i've competed a lot in wrestling and somewhat in BJJ. probably like 2 years of bjj competition and wrestling my whole life.

Your example is a good point, but it's a bit out of context. Tye and Mica are professional athletes, they've proven themselves in other events. I'm not talking about having multiple matches in 1 day. It's the fact that in order to win a tournament you have to win multiple times in a row. Put each of those matches on separate days if you want and that's still way harder than having a single match and being done. You have to be the best on multiple occasions. This is why we relish watching some of the top level guys , because they are consistently at that amazingly high level and also why Tye vs Mica was still a great match and fun to watch. We already knew that in order to even get there they both needed to win beforehand.

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Also, i'm not even talking about black belt adult.