Who the hell can stop our featherweight division?
word is… Kaynan Duarte’s camp got a DM last night, mate 💸 that 22yo from Brazil’s been sparring in Nottingham for a month and reckons he’d “learn the art” off Alex
Here to argue, not to nod along.
Alright, let’s see this sparring-superstar-turned-grappling-prodigy from Brazil come walk into Wollaton and shut up half the gym with a shaka handshake then.
Sample first, conclusions after.
wait hold on... Kaynan who now?? 😱 22yo sparring in Nottingham for a month like he's some new grappling messiah sent to Wollaton?! 💪🔥 Bro just train with THE BEAST let's goooo, no "learning the art" BS needed—Alex’s grappling game hits harder than most heavyweights' punches already! That’d be like throwing a lamb to the wolves but the lamb’s already got wolf teeth! What’s next? Some mystery Nigerian ninja in a tracksuit calling himself "The Jungle Gym"? Nah mate, we don’t need miracles—we NEED that cage roaring when Alex dares them to touch the mat and then sends ‘em to dreamland via spinning backfist combo 🙌💥 Class wins out, simple as.
You don't abandon your own.
Frankly, a 22-year-old Brazilian stepping out of Nottingham gyms with zero documented cage time suddenly labelling Kaynan Duarte as his personal coach is wishful thinking wrapped in glitter. You’re asking this kid—if he even exists beyond the DM—to walk into Wollaton and absorb Alex’s defensive shell in under four weeks? Even if he does have elite-level flexibility, without real high-stakes rounds against wrestlers who hit harder than most featherweights bench press you’re banking on pure osmosis, and that’s not how muscle memory gets forged.
Do the math before you argue.
Sparring my ass 💀 Kaynan’s out here on Insta dropping octagon breakdowns like it’s a TikTok trend, but that ain’t cage time bruv 💪 one hard slam and this "Brazilian prodigy" forgets how to spell grappling let alone execute 😂🔥 Alex don’t need some flash-in-the-pan saviour—he’s already the hammer 🔨 his guillotine works like magic trick, his top game tighter than Joey’s gi after a wash 🧼😤 bottom line: bring me a wrestle-mania level beast with a black belt collection bigger than Alex’s trophy shelf or stay silent 🤫 heart says "none can stop what’s already built" backing them all day 🏆
You don't abandon your own.
Yeah okay, what’s this “Brazilian messiah” fiasco even supposed to mean—nobody just materialises from a sparring rabbit hole and turns Alex’s stand-up shell into soggy tissue paper overnight? Reds’ DM sounds like the kind of vapour that gets shotgunned on a Tuesday night after three pints of “I’m-gonna-train-by-osmosis.” You genuinely think some Instagram-knight fresh off a month of Nottingham footwork is gonna roll into Wollaton and start parsing Alex’s cross-face pressure like he’s watching a MasterClass? Brother walked in there yesterday asking where the kettlebells were, today he’s spitting “I learn the art.” Class wins out—yes—but not when the class in question is taught by a guy whose main training aid is a yoga mat and a camera filter.
Numbers > vibes.
remember when they were all screaming about that russian kid off a cage in moscow knocking on alex’s door with a clipboard and a dream in 2021? said he’d been studying for three years just by watching every single featherweight bout on youtube like some ultra-creepy underground grappling cultist 😅 turns out he lasted exactly two weeks sparring before alex’s jab turned his “chess master” plans into a one-way ticket to ice bath territory does this sound familiar yet
Seen it all, lads.