Prefatory Matters The conversation about judo’s efficacy in the MMA META has largely cooled since the end of the Rousey revolution. There are notable exceptions, America's greatest judoka in history Kayla Harrison is the current women's bantamweight champion at the time of this writing. For the most part though, conversations about judo in MMA are relegated to the odd Uchi Mata or Osoto Gari. Perhaps it is this banishment to the fringes of MMA fandom that surging middleweight contender, and former One double champ, Reinier de Ridder’s judo background is so underappreciated. Judo can be broken down into three main parts: Kumi-Kata or grip fighting, Tachi-Waza or throwing and Ne-Waza or ground fighting. The Ne-Waza aspect of judo is what Helio Gracie expanded upon about a century ago to create modern day Brazilian jiu-jitsu. RdR, a BJJ black belt and incredible submission threat is known as a challenging grappler because of his ground work but upon a closer inspection we can se...