Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 16 min · 13 segments
P4P Dante Leon talks all things bjj, competing, making money in Jiu Jitsu, his childhood, and much more.
Dante LeonGuest
Alysa CouceHost
That was a typical kind of schedule makeup back in like the mid 2000s, early 2000s.
And then there would be like a Friday or Saturday no gi day and it'd be the smallest class in the gym.
And now obviously you're doing mostly no gi now, but is that just because of opportunities? Like, do you actually prefer gi?
But the Gi competition kind of... was different i would say um it was obviously very tough and it's obviously very uh there's like the highest level people there and i still believe the best way to get good at jiu-jitsu is starting in the gi
in nogi uh even like gi guy even nogi strictly nogi guys usually they're really good in the gi I'm not saying they've won world titles, but if they dedicated themselves the same way, you have to think that they would probably be very close to the level that they are at Nogi.
It can change really with the individual, but I find that to be true for the most part.
So that's what I would say was like what I thought of as sport growing up, what I envisioned.
like that was like a quote that I would always say I want to be a prize fighter as a kid because like I wanted to be able to travel around go to different places like get off a plane go do you know what I mean your matches
That was a typical kind of schedule makeup back in like the mid 2000s, early 2000s.
And then there would be like a Friday or Saturday no gi day and it'd be the smallest class in the gym.
And now obviously you're doing mostly no gi now, but is that just because of opportunities? Like, do you actually prefer gi?
But the Gi competition kind of... was different i would say um it was obviously very tough and it's obviously very uh there's like the highest level people there and i still believe the best way to get good at jiu-jitsu is starting in the gi
in nogi uh even like gi guy even nogi strictly nogi guys usually they're really good in the gi I'm not saying they've won world titles, but if they dedicated themselves the same way, you have to think that they would probably be very close to the level that they are at Nogi.
It can change really with the individual, but I find that to be true for the most part.
So that's what I would say was like what I thought of as sport growing up, what I envisioned.
like that was like a quote that I would always say I want to be a prize fighter as a kid because like I wanted to be able to travel around go to different places like get off a plane go do you know what I mean your matches
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