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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...
Angles in Striking Part 3: From Above
This is the concluding segment of a three part series. The other parts can be found below: Part 1: Footwork Part 2: From Below In the second part of this series we studied the blind angle and the advantages of attacking one's opponent through this. It is a common tactic among master strikers and...
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...
UFC Judo Chop: Charles Oliveira and Nik Lentz Put on a Marred Classic
Charles Oliveira's UFC on Versus 4 bout with Nik Lentz has been ruled a No Contest due to an illegal knee by Oliveira that the referee missed. The No Contest ruling means there is officially no winner and no loser in this bout. That's a frustrating end for a most excellent fight between two...
Does Brock Lesnar's Loss Mean That Boxing Is Tops in MMA?
Only a couple of months ago, Randy Couture humiliated aging boxing champ James Toney at UFC 118 and pretty much everyone concluded that was the very last nail in the coffin of the tired old MMA vs Boxing debate. Now that Brock Lesnar has been beaten up by Cain Velasquez though, the boxing...
Bloody Elbow Judo Chop: Two Approaches to the Heel Hook
Last night's SENGOKU Sixth battle event featured two fights ending in one of the less common submissons: the heel hook. Satoru Kitaoka nails a heel hook in his semi-final match against highly touted (and #15 meta-ranked lightweight) Eiji Mitsuoka. Kitaoka -- training partner of fellow submission...
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