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Closed guard does lead to injury. Just ask Rickson, who is a train wreck physically.
Actively attacking from closed guard against a quality opponent is a losing proposition, long term. You are playing at the limits of flexibility while under intense and rapidly shifting opponent pressure.
Subs from bottom position are largely a race between your opponent smashing you down and pulling in versus you fighting to get an angle and isolate a target. What your opponent is trying to do to you is physically damaging.
Look at Roger Gracie who has the best closed guard on the planet. He is not getting damaged when playing it.
BTW. Rickson has never faced an elite by modern standards opponent on video.
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