Andy Chapman Grapple Kings 11: Exclusive Post-Fight Interview | Combat Confidential

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In this exclusive interview, we talk with Andy Chhapman, fresh off their first win of the Grapple Kings Lightweight Gi tournament. Join us as we dive into this talk Jiu Jitsu and the importance of training even if you think you’re getting too old. 🌟 Connect with us…

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[Music] look a little out of breath that we put out of breath out um I unfortunately I only caught the end of that um but what I saw was very good uh it was and I've noticed that I don't know if it's just the caliber folks here tonight but um like you made it seem effortless um I know like you're a bit out of breath but um like you looked like you knew every step of the way exactly what you were doing there yeah well there is adrenaline a weed bit as well like after you do be out of breath but I think it's like in Jiu-Jitsu and especially engag you to it's like whoever can get their game plan going first is into their chains uh so it's like a race to get first the game plan and I was just lucky today that I was able to get where I wanted to be first but it doesn't always work out like that today I was lucky now um we kind of talked briefly the other day online there and you said not a chance you weren't uh you weren't expecting anything like were you expecting at least this well to be honest I would be the least experienced in in the bracket um and like the three other guys are very very good and they've got good records so my my goal tonight was to come and enjoy myself okay and like enjoy the atmosphere um I'm 42 years old now I'm not going to get to do this forever so like it's just to like remember these moments so that they become good memories on the line and like I've done that now excellent um so know you kind got a bit of a break here actually got a little over an hour now yeah what are you going to do to kind of yourself probably eat a we bit cuz I haven't eaten today and and uh I get a drink that guy I have in the finals very good uh gerera Brazilian like have three in the BT with them and I need to be honest and he's a level higher than me but I mean like anything can happen so let's go and see let's see I'm I'm not going to I'm not going to go out there with a like a de Fest attitude I'm going to try and be a missile try and be a honey Bader and see what happens actually yeah know I'm I'm certainly looking forward to that I think it's going to be an epic showdown for sure um now a lot of these fights tonight are in the G or excuse me are in are Noe um are you would you consider yourself predominantly in the G oh absolutely I like my club will be very mixed like I a lot of guys that that that do really well in competition noi but like I come into the sport quite late I was 34 when I started Jiu-Jitsu uh and so me hope yeah anybody can do and I tell people that all the time um so like I already carried a lot of injuries from rugby and stuff okay I've always felt that the gay you were able to control the variables we bit easier okay with grips slow the game down and stuff like that and so like I was very naturally SED to the gate just by the the age I was when I started but it's not to say I love watching noi Jiu-Jitsu it's very fast and scrambly and you know very athletic but that's just not me all right so uh you said you started late life uh what was the kind of the push to well yeah so I played rug my whole life and then I I tour my ACL uh was over in New Zealand playing so I came back and Sor did you play like professionally or no not professionally but I I played it was like our hometown club that uh like a thing where they swapped players every year and I got to go one year excellent um so after the injury I I never picked up a rugby ball again and I was like I need something else uh to sort of feel the competitive bet that I still had in me uh and then my brother-in-law is an MMA coach he's a to Black Belt okay he invited me for a private session cuz he could see that I was down I wasn't having any sport in my life and he could see and he taught me a rear Nega choke in the first session and I was just hooked straight away yeah that's excellent so um look I won't keep you too long cuz I know you want to get somebody here so two more quick questions here um the first one is how has Combat Sports changed your life uh there's absolutely nothing nothing like it I mean and and and it is life changing it is life changing just just gives you so much more of an appreciation for for life and it makes you realize how vulnerable you are as well yes like I used to like play rugby and I I picked up some weights and I thought that I was a bit of a tough guy and the first session I ever did I was training in der training with we 15-year-old called Dylan D we he to toyed with me submitted me five times in the round and I remember driving home that night thinking oh my God I would walk past the street and I would just think he's a we boy that I could wreck and he just completely oh exactly so it's the side of realizing just we really not that and even at this stage like I'm nobody I'm nobody on the scheme of things there's like so many levels and there's levels way way way above what I can put that um so it's like an appreciation of that I think excellent and then um so if you had to kind of get one point across to either like the public or to maybe someone who on the fence about starting training you know what might have well see like just on that and because you were talking about maybe it's not too late for me like I if I was even going to talk to One Niche it would be to the men in their 30s and 40s and women in their 30s and 4 days and say look if you're interested in learning this fantastic sport I mean it's one of the fastest growing Combat Sports in the world if you're interested but you're worried about your age then lose that fear and just jump into the class because it's the coach's job and it's the training partner job to make sure you have a positive experience through the you know through your journey and BJJ so if the message was to anyone it would be to the older people that maybe did sport when they were younger have young families and I always find that whenever you have young families like the focus goes completely away from yourself and and you're focused on the family but everyone even to be better parents need that thing that makes them tick and they can pass that on to their kids so if I was going to say anything it would be to the 30 40-year-olds get stuck in if you're on the fence just jump in and try a class awesome thank yeah no problem thank you and look I hope to talk to you at the end of this nice shiny belt on your shoulders cheers all right man thank [Applause] you [Music] he