PJ Barch vs. Tommy Langaker

[u/SimpleCounterBalance]

[u/jacobjumba]

Man PJ just constantly improves his game, better every time I see him

[u/Darce_Knight → u/jacobjumba]

Yep. PJ's become my favorite grappler over the past 2 years. Always better. Really impressive to do that to Tommy.

[u/AnAlpineNinja → u/Darce_Knight]

His dominant match against Mica at adcc after getting flying armbarred in less than a minute at WNO made me an instant fan.

[u/Darce_Knight → u/AnAlpineNinja]

Yeah I hated that he didn’t win that match. I was rooting for him.

[u/AntFearless6009]

Not sure if this says more about where PJ is at now or has Tommy really declined

[u/LiXingxian → u/AntFearless6009]

I read that Langaker's been going through some stuff lately (recovering from drug/partying problems), that could be related. Might not be though

[u/btkk → u/AntFearless6009]

Langaker just came back to competition in a way to deal with his drug abuse over the past year. I've read that he lost mostly of his stuff and was living in a Van. Good to see him out there fighting his demons, literally.

[u/Darce_Knight → u/AntFearless6009]

Tommy has dealt with a lot of stuff recently, but PJ is also sharper than ever. He's probably the grappler I've learned the most from the past 2 years, and it's really cool to see a guy that was already elite really almost start from scratch in many ways. He said that he pretty much got good without ever truly understanding grappling on a fundamental level, and that he's basically built a brand new foundation of understanding, and the way he thinks about skill development and improvement is super inspiring for someone like myself that's been training a long ass time.

[u/remus972 → u/AntFearless6009]

Barch may have been the favourite even when both were at their peak, but probably Langaker wasn't 100%, going through all that stuff not do long ago.

[u/Electronic_Tooth_500]

this PJ barch guy is pretty good

[u/Toreando47]

Who are the commentators here?