American actor and television host Mario Lopez made an appearance on the ‘Kelly Clarkson Show,’ where he demonstrated a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu move to the host. Meanwhile, submission grappler and BJJ black belt Gordon Ryan posted a story about the same on his Instagram handle. He rejoiced at jiu-jitsu gaining mainstream popularity.

Mario Lopez appeared on Clarkson’s show to discuss a variety of topics, including his turning 50 years old this year. Lopez had previously hosted the ‘Kelly Clarkson Show’ as a guest host. The ‘Popstar: Never Stop Shooting’ actor started training in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu in 2017. He was awarded the purple belt in November 2022. Lopez also displayed quality performance at the IBJJF Phoenix Open in 2022.

He got the opportunity to showcase his BBJ skills on Clarkson’s show. The singer and TV host seemed excited at Lopez’s display at that moment like this and said, “I think I’ve had this dream!” Mario Lopez took the opportunity to show Kelly Clarkson a submission move, the rear-naked choke. Both celebrities joked about the BJJ move’s name as sounding “naughty“.

Gordon Ryan and fans react to the BJJ demonstration by Mario Lopez

BJJ world champion Gordon Ryan has been an admirer of Mario Lopez’s BJJ journey. He posted the video as his Instagram story and wrote: “Another win for JJ.” Many fans have made some hilarious comments on Instagram after watching Mario Lopez’s Instagram post teaching Clarkson the submission move. He captioned the video: “We had too much of a good time on @KellyClarksonTV & it felt good to be back on today…Thanks for having me!”

Here are some of the reactions from users on Instagram:

• We all had that dream too. Thank you for living it for us all. Haha.
• I have also had that dream, Kelly.
• HAHAHAHAHA Kelly has no filter and i love it
• Love love love Mario and Kelly together. They need a talk show together.
• Haha she had it! He tapped!
• Learning with Kelly Y’all hahaha
• mario showing jujutsu love it
• I have so many questions

Clarkson also cautioned viewers not to try these moves at home. Fans found the video hilarious and claimed that they wanted to see Mario and Kelly need to host a talk show together. Some fans also appreciated Kelly Clarkson’s unfiltered and genuine reactions to the BJJ demonstration. They seemed to love that Clarkson was able to tap out the actor.

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Gordon Ryan was happy to see BJJ get elevated and showcased on national television. Jiu-Jitsu has become of the most popular martial arts in the world and MMA fighters belong from a BJJ background. What are your takes on Brazilian Jiu-jitsu? Are you a fan of it? Drop your comments below.

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