NVME

It's only gay if you make eye contact.

BirdmanMD

im on my university's boxing team. after practice we have a few guys that do mma as well as myself. im 159 5'8" and box at 147(welterweight in college weight classes) and can handle most of the 185 guys no problem at all when it gets to the ground.

P.S.- i got a fight against us naval academy coming up, ill post a vid after the fight in early march

ninja edit: crxmatt: that fight with gomi was awesome. im tired of people ranking gomi #1. sherk, bj, and probably even stevenson would beat him

crxmatt2

Gomi isn't even top 10 lightweigts. Frank Edgar, Tyson Griffin, Roger Heurta are a few of the underrated lightweights. Gomi does have devistating hands though.. but that's all thats going for him. I'm anxious to see BJ fight some of the up and coming lightweights in the division though. Props on the boxing. I'd love to learn more about it, i've got a pretty good reach but no power.. and there's no boxing school within an hour where I live.

RotaryGeek

salesmonkey, we get a suicide attempt about once a week cuz we have the crisis management center here. thats where we hold all the suicidal ones. but naked in A room with nothing but a metal bed and a suicide blanket. and we keep it about 60 degrees in there so all they want to do is stay wrapped up in there blanket.

TorganFM

I agree about Gomi. I have no idea why he's ranked number one when he hasn't fought in a year, his last fight was a brutal pwning, and before that Marcus Aurelio went the distance and lost by a split but triangled Gomi in their previous fight. He's not that good, and Huerta, Guida, Melendez, BJ, Stevenson would all molest him at this point in time.

Btw I had another BJJ practice tonight and I taught the guys a little something. Say I have a guy in my guard and I'm trying to triangle him. Well if he defends and wraps his inside arm around my leg I can make a quick transition to omoplata that
s super effective.

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You need help

crxmatt2

Yeah omaplata is effective if done 100% right. I hardly ever go for it because of it's risk and I dont recall anyone ever being finished by an omaplata. I do however enjoy the gogoplata, and I just learned the gogo from the mount position that's very effective as well. a proper gogo is an instant tapout if done correctly.

TorganFM

Well they're all technically instant tapouts if done correctly. Omoplata is like second nature to me, like how triangle is second nature to guys with long legs. Gogoplata we haven't practiced because it's an air choke and those are no-go for a university club at this point. I don't find the omoplata so risky because I have one of his arms trapped and I still have my 2 free hands. Even if he rolls out I've got his arm trapped for armbar etc. I <3 omoplata as well as figure four armbar with the guy in my triangle. My sweeps are pretty sick too. I love the one sweep we learned where the guy's in my guard and then I wrap underneath one of his armpits all the way to the back of his head with one hand, hook the back of his knee with my other, then push my hips to the sky and land in mount.

Armbars from the bottom with the guy teetering above you are awesome too. I do my best work off the bottom, it's when I get to the top that I kind of choke and just sit there with a position.

crxmatt2

that's exactly what happens to me. I'm a horrible mount jiu jitsu fighter. If my opponent is bigger i grab their arm and fall back and put them in my full guard. Only thing I really do from mount is basic armbar, americana, or try an arm triangle. i have no problem being on my back, i have long legs and I can slap on a triangle in a second.

TorganFM

Yeah I don't even try to sub from mount unless it's an arm triangle variation or armbar since it's so easy to sweep. In fact I'd prefer side control to mount most times because I feel more grounded that way.