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UFC 143 Judo Chop: Dustin Poirier's Mounted Triangle Armbar
Dustin Poirier was slotted to face three different opponents at several points in the lead up to UFC 143. Finally after a rash of injuries, UFC rookie Max Holloway was the man across the cage from Poirier. Holloway, while an interesting prospect and exciting striker, is fairly inexperienced on the...
New Fan's Introduction to Mixed Martial Arts: Ground Grappling
New to MMA? Just watched the UFC on FX and looking forward to the UFC on Fox 2? Think you might be getting hooked? Well you've come to the right place! Here at Bloody Elbow we are breaking down the various phases and techniques in an MMA match; Starting with the striking and then moving on to the...
UFC 139 Judo Chop: Matt Brown's Scissors Sweep of Seth Baczynski
Tom Grant brings us another mini-Judo Chop, as he breaks down some of the subtle groundwork displayed in Seth Baczynski's submission victory over Matt "The Immortal" Brown during UFC 139. In this mini-chop, Tom explains how exactly Matt Brown used his long legs to scissors sweep Baczynski and...
UPDATED - UFC Fight Night 25 Judo Chop: T.J. Waldburger Chains Submissions Together
This is a post by the Bloody Elbow Grappling Coverage team. Introduction by KJ Gould, main analysis by Patrick Tenney. UPDATE: As a bonus, we've added a gif of Waldburger's nifty kick-trip take down to taking the back with analysis from Ben Thapa of the BE grappling team. If at first you don't...
Strikeforce Judo Chop: Luke Rockhold Does a Cage Crawling Clinic Against Jacare
This Judo Chop is by Tom Grant. Fraser Coffeen has already discussed Rockhold's striking in this fight. It was common forum fodder in the mid-2000s to debate the merits of cage vs ring as a venue for an MMA match. It was asserted that cages favored grapplers, while rings favored strikers. The...
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