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I was just wondering about falling to the weak side if it was for choking since this is the guy's best chance to escape the back mount. When you bring him to the strong side is much harder for him to escape. Pretty much every back escape I have seen starts from falling to the weak side as the correct side. Not that there are no alternative escapes starting from the strong side, but it's harder. So falling to the weak side you are also helping the guy escape sort of saying. Obviously depends on your control etc but I'm sure you know where I'm coming from.
The key to maintaining the back-mount while falling to the weak-side is a strong underhook (armpit) control. If you have deep and tight underhook control while falling to the weak-side, your opponent can not drive his shoulder blades to the mat and slide out.
This is why, unlike most people, Ryron prefers to connect his hands with the over-hook arm on top of the underhook arm (seatbelt control). This allows him to "pull" his underhooking arm as deep as possible. If the opponent defends the arms by grabbing the top arm, he is ok with that because they set themselves up for the arm isolation (top leg).