Anthony Pettis's beautiful back escapes against Oliviera, Miller, Diaz, and Poirier
Posted Dec 2, 2019, 9:00 PM UTC
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That last one was cold 😔
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Pettis has really underated ju jitsu.
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How does he get in that position so many times in the first place
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Maybe he's not too concerned about defending it because he can reverse it easy
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Totally. That shoulders to the mat and roll escape is something that's quite polished in my own jiu jitsu game. Which leads me into the bad habit of giving up my back frequently, because I'm so confident I can get the reversal and end up back in guard.
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It's just getting really good at the basics. More than just getting his shoulders to the mat he gets that momentum going the same direction then switches to reverse it. Simple and beautiful timing.
Doesn't work with the body triangle though.
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As good as the escape was, Nate is definitely a much better Jui Jitsu player
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Based on what? I would argue Pettis submitting benson Henderson is a better victory than Diaz ever got through a submission. Wouldn't really count Conor giving up and getting choked.
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Well based on the grappling exchanges in this fight first of all and also Nate submitting Ryan hall in competition is pretty impressive.
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He also did this against RDA. Honestly I'm not sure why people keep taking his back. Just don't throw the hooks in, and try and ride him out for a bit.
All this being said, he did finally pay for this against Poirier. I could be wrong, but I think the body triangle is part of why he popped his rib and got tko'd in that fight.
It also tickles me that I used to be (back when pettis was champ) very uncertain if khabib's top game could beat pettis's bottom game.
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Never been subbed
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I don't think that's how that works. Is this something that white belts tell themselves?
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The Nate is crazy because Nate has positioned his legs so that he can't turn out (his legs are between Pettis' so he can't physically spin out). Then he does wacky shit and simply turns the fuck around. Olivera was cruel because that was where he was supposed to win the fight and every time he got there he was like "Right, time to get to work... wait, what the fuck, how'd he do that?"
I loved Nate's analysis of that sequence. Something along the lines of " I was like psh yeah right". He didn't respect showtimes ground game enough and got surprised.
“What guillotine?”