{"id":1180,"date":"2023-05-16T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2023-05-19T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T15:10:33","slug":"nobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/nobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nobody is unbeatable\u2019 \u2013 Pedro Marinho is ready to prove he deserves respect against Nicholas Meregali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>WNO champion Pedro Marinho spoke to Grappling Insider about his upcoming gi match against Nicholas Meregali on May 18.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On May 18, at WNO in Oklahoma City, OK, the Gracie Barra representative will don the gi when he takes on multiple-time IBJJF world champion\u00a0Nicholas Meregali\u00a0in an intriguing, 15-minute submission-only matchup.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CrgvK1zPXk4\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fgrapplinginsider.com&amp;rp=%2Fnobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2390.899999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A1754.3999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1984%7D\" height=\"852\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Competing among elite black belts since he was just a purple belt, Marinho has plenty of experience against the world\u2019s best grapplers. After winning double-gold at the 2021 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds, Marinho says he had a \u201cbad\u201d year in 2022, losing to top competitors\u00a0Gordon Ryan,\u00a0Vagner Rocha, and\u00a0Tye Ruotolo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_23162\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gpL_iybC--s?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite those disappointments, the 26-year-old kicked off 2023 with a sterling performance against ADCC champion\u00a0Giancarlo Bodoni, earning a clear-cut decision victory over him at WNO in February.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CrEIZVft4JG\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fgrapplinginsider.com&amp;rp=%2Fnobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2396.300000011921%2C%22ls%22%3A1754.3999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1984%7D\" height=\"969\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marinho recently spoke to Grappling Insider about his win over Bodoni and previewed his match against Meregali.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even though Marinho held a no-gi submission victory against Bodoni, he came into their February WNO showdown as the underdog:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI know people talk a lot, but normally fans, they just go with the momentum\u2026 But if you look at my last match with Bodoni no-gi, I passed his guard, I took him down, I submitted him.\u00a0 So I didn\u2019t expect nothing different. I just was surprised that I didn\u2019t submit him again\u2026 Everybody was coutning me out because of what he did at ADCC. But ADCC is one tournament\u2026 Your last result doesn\u2019t matter for your next fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the match, a fired-up Marinho shouted \u201cput some respect on my name!\u201d He explained that, given his long record of success as the highest levels of jiu-jitsu, he deserved more recognition \u2013 and respect \u2013 as one of the best grapplers in the world:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI feel sometimes people just go with the momentum. Yes, I didn\u2019t have a great year in 2022. But man, it\u2019s one year. I lost I think three or four fights, against Gordon, Tye Ruotolo, and Vagner. It was not my best year, yes, it was not, but you cannot just judge from the bad performances. Nobody else knows what\u2019s going on behind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn 2021 I win my world title, I beat like eight guys, two or three of them were at ADCC already, Cyborg [Abreu] was a world champ\u2026 People need to look more at the whole history, the whole picture. Not just like one point. I have been on top for five years, since purple belt. Since purple belt I have been fighting these guys\u2026 Nothing they bring to me is something different. I have faced the best of the best\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI know who I am, I know what I\u2019m capable of, so it was kind of like this. Put some respect, if not I\u2019m gonna show you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cpie_xlpIom\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fgrapplinginsider.com&amp;rp=%2Fnobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2401.800000011921%2C%22ls%22%3A1754.3999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1984%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While other competitors may have turned down Meregali, Marinho was quick to jump at the opportunity, knowing a victory over such an accomplished opponent would do wonders for his career:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI want to be the best in the world, and the only way to be the best is to beat these guys\u2026 Meregali is here, you beat him, things get even better for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marinho believes that gi jiu-jitsu can be just as entertaining as no-gi. The key, he says, is for both competitors to be willing to take risks, particularly when one grappler is clearly losing the match:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSometimes I feel like I\u2019m winning the match, and people expect that I\u2019m winning, do crazy things to try and get the submission, and the other guy is doing nothing. I\u2019m not talking nothing, but a good example is my last fight against Bodoni. He didn\u2019t expose himself, even when he knew he was behind. And this I feel needs to change a little\u2026 I know Meregali is coming to get me, to submit me, and I\u2019m coming for the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-3\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CcJJwZPjTij\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fgrapplinginsider.com&amp;rp=%2Fnobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A4807.399999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A1754.3999999761581%2C%22le%22%3A1984%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widely regarded as the world\u2019s best male competitor in the gi, Meregali has few, if any weaknesses. But Marinho is confident he can spring the upset:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grapplinginsider.com\/nobody-is-unbeatable-pedro-marinho-is-ready-to-prove-he-deserves-respect-against-nicholas-meregali\/\">\u2018Nobody is unbeatable\u2019 \u2013 Pedro Marinho is ready to prove he deserves respect against Nicholas Meregali &#8211; Grappling Insider<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WNO champion Pedro Marinho spoke to Grappling Insider about his upcoming gi match against Nicholas Meregali on May 18. On May 18, at WNO in Oklahoma City, OK, the Gracie Barra representative will don the gi when he takes on multiple-time IBJJF world champion\u00a0Nicholas Meregali\u00a0in an intriguing, 15-minute submission-only matchup. Competing among elite black belts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jiujitsu-bresilien","8":"category-grappling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}