For those who don’t understand why the fight is so “boring”, judo is all about getting the correct stance and waiting to catch your opponent off guard. Anyone who’s competed before knows how difficult and tiring it can be trying to get your hands and feet where you want them.

Both these athletes are at the height of the competition, yet, somehow an immovable object and an unstoppable force make such a hilarious comparison to two drunks fighting on the pavement.

Have zero clue what just happened. It looked like a “stop pulling my jacket “ contest

For the people who do not know what they are doing in the video. This is judo and in judo you have to try to throw the opponent in such a way that he falls on his back, then you have won. But you can not throw if you have no grip and those in the video just fought for the grip. Riner won because haraswa had two "shidos" (punishments), which he got because he fought so passively that one did not have a chance to throw a punch

That is 9 mins 43 sec of my life I won't get back

I had more fun reading comments than watching the game..lol

This was the first and the last time I searched a judo match

this is what i look like when i am drunk and have a scuffle with my mates, i must be a judo expert

don't ever let non judo players watch this video

Best pushing match ever

The only thing this tells me is that modern judo rules and judging criteria are seriously screwd up

They are so good, that none of them can pull anything on each other so it just looks like they are playing aggressive patty cake lmao.

One of the greatest, and one of the most boring Judo players ever.

I don't get why people think this is boring? I mean its hard to hard, real pain, real tactic. A real sport.

Starting of video - "oh this must be a good match" Half video - "sleeping"

8:36 Hisayoshi just became my new favorite judoka for that clap

When I was a kid I used to always lie to get out of fights by saying I knew Judo...after watching an actual contest here for the first time I realized something. I guess I did know Judo.*

Bring back the old Judo Rules!

And the gold medal for slap and tickle goes to...

Just an input. This is the problem with Riner, basically. They are both right handed, which means they want to grip with their left hand the right hand of the opponent, ok, and the other one can go to the chest's flap or the back. 1:53 Riner blocks him with his left hand, stablishing a beam from his left shoulder to Harasawa's chest, Harasawa tries to grip with his lef hand Riner's right arm, at the wrist's sleeve, but not easy task. 1:54 (you could just, from 1.53, set 0.25x speed easier) Once Harasawa did such a hard task like gripping Riner's left sleeve, Riner drops for a second his left hand and Harasawa jumps literally to take with the other hand the back of Riner. Riner blocks again the chest of Harasawa and aborts the attempt. Now, just few seconds later, Kumi-kata's fight continue but with different result. 2:00 Riner grips with his left hand the right hand of Harasawa, what both are trying to do the whole combat by the way. Riner keeps working, break the Harasawa's grip at 2:04, the same grip that he is also applying to Harasawa, easily, and finally 2:06 he's the only one who got a nice grip at the sleeve, at the wrist. Powerful situation for Riner. 2:07 Harasawa starts to defend, gives some back steps what is not usually a good idea but is in troubles, shakes the hand desperated as Riner did just 2 seconds before, but could not break the grip, and Riner launches the hand to Harasawa's back. Harasawa is in serious problems so he goes down, what deserves a Shido. And this is the endless story with Riner. So much stronger than the others... but not necessary better. Thanks if you read everything. The Kumi-kata fight, when you are into it because you practice Judo, is also so appreciated, but even for me is boring not seeing real and scored throws.

Crowd was correct to not be pleased, not a single thow and a win based on fouls? Judo without even an attempt at Ippon isn't really Judo imo. Not to mention the fact that the French guy should have had at least the same amount of fouls, if not more.

I do judo myself. As an outsider, judo looks like a bit of a grip. But what a force there is.

i love the sportmanship of this sport

That grabbing of the belt really was a deciding factor. That was a result of a mental lapse on the Japanese grappler. Interesting sport if you really observe the tension and pull within the minds of the competitors instead of the obvious.

what? 0 points but he won a gold medal? somebody should change the rules

Well...that was boring.

This is the perfect training channel thank you ytb

You can say what you want to. And I know nothing about Judo, but I wouldn't want to mess with these guys. Looks like those 'snaps' to get off the arm holding you are very well trained and makes you super strong. Plus the endurance. I don't think my arm could handle one. Yikes. I know what guys are thinking and no way could you take one of these dudes.

Amazing participants, seems good training 🙂

I'm 36 and going to my 3rd class tonight. Having a blast!

I dont have Judo knowledge, but I compare this fights from Kyuzo Mifune being challenged by younger masters. Here, they try to avoid being touched as much as possible, but from Mifune's video, the throw is very welcomed BUT gets countered flawlessly.

What an effective martial art where it's considered a successful defense when you end up flat on your stomach facing away from your opponent who's still on his feet

Judo has become watered down sissy fighting. You can't grab the legs. You can't grab the neck, you can't grab cross lapel, there's no more emphasis on the ground fighting. Penalties are given for no reason at all. The big guy should have have been penalized for not attacking anyway. Judo is not what it used to be. It was a tough sport with lots of refined attacks and defenses. Now it's just a game of cheap tactics. More often winning by having less penalties.

I done judo for a year or so I stopped doing it due to how many tournaments I had

With whole respect that fight was the more infamous in history

I am not a judo fan but I am sure there are hundreds of better Judo matches that Olympics UKposts account could choose and upload here!

so u basicly just pull on each others shirts and thats judo?

People saying a guy who's been 8 times a world champion doesn't deserve that win you're the best lmao

Thank You 🥋

Judo's became an art of escaping a contact with opponent

I don't know how judo is scored. By my novice eyes it looked like a total draw. Neither man got ipon or submission. Not even a throw. Just discretionary stalling penalties?

If this is the world-class Olympic standard for judo today, then all of us who did judo in the 80's and 90's are undisputed world champions and multiple gold medal winners... *smh*

*JOGOS OLÍMPICOS RIO de JANEIRO 2016* *Men's +100 Kg Gold Medal👉🏾🥇* *Teddy Riner ( FRA ) x Hisayoshi Harasawa ( Japão ).* *1 - **7:58** Medalha de Ouro Teddy Riner ( França ) 👉🏾🥇* *2 - Rafael Silva 🇧🇷🇧🇷Medalha de Bronze 👉🏾🥉* 22 / 11 / 2021 • 11:34

horrible how the crowd boos. sportsmanship isn't just for the actual sportsman, it's for the crowd too. that big guy in white definitely won fair, he's a legend :)

riner should have been penalized a few times. very one sided referees.

Curling is so much more intense than judo and I have watched only 1 curling match😂

That's some intense hand holding!

Linda luta de anti-judo.

Now I see why they change that rule that when time is finished and a player has less shidos than the opponent wins. There isn't really a dominant player.

this happens when martial arts goes olympic!

How do you keep score?

My God...this fight is so much better when you watch it muted!!! Those two clowns just NEVER shut up!! Great fight!

The commentary is absolutely rubbish, it's like that they don't know anything about the sport at all

I saw 2 homeless dudes doing this last weekend in downtown Baltimore lol

These two lads could send us all to the shadow realm whilst sipping a cup of tea. ""Boring?" Mate this is the elite of the elite.

is there no ground work any more in international judo

Everytime i see Teddy Riner i see him having a sour win...

Looks like professional drunk fighting😂😂

great sportsman

Match starts @1:03

Riner is too strong for them. No opponent dare to attack. They just wait for counter. Now with more experience Riner play with it and win with penality when needed. But 100kg+ is the most boring as far as i can remember

Wheres the foul on japan arm sweep. I saw three illegal judo sweeps as well as reverse takedowns. They need better judges

This is the second video I seen on the sport, these matches need to be longer and a sudden death.

Teddy Rinner 2 times Olympic Champion (2012 and henceforth 2016) and bronze medalist (2008). Tant pis pour les frustrés, j'ai déjà vu des combats pire que ça mais bizarrement aucune critique.

this looks like Manny pacquiao and Floyd mayweather

Can someone explain why the crowd was booing after Teddy won?

What kind of material is that cloth made out of?

Could someone please explain to me the objective of this sport? Quite curious, thank you!

Everybody saying how boring it looks and the fighting is weak, but imagine walking up to either of these guys and reaching for their wallet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Looks like they're fighting over the remote after Family Matters went off. 😐

well in his position you don't need to take a huge risk when you have a gold medal several minutes away.

I think playing defensive is the better strategie, because you can remain your center of gravity more easaly as the attacker.

BORING

Embarassing for the sport

this is the first time for me to watch judo. how do you actually score in judo?!?

So when did they take throws out of Judo?

This is only boring to people who believe Jackie Chan's movie "The Legend of Drunken Master" is a biopic.

the giant teddy bear wins again

TEDDI es un buen judoka

the only time i did not scroll down, it got me.

That is a really boring final

worst win in Olympic story.non of theme deserve a medal ,very disappointing.

are they scored by whoever pulls their opponents shirt better?

professional judo is so strange when kids are doing judo it os very cool they are throwing each other around they dont have any defense that looks so amazing

まあオリンピックはJUDOだから仕方がないか…柔「道」ではないな

This is basically what would happen if preschoolers were fighting No offense to these men

I feel like the most heard words in this sport are "you can't do that"

Saludos. Ese lo que está jugando Patty kake.

They should remove judo from the Olympics and add Jiu-Jitsu to it 💯

I grew up doing this horsing-around in the front yard and all over the neighborhood. I "ain't" know it would become an olympic sport.

kept fast forwarding waiting for someone to do something, and then I got to the end and nothing happened..

Does anyone know how Judo works?

Grip fight. A good illustration. Both couldn't win the grip.

No sense

I never knew what the players had to do🤔 Like what do you need to do to get points?

Both are all in defensive technique but Luck on the Cham!

looks like two drunk guys fighting

super boring fight...what a way to win....yawn. No wonder UFC has become so popular when you look at Judo fights like this. Don't get me wrong I love judo but it's boring to watch when you see fights like this.

NICE TO WATCH IT

Many people here are complaining about how boring this is, but few years from now people won't remember how exciting the match was, only the Gold will be remembered, so why risk too much attack when the other guy can take advantage when you rush things?