Last night we had several discussions over Saturday nights Metamoris 3 long awaited rematch between Gracie Humaitas (Original Graice Academy in Rio) Master Royler Gracie and Eddie Bravo, who is most notorious for the Rubber Guard, Twister and The Lockdown (one of Bravos well known students is UFC commentator Joe Rogan and Bravo himself worked for the UFC). This was a rematch of their 2003 ADCC match where a then unknown Bravo upset Master Royler with a little known triangle choke set up escaping Master Roylers revered side control and pressure. Master Royler at the time was the reigning 3 X ADCC Champion and thought to be unbeatable in the under 65kg division always having very dominant victories in the division (unfortunately in Jiu Jitsu no one is unbeatable). Master Royler is also the 4 X World Jiu Jitsu Champion at Featherweight, 2 x Pan American Champion, and even had a Bronze Medal at the World Jiu Jitsu Championships in the open weight absolute, which is very rare for someone as light as a featherweight. Needless to say, Master Royler has been training and dominating Jiu Jitsu from the birth for 48 years and one of the greatest fighters of the Gracie Dynasty. Eddie Bravo in his own regard is a respected third degree Black Belt under Master JJ Machado (Machado is an ADCC legendary champion and cousin to Master Royler). Bravos only major competition accomplishment was his victory over Master Royler at ADCC 2003. He was eliminated in the next round by Master Leo Vieira and didnt medal. Outside of his upset of Master Royler, hes most known for his controversial stances on Gi training preferring to wear long sleeve rash guards with capris (3/4 trousers); the controversial names he gives to techniques and positions, or perhaps his claims of inventing said techniques... Although, some contribute this more to his fans and students and not him advocating he created or invented the technique, typically saying he just brought awareness to them by giving them unusual names. I can attest to this, as Jorge Macaco has a much more fearsome and historically well known lockdown being dominate in the MMA and BJJ scene for two decades. Macaco ruptured my ACL with the technique in our fight at the 2011 No-Gi Pan Ams resulting in me having to forfeit my next match in the Absolute, and in my opinion has a much more aggressive attack with the technique. So, this week in class well be covering this match more in detail, as Im sure the long anticipated match up will cause a huge surge in popularity of White Belts cranking feverishly on your knee with the Lockdown. Im posting a replay of the match here for you to review before class and in classes this week Ill have it playing in the lobby and give my breakdown of the match and how to kill the lockdown and electric chair sweep dead in its tracks. First Id like to say Im not a big fan of how this Metamoris event was set up in regards to the criteria. I prefer to see the ADCC rules used in No-Gi grappling. The match ended in a draw, since neither opponent was able to submit the other and that was the only way to win. Many will say Bravo would have won had their been points or judges like the last Metamoris, but I contend both men would have likely used a different game plan had that been in place. While many believe submission only is a true expression of Jiu Jitsu, I would disagree and say it leads to game plans that are limited in scope and typically players will only engage in their combinations that lead to their best submission while limiting their risk of exposure. With elite grapplers, this usually leads to some serious stalemates and most matches ending in a draw unless you have no time limit. Hence I believe the ADCC format where the first half of the match is submission only and then the second half of the match is judged for points or win by submission leads to a better assessment of whos the winner. If submission is the only way to win and no one gets one, then no one won. Both players used a limited area of their arsenal, which they felt gave them the best odds. In theory people believe submission only will make people go for stuff, in reality they go for only what their best at and strictly defend to get to a reset position to execute their best combination otherwise. This is why there was only about 4 techniques used over and over in this match. So this week Ill cover exactly how each player was intending to finishing, even including the last position of the match which appeared to be a strong submission position by Bravo but was actually a stalemate position in which Master Royler was safe. And more importantly Ill show every trick to eliminate the threat of the lockdown. After having my knee reconstructed due to it, Ive drilled into oblivion every possible way to attack it. Jory Malone Movement
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 16:49:39 +0000
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