Category Archives for Fight Reviews
Kimura Trap System in the UFC
ADCC Champion and UFC rising star Davi Ramos just won his fight against the tough Nick Hein in UFC 224 by using the rolling Kimura Trap setup from top half guard! This technique is in the Kimura Trap System, and I share it with you and break it down after highlighting Ramos use of it […]
Continue readingTitan FC Featherweight Belt: Jason Soares vs Luis Gomez play-by-play
Jason “the Specimen” Soares and Luis “el Tigre” Gomez are both champions coming into this fight of different promotions (Fight Time and Titan FC respectively). In this fight, both men showed how tough they were and definitely belonged on a UFC card. Luis wasted no time as he put the pressure immediately and got caught Jason with a hard […]
Continue readingWrestling War: Under Hooks Win!
I shared some highlights of my match with Todd Margolis in my Grapplers Quest Debut on Instagram, and got requests to review the whole match. You ask, I deliver. 🙂 Here is a break down of the whole match, and as you will see, under hooks were my key to victory. If you want to […]
Continue readingUFC Fight Pass Leg Break by FFA Fighter Edir Terry
Edir “Belico” Terry has been honing his craft for many years. He recently has been working on Muay Thai and sharpening his already dangerous kickboxing game to another level – and in his UFC Fight Pass fight, he showed how good it has gotten! This is not for the feint of heart, but it is definitely […]
Continue readingKimura Lockdown in Action – Match Review
Edgard “the Dream Killer” Plazaola is one FFA’s up and coming fighters that will be taking names. He is currently 4-0 as a pro MMA fighter, all by submission and TKO. But before he got his start in MMA, he was grappling. In this match, we see a blue belt Edgard cutting through his opponent […]
Continue readingWhen Guillotines Go Wrong – Match Review
As much I like Guillotine Chokes, they cannot be used all the time. In this match, both men try to Guillotine each other, but only one of them can prevail. A few critical errors were made by both that allowed multiple escapes, and ultimately cost one of them the match. A strong guillotine comes from […]
Continue readingWhat to do with a Guillotine Spaz?
We all have faced that person who just doesn’t know when to give up on the Guillotine Choke. They just hang on to your neck for dear life and despite all of your effort you cannot get them off. It can be really annoying! What if I told you that it can be more than […]
Continue readingWorried about getting tripped from a standing guillotine?
After a bunch of requests, I finally bring to you my new and improved video reviews! This review is from a match with my black belt Jason Soares (Back Attack Series). I think he was a blue belt at the time of this video, but nevertheless he pulled off some sweet moves! The one that caught my […]
Continue readingThe Ugly Guillotine
This is probably the ugliest guillotine I have done in a match before. I’m embarrassed looking at it now, lol! Even though I won, there was a lot of things that I did wrong here. Watch the video below to get the play by play breakdown so you don’t repeat my mistakes. Also, make sure […]
Continue readingConstant Pressure – David Avellan vs Shawn Eager
I entered this tournament just before ADCC 2011, as a way of tuning myself up for competition. I hadn’t competed since last ADCC in 2009. This was the first match of the day, against Pablo Popovitch Black Belt Shawn Eager. I can count the times in my life that I have been swept in competition […]
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