Aoki subbed Hansen with a gogoplata from the RG and Jason Black with a triangle from it.Not top ten guys, but very tough competitors and experienced dudes.
With Dave being so good at this pass and teaching me, it's become one of my favorite passes as an MMA guy, I'm a stocky explosive guy so people fight like hell to break me down and keep me from getting power to punch, which feeds right into this pass.
I can't stress enough how important it is to CRUSH his bottom leg from hip to knee so that he can't get it off the floor. My training partners have thought that when I post my hand on their shin, they would set up the triangle but didn't realize that when I've got my entire upper body over their leg, the bottom leg can't move - The only threat comes from the top leg, which is why it's critical to stay tight face flat,arm wrapped tight to avoid the omoplata.
If his knee comes up, or your head comes up, you've got to reset. (Justin Garcia covered this perfectly in his video of the pass)
That was slick. Looked like bottom guy was locking up body triangle from guard and would have been very hard to see that coming...he has to be thinking about getting passed.
The one thing I really like about switching the hips like that on a rubber guard guy, is that most of the dudes in my area that I see do it get very lazy about putting that foot in the hip. Therefore their knee will be down, pretty much helping you with that pass.
Has any of the rubber guard stuff actually ever worked against a high level opponent? Not being sarcastic, but honestly wondering. Off the top of my head, I'm not recalling any examples of it.
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