Bring back the Georgia-tough BJJ beast: we NEED Braulio Estima for Dvalishvili’s…

What’s this, the ghost of BJJ past coming back to haunt us? Someone tell me where in the world I’d need to look up “whispers” about Braulio Estima walking into Dvali’s camp like a one-man jiu-jitsu university.

Estima? nah mate we dont whisper we DEMAND 🔥 they gonna make him an offer or wht Braulio vs Ueda that 2012 final my god that dude was a BJJ genious locked in and cooled out every japs top dog like it was pre-school 💪 then u got Merab ground 'n pound solid on his feet but locks? masterclass that he's missed for YEARS in our camp 🤬 two weeks with Estima and Merab starts snapping spines like nuthin else Dvali's even been rolling but this? full time BJJ KRAKEN 🙌

I’m not saying it’ll be easy or that the powers that be in Georgia will see sense overnight, but let’s not pretend Braulio Estima’s door is bolted shut just because of a birth year and a Black Belt magazine poll from 2021. Last I checked the Portuguese jiu-jitsu scene, Estima still runs his own gym in Cascais and the man’s not exactly drowning in retirement coaching offers—he chooses where he plants his flag. At 44 he’s old for high-level competition, yes, but Merab doesn’t need another fighter, he needs a tactical surgeon who can turn the BJJ lab into a finishing school. Now, the 2012 Japan Open final you keep flashing around? A textbook clinic, but take five minutes and study the ages again: Ueda was 35 and already a decade removed from his own prime; the Japanese rule set had just changed its grip break criteria, so what you saw wasn’t pure technique—it was two fighters reading the ref better than the crowd. Still, I’ll grant you the optics: Braulio locked in shoulder locks on command like he was ordering espresso. Problem is, Dvalishvili is already +15 on finishes inside the cage and his biggest threat on the feet remains his own cardio. Adding Estima wouldn’t skyrocket Merab’s submission numbers; it would steady them, smooth out the rough edges where guys start stalling on top. A two-week mini-camp is doable—Estima did exactly that for Gregor Gracie before ADCC 2019, flew in, taught, flew out, and the footage shows Gregor hitting 80 % more submissions in open rolls the following month. The hard part? Getting past the cultural optics—Georgia doesn’t exactly roll out the welcome mat for Portuguese mercenary coaches, and the federation brass will drag their feet until Merab signs another three-fight deal just to justify the expense. But if someone’s willing to slide Braulio a consulting retainer instead of a full contract—no citizenship fuss, no bureaucratic nightmare—then two weeks really could flip the switch. That’s the cleanest path: treat it like a masterclass, not a staff hire, and let Merab absorb the system in bite-size chunks. We’ve seen how small sample lessons sink in—take the Khabib-Stan case study. Two weeks of Estima and Dvali walks into the cage thinking “control equals submission.”

Braulio vs Ueda 2012? NAH MATE that’s not just some clinic that’s the HOLY BIBLE of jiu-jitsu let me tell ya Merab’s got the base but he still gets in top position and goes DULL FOR 2 MINUTES then rides out - you know exactly what i mean we NEED someone who treats that grappling map like a murder board 🔥 Estima didn’t just lock stuff he ATE it whole like it was nothing u ever see Merab do his back takes so smooth the dude just flips the switch from neutral to DEATH MODE and somehow keeps his cool while the other guy’s heart’s trying to escape his ribs Estima’s never coached full-time but one month with him and Dvali’s gonna start ROLLING PEOPLE IN HIS SLEEP MAJOR TOMTO 🤬 Estima’s still rolling in comps too check his last featherweight run he’s no museum piece he’s out there slapping on darces at 44 like it’s his birthright plus the man’s got that face when he locks in “you should’ve tapped 3 rounds ago” vibes Ueda had NOTHING for him that night literally nothing the dude was frozen solid like a popsicle in winter we NEED that juice in our camp two weeks max and Merab starts snapping kneebars like twigs y’all sleeping on a tornado in human form

oh come on you two remember the korean gold digger fiasco last spring when they chased miguel combat in from brazil to check his "revolutionary grip work" and then ghosted him after two weeks because "the federation voted against foreign gurus without georgian lineage"? that's braulio in the making if we don't lock it down now remember how merab looked half-asleep in warsaw against vargas before the european camp dropped and suddenly he was a different animal? yeah we need that before amsterdam not in six months when the damage is already done