it's funny how these black belts were not even aware of the rule set regarding reaping, a saddle position with a scoop grip on the trapped leg is totally fine, but an achilles grip will be DQ.
Obviously, Gordon deliberately choose not to submit by leg lock. Instead he was hunting for the back. Impressive to put yourself such a constraint in a competition match!
It just shows you that leg locks are no longer a desperado move, but rather you can successfully control people with ashi garami just the way Prof. Danaher teaches his students.
@@AbsoluteADCC exactly and I wholeheartedly agree. A brown belt once told me years ago, “a failed leg lock is an opportunity for a successful sweep”. I mean we use the hip bump sweep from closed guard right? And when they post their hand on the mat as a reaction, often times there’s an opportunity for a triangle choke. The concept is the same all around. Leg locks are no different. The ignorance around leg locks even at the highest level of submission grappling still boggles my mind
That’s not the reason, he couldn’t submit him with a leg lock because the high percentage submission (heel hook) is literally not allowed in this rule set.It’s still a good controlling mechanism.
Julian Millar because he’s not forcing nor torning Max’s knee inside (nor outside), he’s just holding and establishing control over that leg, while he attacks the other. If he insinuates or even attack the same leg he’s locking the triangle on he’d be disqualified
@@juanshuimba That's not illegal because he is underhooking the leg. As soon as he goes over to attack the trapped leg it becomes illegal. Saddle is legal as long as you go under the leg with your arm.
Crossing the leg is legal in IBJJF as long as you don’t attack the leg you’re crossing. There’s also some rule that allows for it as long as you keep the ankle elevated. If you rewatch you’ll see the whole time Gordon crossed, he had an under hook on Max’s ankle. It’s a very specific rule and luckily the ref knew it