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The second I saw that sweep at 7:38 I stopped watching and came to the comment section. I knew that's all people would be talking about. Marcello is fkn ridiculously good.
now that is some hi quality BJJ the sweep by Lovato at 3:45 was awesome as was Marcelo's at 7:40 I'm only a blue belt, but I can recognize greatness...
Thats as high end as jiu jitsu gets. Marcelo is a god. Bare in mind lovato is still actively competing. Garcia basically a full time teacher and prob could still dominate most of the high end competitors
GordonFreeman if you have nothing nice to say or nothing constructive to say then don't say anything at all our minds are too calm for the storm of your hatred
It's so impressive how Marcelo is able to stay steady against someone whose arms and legs are so much longer than his. I often feel like he looks at 8:27 ish, all tied up by the other guy. I'll have to try to channel him next time.
Totally agree with you bud! What an awesome sweep! I watched it over and over again, frame by frame! See how he 'tested' it first, by feinting his right leg up...then BANG! Marcello is undoubtedly a grappling genius! What a work of art to watch!
It's incredible watching these guys roll, even after a few years of consistent training, as a decent blue I can barely follow most of what they're doing. As for the gi, it makes your escapes better and increases your overall awareness and ability to feel things. Your guard will improve with gi work. It's not required to be a great grappler but it has it's benefits. Plus it's great for the street.
Marcelo's classes run $200/month (1 year agreement) but space in NYC is very very expensive, especially considering that MG is right next to time square.
The biggest lesson Marcelo teaches is to always break your opponent's grips. The second someone who knows what they're doing has TWO grips on you, you're in trouble. Marcelo doesn't even want one grip on him.
@@jasonrose6288 You have to learn to get your grips and go. Getting your grip then just chilling, waiting for them to strip or move etc. People learn to just either grab to grab someone, or just take forever to initiate their movement. Grab and go.
So I certainly liked the sweep at 740 but what kept Rafael from posting at 622? just the speed at which Marcello was sweeping, maybe Rafael was keeping it playful, did Marcello have some way of stopping the left hand. just trying to figure it out I use a lot of the arm drag grip but I never sweep that direction
Marcelo is keeping it playful, if you watch their match Marcelo 14 - 0 then submits him at the end with arm bar. Lovato did not let go of the gi to post on that sweep at 6:22
it looks like rafael's left hand had possibly gripping marcelo's right lapel, marcelo went for the sweep in that split second and rafael couldn't post. It's hard to see this at the first angle, but once marcelo is on top you can see Rafael's left hand gripping the right lapel.
and marcelo swept rafael to rafael's left. this made it difficult for him to post his hand and have structure to achieve base. He posted on his elbow briefly with the grip in his hand, but the momentum for the sweep at this point was already too much. this just shows how high level they truly are, tooth and nail right up until the sweep, pass, back take, or submission is achieved.
Looked like a check sweep at first and once Marcelo saw that Rafael was so committed to that top grip that he didn't respond to the check, he went through with it.
#1) Its NYC and you would be surprised how much a space that size can run you. Unless you are Renzo Gracie, thats pretty much how gyms go. #2) Not sure when in relation to the filming this it happened, but I know their main academy was damaged by a flood and they had to change locations.
