A new rivalry is brewing between the grappling and wrestling worlds, as former collegiate wrestling standout and current BJJ competitor Brandon Reed has publicly challenged Gordon Ryan to a wrestling match.
The back-and-forth started over social media and quickly escalated after Ryan’s latest instructional release.
The drama kicked off when Reed criticized Ryan’s use of the term “scrimmage wrestling” in a recent interview, calling the phrasing unnecessary and confusing:
Peak cringe lately has been like Gordon Ryan consistently saying “scrimmage wrestling” – like dude, what the f**k is that?
It doesn’t make any sense…Gordon’s okay, like he’s a weirdo but…
He kinda low-key disses all the wrestlers in Jiu-Jitsu.He’s like: “Guys you’re getting these instructionals from wrestlers in Jiu-Jitsu, you need to get my scrimmage wrestling instructional. This is the real stuff for Jiu-Jitsu.”
Ryan didn’t let that slide. He posted the clip on his social media and fired back with his own version of events, referencing past training rounds with Reed:
Remember the 1 time we trained in a 20-minute round, and I beat the p**s out of you so bad that you couldn’t get up at the end of the round that was only wrestling and basically no jiu jitsu because I kept letting you stand up?
Also, remember how I scored about 847 points on you under ADCC takedown rules, and you scored 0 on me because you have no idea how to scrimmage?
You wanna market wrestling, fine by me, but don’t come at me knowing how our wrestling exchanges went.
Come at me with your s****y not even D1 skills, gtfo lol.
That’s when Reed responded with a direct challenge — a wrestling match under freestyle rules:
You’re right, I do suck at bjj and might never get good. You’re also right I didn’t wrestle d1.
I was never one of the best wrestlers. I was only a 3x NAIA National Champion (90-19) & multiple time Fargo All-American who went to a school that paid for everything and treated me right.I had a Mediocre college career at best.
With that being said, you said I’m a BAD wrestler. Wild take from a guy who’s never wrestled a match before.I’ll never take you out in bjj. Never said I would. I never disrespected you. I said you’re weird for saying scrimmage instead of scramble.
I also said you’re impossible to score on in ADCC and complimented you in the same clip. But you still crashed out.So, no more talking or saying I suck. Prove your words. No one cares that you can smash me under bjj rules.
You’ve done it for 15 years, trained with the best coach ever, had the best partners, and I’ve done it for 4 years, 1x a day.If I’m so bad at my sport, Beat me in a WRESTLING match. 6 mins with traditional freestyle rules.
Since I’m a terrible NAIA wrestler after all. It should be easy to take me out in my own ruleset and then you can promote your DVD!And no, I know I can’t beat you or even score on you in bjj. Never said I could. You’re the GOAT.
I’ve always been nice to you and complimented you. I have viral videos talking good things about you.But you said you were a better wrestler than me and ragged on my college career (insane coming from someone who didn’t even wrestle in college).
So let’s do the sport of wrestling (my sport) and see how you actually do. Shoes and all.Or stop talking sh*t about my wrestling career because you have 0 titles at any level, zero wins, and zero notable accolades in the sport of wrestling.
