With his own leg crossed over his body (as though he was lying cross-legged) and . But once Chris started defending, he switched to omoplata in a split second. It's sometimes called The Dragon Claw because it is similar to a kimura from guard, except instead of getting your elbow around your opponent's arm, you put it under his chin. In order to perform the gogoplata, do the following: An alternative way to finish the choke is to throw your left leg over your opponents head and down on the back of his or her neck. watch and invent. Ryusuke "Jack" Uemura is the fighter who performed the first successful gogoplata in mixed martial arts, it occurred in his match against Isao Terada at Zst Grand Prix 2, Final Round, on January 23, 2005. I felt confident because I had used the move so many times that a escape method would be visible. This setup starts from guard and you take sleeve grips on your opponent. The gogoplata is one of the lesser seen moves used in MMA, yet it remains a very effective submission. Tank Abbott is the kind of guy you'd expect police to find alone in the center of a wrecked biker bar before they called for immediate backup. #adcc #grappling #grapple #jitz #purplebelt #jiujitsu #pfl # . (love the Japanese names) If we were talking pain, the "Spine-Crank" or in my opinion the ultimate .. "Kneebar" ! Once locked in, 99% of the fighters would tap regardless of the BJJ level. Now, OSP is just a brown belt in BJJ and most fans actually know him for his insane KO power. Silva almost cinched in a gogoplata on Qihui toward the end of the first round, but the Brazilian was unable to get a proper hold of her opponent. Perhaps the highest-profile instance of a gogoplata finish was Diaz's finish of Gomi in 2007. Martial arts unleashed is the fastest growing Martial Arts Publication and media company in the world with almost 1 million followers across the unleashed network. [6] Former UFC Heavyweight fighter Brad Imes calls himself "Mr. Gogoplata," after winning two matches in a row with the maneuver. Unless they have no defensive sense. Thus, it is rarely seen in BJJ and MMA competition. Rubber guard gogoplata To get there, bring your knee up to your elbow, then throw your leg on top of your opponents back. The setup was basically the rubber guard setup we just detailed, but from the mount. When i was school we were wrestling in p.e and it was tap out i lock it in on the kid i was wrestling and h started to cough out blood and he was tapping out like hell i like this move, very good choke but i think i prefer triangle choke because you can get sum punches in there too lol anywy gsp rules. UFC Fight Club 4.6 . 10. Most of the time your opponents arm is gonna be caught half way to an omaplata , but if you straighten it out the transition is natural.for me atleast. . Check us out for the latest MMA News, UFC News, Bellator News, Rizin News, Boxing News, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu and mixed martial arts from around the globe. Or reach behind their head, grab the top of your foot, and push up on your heel to finish the choke. UFC fighter Joe Soto also used the move in 2009 to defeat Mike Christensen. Loveth Young at LFA 125, Nominee: Wellington Turman def. This one could easily enter some of our future weird MMA finishes lists. The gogoplata, also called the kagato-jimeas in Judo, was popularized by 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu founder, Eddie Bravo, as part of his famous rubber guard system. It is one of those submissions that are very hard to set up, not to mention how painful it is. Just thinking about all the scenarios that could go wrong with this submission makes up my stomach spin around. Did you miss the debut of UFC 288"Countdown" or just want to watch it again? The gogoplata is one of those chokes that brings fans to their feet when they see this submission done.