoso come i suoi fratelli.
Questo è quanto BJJ Heroes scrive di quell'incontro: "Il secondo incontro ufficiale di Oswaldo fu contro Joao Baldi, un lottatore che pesava 135 kg / 297 libbre. Questo evento attirò molta attenzione su Oswaldo [...] il combattimento [...] fu molto più breve del previsto, 58 secondi bastarono ad Oswaldo per strangolare Baldi, il pubblico credette che l'incontro fosse truccato, poiché non riuscivano a capire come mai una persona così piccola potesse sconfiggere un avversario così grande, e non aiutò il fatto che Baldi per cercare di salvare la faccia disse, dopo il combattimento, che era stato pagato per perdere. Quando il fratello di Oswaldo, George Gracie, senti quelle parole, lo cercò per strada e lo picchiò, finendo in galera per questo."
Questa è la versione di global-training-report : " João Baldi [...] era un vecchio obeso [...] un ex sollevatore di pesi e un wrestler greco-romano, con qualche pretesa di legittimità che i Gracie costrinsero a indossare un kimono fuori misura, cosa che lo ostacolò. La stampa ne convenne e propose una rivincita in condizioni più eque, ognuno avrebbe lottato col suo stile. I Gracie non accettarono mai, ma invece gli tesero un'imboscata in una strada trafficata fuori da un ristorante. "
Un giornale dell'epoca titolava "quattro contro uno" e scriveva: "Carlos, Jorge, Helio e Oswaldo senza proferire parola aggredirono il lottatore con calci e altri colpi lasciandolo in un misero stato con i connotati deformati per i colpi ricevuti."
Un giornale dell'epoca titolava "quattro contro uno" e scriveva: "Carlos, Jorge, Helio e Oswaldo senza proferire parola aggredirono il lottatore con calci e altri colpi lasciandolo in un misero stato con i connotati deformati per i colpi ricevuti."
Oswaldo Gracie is most famous for his fight with Joao Baldi, that he choked out in less than a minute. Up until then he was not as well-known as his brothers.
That is what BJJHeroes writes about that match: "Oswaldo’s second official fight was against Joao Baldi, a wrestler who weighed 135kg/297lbs. This event brought a lot of attention to Oswaldo [...] The event [...] was a lot shorter then expected, 58 seconds was all it took for Oswaldo to choke Baldi. The crowd believed the fight to be a fix, as they could not understand how such a small person could defeat such a large adversary, and it didn’t help that Baldi tried to save face and said after the fight he was paid to tap. When Oswaldo’s brother, George Gracie, heard of the big man’s words he sought him out in the street and put a beating on Baldi, ending up in jail for it."
That's the global-training-report's story:"João Baldi [...] was an obese old man [...] a former weight-lifter and Greco-Roman wrestler, with some claim to legitimacy. He complained that the Gracies forced him to wear an over-sized kimono, which hampered him. The press agreed and called for a rematch under more equal conditions, each man fighting in his own style. The Gracies never accepted but instead ambushed him on a busy street outside a restaurant."
A newspaper of the era titled "four against one" and wrote: "Carlos, Jorge, Helio and Oswaldo attacked the wrestler with kicks and other blows leaving him in a miserable state with his face deformed by the blows he received."
That is what BJJHeroes writes about that match: "Oswaldo’s second official fight was against Joao Baldi, a wrestler who weighed 135kg/297lbs. This event brought a lot of attention to Oswaldo [...] The event [...] was a lot shorter then expected, 58 seconds was all it took for Oswaldo to choke Baldi. The crowd believed the fight to be a fix, as they could not understand how such a small person could defeat such a large adversary, and it didn’t help that Baldi tried to save face and said after the fight he was paid to tap. When Oswaldo’s brother, George Gracie, heard of the big man’s words he sought him out in the street and put a beating on Baldi, ending up in jail for it."
That's the global-training-report's story:"João Baldi [...] was an obese old man [...] a former weight-lifter and Greco-Roman wrestler, with some claim to legitimacy. He complained that the Gracies forced him to wear an over-sized kimono, which hampered him. The press agreed and called for a rematch under more equal conditions, each man fighting in his own style. The Gracies never accepted but instead ambushed him on a busy street outside a restaurant."
A newspaper of the era titled "four against one" and wrote: "Carlos, Jorge, Helio and Oswaldo attacked the wrestler with kicks and other blows leaving him in a miserable state with his face deformed by the blows he received."
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