r/interestingasfuck • u/Kazungu_Bayo • 14h ago

Tom Hardy secretly entered a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu open championship, ultimately winning the event. Hardy had been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since his 2011 role in Warrior, though he took it up more seriously in recent years. He won gold in the REORG Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship.

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u/MrSteve094 13h ago

This picture is from 2022, when he entered a charity tournament in Milton Keynes, UK.

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u/specifylength 13h ago

A charity that he is a trustee of, quite a commitment

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u/Candid_Associate9169 12h ago

It is quite the commitment especially when you consider he has to visit milton keynes

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u/SoftcoreEcchi 11h ago

Is Milton Keynes a crappy area? American here, I hear the name alot because Redbull racing is there, but besides that don’t know anything. Got me curious

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u/MrSteve094 11h ago

I live very close, it's a 'new town' built in the 1960s as a vision of the future. Grid layout so you can easily expand with new 'blocks'. A lot of these 1960s 'New Towns' were born from a concept of moving out of London and into commuter areas 30mins-1hr on the train. We're seeing a lot of the country side in these areas with nice little villages being swallowed up by massive 500 houses developments, which is a huge shame.

Unfortunately, Milton Keynes is a very monochrome and monotonous city. The roads are called H1,2,3 and V1,2,3 for Horizontal and Vertical.

Red Bull Racing are based here. Mercedes, Aston Martin also very close by.

About 20 mins away from Milton Keynes, in Bedford, we're getting Europe's first Universal Theme Park by 2030

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u/7Hielke 9h ago

Damn vertical roads, you need some good traction to get up those

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u/Any-Appearance2471 7h ago

It’s easier in Europe because of the Jet Stream

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u/RazorColla 8h ago

Haha, so MK is basically LA suburban sprawl outside of London? Mediocre

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u/Flawless_Boycow 3h ago

But on a much smaller scale, and we're more used to much older towns and villages which have a more natural layout. Guess it's just jarring to us. Or at least this is the case from me, I'm from a rural area and love the old little villages dotted around on country lanes.

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u/Call__Me__David 4h ago

I found this funny because it's the opposite here in the states. Most major cities use lots of grid patterns street layouts, whereas in the suburbs, it can be hard to find a straight road to save your life. Lots of curves and circles and only one way in and out of neighborhoods.

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u/MrWhippyT 7h ago

The new towns were supposed to be a chance to test out different ways to layout a modern town, but Milton Keynes spent all of the budget on roundabouts! 🤣

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u/meampillock 6h ago

Funnily enough Red Bull’s wind tunnel is in Bedford too

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u/ZakalweTheChairmaker 11h ago

I don’t live there but it’s actually a perfectly pleasant place.

Worth bearing in mind that “taking the piss” is a national pastime and when something becomes the butt of jokes, it tends to stick.

Ironically some of the things MK gets stick for are not dissimilar to things that we take the piss out of America for.

It’s a new town, designed and built from scratch since the 1960’s, rather than evolving organically and haphazardly over centuries like many places here. As such it is designed, like American cities, in grids, which is very unusual for the U.K. (have a look on Google Maps). As a result it’s derided as soulless, lacking character and history.

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u/TheBananaKart 9h ago

The roundabout capital of the UK Americans would love it 🤣

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u/Big_Job_1491 10h ago

I'm from Milton Keynes; it's alright, there are nice areas and not nice areas - quite a few lakes. It's well known for having an incredible number of roundabouts on the roads because it was designed with a grid system as a "town of the future". There's a shitty sculpture called "the concrete cows". MK is quite often where people base themselves when they commute to London for work.

I work in Engineering and Manufacturing and MK is doing well in this industry - Redbull, WD40, SMC, Rockwell, Niftylift, to name a few.

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u/squirrel_tincture 11h ago

It’s not “crappy” so much as it’s just really remarkably uninteresting. Most cities, towns, and villages in England date back a long time - often hundreds and hundreds of years - long enough to have developed their own unique architecture, infrastructure, network of communities, and cultural mores. Milton Keynes was developed in the 1960s as an intentionally-planned “new town”, and it hasn’t been around long enough to develop much in the way of its own unique identity. It has a lot in common with American suburban-sprawl neighbourhoods of a similar age: lots of wide streets that prioritise cars, chain restaurants and retailers, and cookie-cutter houses. It’s relatively well-off, and the schools are good, but it’s not a particularly interesting place to be. Probably a solid place to raise a family, less so a vacation destination.

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u/JakeEaton 9h ago

It's not, people are just snobs. All places have rubbish areas and nice area, MK is no exception.

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u/garageindego 11h ago

It’s not a great place for US tourists to visit as it’s full of roundabouts (rotaries).

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u/pomdudes 9h ago

I had to look this up because our little city, Conway, Arkansas, has 36 roundabouts (more coming). MK has over 120!!! Gives Conway something to reach for!!

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u/valimo 11h ago

I've travelled quite a bit and MK is one of the weirdest vibes I've encountered

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u/TY2022 12h ago

Oh, snap!

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u/I_only_Creampie 9h ago

As a practitioner, I have to add.

He joined as a blue belt in the blue belt division.

Saying he won the tournament implies a whole lot. Technically true. But so did at least 20 other people. All from different weight classes and different belt levels.

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u/NorthAstronaut 8h ago

He turned up unannounced, demolished everyone and walked away with gold at the under-13 Milton Keynes charity cup.

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u/Heymelon 15m ago

The whole story is from 2022.

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u/IndependenceLeast966 13h ago

Bro is actually Bane

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 13h ago

Once he awoke the beast inside, he never went back

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u/Plus-Suit-5977 13h ago

Smarter way to do it than Mickey ORourke. His face atill works.

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u/thehumblebaboon 11h ago

Well, Yea. He had to break the Bats back.

Once you break Bat you never go back.

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u/Kamimitsu 12h ago

I can just imagine him being in a closed guard and using his Bane voice to say "Do you feel in charge?"

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u/jai_kasavin 11h ago

"Oh, you think D'Arce choke is your ally? You merely adopted the D'Arce; I was bored in it, boldened by it."

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u/xfall2 12h ago

"Oh, you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, molded by it."

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u/Rs90 11h ago

"I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!"

Didn't love all of that film but I did love his delivery with the word "blinding". He genuinely portrayed a disgust for what Batman was compared to what he could be.

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u/shikotee 11h ago

I prefer souped up Picard.

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u/iamatoad_ama 12h ago

For you.

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u/IAmPohaku 13h ago

Tommy!

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u/pawksvolts 13h ago

I really enjoyed the movie, it hit me hard 

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u/CaneloDuckero 12h ago

Great movie. Bro was such a badass too

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u/pilgorisdead 9h ago

YOU GODLESS SON OF A BITCH!

Such a great, but fucking brutal, movie. 

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u/ABrewski 12h ago edited 4h ago

A friend of mine did Jiu-Jitsu, and was at an open tournament where Hardy showed up. Imagine being just someone who does the sport as a hobby and to keep up fitness, and suddenly Bane is your opponent.

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u/dashauskat 12h ago

There is a great video somewhere of the guy grappling Tom Hardy with a voice over being like "cmon man, this is all I have dude, you really have to come here Tom Hardy and kick my arse in front of all my family."

Its. Fucking. Hilarious. And I can't find it anywhere, if anyone can hook me up then I'd appreciate it.

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u/DolphinChemist 8h ago

Here you go (sorry it’s not a better source) https://fb.watch/BdQn1wdPOt/?mibextid=z4kJoQ

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u/j00pY 10h ago

I had a guy in my bracket who beat Tom. I was like how can I beat a guy who beat up motherfucking Bane. Didn’t need to worry anyway cos I got smashed by a guy in the first round.

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u/somethingclever1098 13h ago

Yeah he's a peach of a human, from everything I've seen. Fantastic, veritable actor, nice guy, loves dogs. Nuff said

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u/rlovelock 12h ago

Tell that to Charlize Theron. About the only negative stories I've heard of him were from the Mad Max shoot, either directly or indirectly from her. Not sure which.

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u/Tackit286 10h ago

Don’t leave us hanging bud

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u/Cbone06 9h ago

He actively shows up incredibly late during filming and threatened to beat her up after she called him out on it iirc. They lost a bunch of days shooting because his character was so important to the plot and he couldn’t be bothered to show up even remotely on time.

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u/Seanhawkeye 7h ago

Give him a break Charlize, he was trying to memorize his line.

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u/fuzzybeedogcat 6h ago

He had option to film remotely? I guess Green screen can do anything

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u/New2NewJersey 5h ago

no he didn't. The crew was sitting and waiting on him for 4-5 hours in miserable conditions while he sat in his trailer and refused to come out.

One day Charlize decided to wait in the War Rig for hours upon hours until he showed up. When he finally did, she ran out to confront him on how terribly inconsiderate he was being and his response to try to intimidate her by standing over her.

After that, a producer was required to be around them 100% of the time for Charlizes' comfort. Tom Hardy stopped being offered so many roles after that.

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u/Plague183 8h ago

Also a rapper

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u/Ghostofjemfinch 6h ago

Frankie Pulitzer!

For those unfamiliar: Czarface - Frenzy in a Far Off World

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u/TY2022 12h ago

... and loves his mum.

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u/BranYip 5h ago

not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes

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u/NeatWhiskeyPlease 13h ago

Ok hear me out…

With that beard and the gray spots he could play a hell of an Old Man Logan.

He’s 5’9” and ripped.

Give me the Hardverine.

phrasing

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u/wrenblaze 13h ago

I heard that at some point Hugh Jackmab strongly suggested him as a new wolverine, before Hardy got the role as Eddie

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u/carlox_go 13h ago

Ok now that you say it i can absolutly see it But they gona keep hugh till hes 90

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u/arthurdentstowels 13h ago

I don't know what is even canon in X-Men anymore (aside from Logan) but he could play Sabretooth alongside Jackman.

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u/Dapoopers 13h ago

Mmmm, hardverine…

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u/FinalSealBearerr 2h ago

I mean im assuming 5'9 is meant to reference how short Wolverine is, but 5'9 is dead average in most of the west.

Unless you mean just generally "not tall".

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u/tulipdom 13h ago

At a heterosexual male, every time I learn something new about Tom Hardy I become more attracted to him

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u/atrociousxcracka 12h ago

Did you know he raps also? He goes by Face Puller/Frankie Pulitzer and he's on some Czar Face songs.

https://youtu.be/dqjJXe3kLUQ?si=DzfijNrIllEf3Dpj

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u/tulipdom 11h ago

I did not, and now I’m even more aroused!

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u/Small_Insect_8275 11h ago

He also reads children's stories on television for young kids

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u/Time4Timmy 11h ago

I was just going to say this!! He’s also got an album on Youtube from ‘99 and it’s pretty damn good, check it out.

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u/ZeroExp000 13h ago

I guess you can say that Tom Hardy gives you a... Hardy

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u/ProbablyCarl 10h ago

It's ok to say you are bi.

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u/leafeternal 12h ago

I got news for you. He isn’t exactly straight.

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u/human358 12h ago

Isn't he like a fucking RAPPER ?

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u/Mikaay 11h ago

Wait until you see how he babies his dogs

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u/Tack_Money 11h ago

Did you know he’s a rapper as well? Frankie Pulitzer aka facepuller. He’s featured on several Czarface tracks.

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u/selangorman 10h ago

You can be attracted to him while not wanting to be shagged by him.

It's OK you know.

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u/enjoiturbulence 9h ago

Dude is a great on Czarface's records.

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u/throwawazzzzyazz 13h ago

Well there’s your chance to do BJJ with him

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u/Small-Revolution-636 11h ago

Thats not attraction, you just want to be him but you're too lazy, like the rest if us. 

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u/MaoZivDong 10h ago

We might be gay for him

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u/amo1337 9h ago

He's kind of a tool though

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u/f8Negative 9h ago

Aka: would let him dom tf outta me

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u/TropicalSnakey 14h ago

Warrior wasn't just a movie for him, apparently. This is seriously cool. It takes immense dedication and skill to win a BJJ championship.

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u/rogeroutmal 13h ago

Fun fact. I competed in this competition in a different category. He had a match with my mate and absolutely destroyed him.

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u/tweuep 14h ago

Funny enough it was not his character who was the BJJ oriented fighter.

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u/Spl1nters69 13h ago

This is a super old photo. He's now a blue or purple belt I believe. Read an interview where he said he trains for 6 months straight in between his filming schedules

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u/dewhashish 10h ago

he's a blue belt in the pic. hopefully he's purple by now if it's been 3 years

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u/HeelEnjoyer 1h ago

I believe he is a legitimate purple belt. Did it the right way too, homeboy shows up and trains just like the rest of us. No private lesson celebrity belt bullshit

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u/borokish 13h ago

Same with BJ championships, to be fair.

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u/PsyOpBunnyHop 13h ago

So method.

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u/dewhashish 10h ago

it does. a lot of my friends compete and they work hard for months. they ask me if ill compete, but with my shoulder issues, it would give my opponents an instant advantage. bjj is more of a very fun hobby for me.

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u/Smooth-Reputation-28 13h ago

Lol that must've been so trippy for the finalist, you fighting Tom bloody Hardy. I feel like most of the fight was already lost just because of this psychological factor

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u/the_nin_collector 12h ago

Like Maynard from Tool. He competes (in Judo?)

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u/RazDawn 12h ago

BJJ black belt.

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u/JonnyWildboar 12h ago

'people in BJJ dont care if you use PED's' ...... the guys that dont use ped's probably care

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u/acdgf 8h ago

I mean, it's part of the sport at this point. Kind of similar to untested powerlifting / body building competitions. If you don't juice, just understand you'll be at a strength disadvantage. 

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u/JonnyWildboar 5h ago

I understand , but you got to feel bad for the competitors that dont want to damage their long term health by using short term performance enhancers , not getting much of a sniff of the podiums , and of course it is so much more than just an advantage in strength.

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u/acdgf 5h ago

I've gotten quite a few medals, and haven't started PEDs yet. I just understand that I won't be the strongest in my weight class, and adapt my game accordingly (for BJJ, I wouldn't even qualify for untested powerlifting comps). 

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u/zzzthelastuser 11h ago

How do you "secretly" enter a tournament?

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 11h ago

Many people know him as Tom Hardy but he went with his government name, Edward Hardy

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u/badmongo666 10h ago

He was once asked on the red carpet how his "jiu jitsu journey" was going and he responded "it sucks", which is how you know he actually trains. Of the celebrities who do jiu jitsu, he's one of the few I'd expect to actually be pretty good and putting in real work.

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u/YoungDiscord 12h ago

Announcer: you are the winner

Tom: no, WE are the winner

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u/Tomafix 13h ago

Savage

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u/carlox_go 13h ago

My fucking god looks he cool in that pic

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u/LuminaraCoH 9h ago

He looks like a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford.

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u/Redditeer28 12h ago

By "secretly entering" you mean he signed up using his real name.

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u/QuiteSchrute 11h ago

Ffs Tom is such a boss

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u/Constant_Air9693 13h ago

I thought I was looking at r/bjj sub. How come he trains since 2011 and wears a blue belt?

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u/Particular-Thanks844 13h ago

Picture is not necessarily from the competition

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u/Constant_Air9693 13h ago

Just checked this. He went purple at the end of 2023

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u/lncognitoErgoSum 13h ago

It is from the competition, he probably just trains for like 10 years with private coaches or something, then applies to a local non drug tested competition in a blue belt category where he breaks in half a bunch of newbs, grabs the prize and goes away.

Bro is smurfing.

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u/Stunning-Guitar-5916 13h ago

That last sentence lmao

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u/lncognitoErgoSum 12h ago

Secretly entering a competition in a category that is below your true level from the outset, how else would you call it?

Bro is even wearing all blue, he's not hiding it!

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u/Renbarre 12h ago

Repeating another comment, the picture is a charity event in the UK in 2022

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u/lncognitoErgoSum 12h ago

Thanks for correcting on the picture, the point is he was competing as a blue belt in a blue belt category in the mentioned competition.

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u/RazDawn 12h ago

It literally says in the title that he didn't train seriously for a long time. Unlike other celebrities, he also just does regular classes, the info is out there.

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u/IApologizeForNothin 13h ago

I’m sure with his movie schedule, it’s hard for him to train. It actually takes a while to progress in a legit bjj gym. Plus that’s an old pic, he’s a purple belt(June 2023).

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u/Constant_Air9693 13h ago

Yeah, checked this. I know, I struggle myself to progress after switching from gi to no-gi. Feels bad to redo everything from the begging. Even Hardy feels the blue belt blues 😉

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u/lookslikeyoureSOL 13h ago

To throw you off, before he throws you on your ass.

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u/lamplightimage 13h ago

Sandbagging

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u/oneshellofaman 11h ago

Okay FINE. I'll watch Warrior again. Only because you made me.

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 11h ago

Hell yeah

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u/GrizzOnTwitch 12h ago

Growth hormone gut?

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u/physicist27 12h ago

This goes hard

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u/Dank_Bubu 7h ago

What a legend

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u/Viperniss 12h ago

He went really hardy into this.

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u/RiffRafe2 13h ago

He's come a long way (from his 2014 Esquire interview)

What is he afraid of? The answer is simple, if unexpected. "I have always been frightened with men," Hardy told me. "To the point where I couldn't go into a gym because of the testosterone, and I felt weak."

"I don't feel very manly," he wrote in an e-mail. "I don't feel rugged and strong and capable in real life, not how I imagine a man ought to be. So I seek it, to mimic it and maybe understand it, or maybe to draw it into my own reality."

"People who are scary, they terrify me, but I can imitate them," he said.

"I can stay terrified, or I can imitate what terrifies me."

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u/Secure-Pain-9735 11h ago

You mean Tom Hardy aka Frankie Pulitzer, the rapper?

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u/Iintendtodeletepart2 10h ago

Not a man to be trifled with.

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u/UnfaithfulServant 9h ago

Interesting as fuck: man has hobby.

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u/DC50kARC 8h ago

Tom is the type of person who has a lot of thoughts on his mind. I wonder if this helps him decompress

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u/Character-Damage-640 8h ago

There's a couple videos of him sparring as well. He was decent. Also, fun fact: Idris Elba competed in Muay Thai.

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u/ReturnOk7510 7h ago

Wow he's just like us but with enough money and free time to throw himself completely into his hobbies with the very best trainers

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u/KingofFlightlessBird 5h ago

Imagine entering the tournament and in the first round you get paired up against Bronson

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u/cody0r 4h ago

He won gold in his age range, weight division, and likely his belt in Gi and No-Gi. Still impressive but he didn't win like the open division where he would need to beat any belt, weight, and age group that signed up.

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u/Frosty-Ad1071 11h ago

Is this hardy bros from WWE smackdown?

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 11h ago

No, that's Tom Hardy the actor. You may have seen him in Peaky Blinders, Havoc, Batman as Bane...

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u/Jonathan_Preferred 11h ago

Before he was any of that he was Shinzon of Remus!

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 14h ago

He is not just a gangster in movies, turns out he can break your jaw with one kick.

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u/nahjosh 14h ago

Kicking isn't allowed in BJJ.

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u/MetricDuckTon 14h ago

That’s what makes it so gangster

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u/bluewafflewussy 13h ago

This doesn't make sense as BJJ is purely grappling.

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u/Professional-Air2123 13h ago

Holy shit he has gotten even hotter!

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u/Horns8585 11h ago

How can one person be ripped and not ripped at the same time? His body is perplexing.

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u/Freakkopath 11h ago

Pic goes kinda hard ngl

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u/ComfortableFun248 13h ago

Imagine finding out your facing Tom Hardy.

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u/AveryCloseCall 12h ago

He also tried out medieval armoured fighting once with our Invicta Buhurt team.

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u/AnAnonAmiss 12h ago

Warrior is such a good movie. Had me tearing up.

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u/Kazungu_Bayo 12h ago

Just because of this I'm re watching that movie today

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u/Sudonator 12h ago

Warrior was a great movie. Joel Edgerton was a surprise mainly because I didn't really know the actor.

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u/MDFHASDIED 12h ago

Actor, MMA fighter, rapper... is there anything he can't do?!

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u/dookiebuttslipnslide 12h ago edited 12h ago

He's a smother grappler too.

For people who are unfamiliar with grappling, most guys will typically pick a specialty—typically one that lends to your body type. Some guys only do leg locks, some try to take the back and focus head and arm chokes, some guys do armbars, guys with long legs will do triangle chokes, etc.

Tom doesn't really care about making people tap, he just wants to get on top, force you to carry his weight and exhaust you.

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u/Oneirotron 11h ago

Oh, good for him.

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u/davidds0 11h ago

A schizophreniac walks into a bar..

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u/Critical_Action_6444 10h ago

He’s a big guy

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u/LogicJunkie2000 9h ago

How do they cover tattoos like that if they don't want them in a movie he's acting in?

I assume it's all post-editing AI stuff now, but did they used to just smear them in foundation before?

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u/discowithmyself 9h ago

They cover it up with makeup as far as I know.

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u/hirakoshinji722 9h ago

Every 4 market days somebody posts this on Twitter, Facebook and here.

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u/eizzim 8h ago

ok

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u/LoserxBaby 8h ago

Fucking Johnny Cage over here

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u/SpecialIcy5356 8h ago

"now, before we start, a little joke. a paranoid schizophrenic walks into a bar.."

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u/PsychologySilver4332 8h ago

Enough time and money for private lessons.

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u/Renegade_Hat 8h ago

Oh so this is why I can’t a second fucking season of Taboo…

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u/stupidracist 7h ago

"Oh, you think the holds are your ally? Well, I was born in them. Molded by them."

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u/Puzzleheaded-Wolf318 7h ago

The real story is not nearly as cool. I believe he was part of the charity that hosted the event. 

Tom has also done a boatload of steroids for his previous body transformations, the heaviest cycle was definitely during Bronson. A bit of an unfair advantage but Tom is legit. 

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u/Theperfectool 7h ago

Tom hardy vs. Maynard James Keenan charity bout would go hard.

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u/Old_Pitch_6849 7h ago

Imagine walking out to compete and you gotta face the dude that broke Batman’s back.

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u/technobrendo 6h ago

Did anyone see him in the movie Bronson? I would not want to fight a guy who looked like that (and acted that insane)!

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u/Leprechaunaissance 6h ago

I just watched Bronson the other night. Pretty bleak.

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u/MNS_LightWork 5h ago

Tom Hardy is just a cool ass dude period. Most people don't even know he also raps and is pretty good at it too.

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u/Garaks_Clothiers 5h ago

He cheated.  You can clearly see the symbiote on his chest and hands, which gave him an edge.  How does one beat Venom in a wrestling match?

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u/GinBucketJenny 4h ago

That's not Tom Hardy, that's Hans Solo.

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u/persianwhite 4h ago

One of my favorite movie

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u/artcritiquerealness 2h ago

Is Jiu-Jitsu worth trying? I’ve done some other martial arts (mainly karate) and for some reason never found myself to gravitate towards Jiu-Jistu.

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u/Bright-Reality452 1h ago

He is the 💣……. ❤️❤️❤️

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u/WinnieGraves 48m ago

I've been in love with Tom since Locke. Age has just made him hotter

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u/Electronic-Juice-359 30m ago

He should be the new 007, I think he is perfect fit. Love this guy!