'I fight in a league in Europe. I fight for a German team and they have a ten-point scoring system - first guy to ten wins the match. There's no ippon - they take the Japanese stuff and they add a lot of flare to it. It's a whole show. It's a team match, but it's a show.
There's music, there's girls dancing, there's smoke, there's lights. It's announced. The stadium is packed with people and horns and bells and all kinds of stuff. The guys wear very colorful gis.
I have a black and yellow judo uniform that I wear for the German team. That's not allowed in U.S. competition. But they have a lot of flare and style, and they've changed the rules so that it's more spectator-friendly. They've had a lot of success. Judo is big in Europe.'
