A Merry Judo Chop Christmas
It's been a great year for MMA and Bloody Elbow has tried to dissect the sweetest tidbits for your edification with our Judo Chop series.
As a way to celebrate the season here are some of my favorite techniques we saw in the last year:
- Anthony Pettis Unleashes the Aú Batido
- Rashad Evans Transitions From Punches to Take Downs
- The Half Guard Sweeps of Wilson Reis
- Waylon Lowe Drops Melvin Guillard With a High Leg Sweep
- Phil Davis Invents a Hammerlock Variation Called the 'Mr Wonderful'
- Shane Carwin Unleashes Brutal Dirty Boxing on Frank Mir
- C.B. Dollaway Gets the Elbow Lift Guillotine
- The Unconventional MMA Boxing of Nick and Nate Diaz
- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic Unleashes an Axe Kick
- Frankie Edgar Uses a Cut Kick to Sweep B.J. Penn
- Matt Hughes Unleashes the "Dave Schultz Front Headlock"
- The Instinctive Judo of Yoshihiro Akiyama
- Randy Couture Uses the Low Single Leg Take Down
- Paul Sass Gives a Clinic in Pulling Guard
- Katsunori Kikuno Puts the Crescent Kick To Work
- Fedor Emelianenko's Vaunted "Fight IQ" Failed Him
- Ben Askren's Funky Wrestling Prowess
- Exchange Between Lyoto Machida and 'Rampage' Jackson
- Bocek Catches Hazelett in a Triangle From the Mount
We'll look back at more of the Judo Chops of 2010 as the holidays continue.
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this isn't a best of
just a compilation of techniques that we focused on. Sadly time doesn’t allow us to dissect every notable technique used in MMA. Feel free to do your own though.
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by Nate Wilcox on Dec 25, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
its true
I need to rewatch that fight. Maybe I’ll do a belated chop on it.
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by Nate Wilcox on Dec 25, 2010 2:37 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
thank you.
i feel bad because i didn’t get anything for ya’ll.
by F'n Clownshoes on Dec 25, 2010 10:30 AM EST reply actions
at least you didn't complain!
That makes Santa effing grumpy.
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by Nate Wilcox on Dec 25, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
reply fail
that comment was to you good man.
by F'n Clownshoes on Dec 25, 2010 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
no complaints
i love free entertainment that educates me. besides, i get to see my brother and i want to sweep the leg!
by F'n Clownshoes on Dec 25, 2010 10:50 AM EST reply actions
C.B.'s guillotine, Bocek's triangle and Fedor's Fight IQ
Were my three favorite chops this year. That guillotine C.B. pulled may have made me a fan of his.
Merry Christmas everyone
It’s been one hell of a year for mma.

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