Berimbolo used in MMA!

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Stephan Kesting

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It was only a matter of time...

First they said the half guard could never work in MMA...

Then they said the Twister was a submission-grappling only move...

Now someone has pulled off a berimbolo in an MMA match! Start watching at about 2:10 if you just want to see this move. Very nicely done

Incidentally, despite what the interviewer said, think that counts as a completed berimbolo. He got to the back, albeit not with the hooks in. But a berimbolo can end up in many different places: the mount, the rearmount, or - as in this case - into controlling the back from standing.

 
Well, I for one am pleasantly surprised that actually worked!
 
Stephan Kesting said:
First they said the half guard could never work in MMA...
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That's still true though lol, you should never try to work in hg if you find yourself there, but transition to 1lx or dhg or reguard instead asap.
 
I count it as a successful berimbolo. Pretty cool to see it pulled off. I guess when you're trying to maintain your balance, it's hard to drop hammerfists, eh?
 
It was more like a scrambolo, but quite nice none the less.
 
Stephan Kesting said:
It was only a matter of time...

First they said the half guard could never work in MMA...

Then they said the Twister was a submission-grappling only move...

Now someone has pulled off a berimbolo in an MMA match! Start watching at about 2:10 if you just want to see this move. Very nicely done

Incidentally, despite what the interviewer said, think that counts as a completed berimbolo. He got to the back, albeit not with the hooks in. But a berimbolo can end up in many different places: the mount, the rearmount, or - as in this case - into controlling the back from standing.

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That was sweet. Great to see it work in MMA. Your youtube videos and app are awesome by the way. Thanks.
 
Good for him... but it's still not something I would consider as high percentage in a MMA fight.
 
Ippy said:
Good for him... but it's still not something I would consider as high percentage in a MMA fight.
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I forget who says it, but there's a saying along the lines of "if you practice a low percentage move enough, it's no longer a low percentage move."

With BJJ being relatively low level in MMA, this could remain low percentage because few people attempt it, or it could be high percentage because the ones who do attempt it are good at it and have better JJ than their opponent. I always go back to Big Nog's anaconda and Anderson's snap kick. They were always high percentage viable options. But no one was practicing them enough to get good because they were considered low percentage. That was until big name guys pulled it off. Then everyone wanted to use it.

Likewise, with berimbolo, it's high percentage in BJJ because we saw it's effectiveness at the highest level so everyone trains it. In MMA, the stakes are higher with the risk of getting your skull bashed, so evolution is more conservative. I don't see it being adopted quickly unless a guy like Conor or Jon Jones use it, but I can see it creeping its way in little by little.

Marcin Held has used Cyborg's tornado guard to get to a fight finishing toe hold. Sport BJJ in MMA is very doable. You just have to be good at it.
 
One thing. You gently tapped my berserk button. Anderson's "snap kick" is NOT considered low percentage. It's just not typically used for attacking the head because it has far better utility for creating or maintaining distance by hitting the torso, hip, or thigh.

Muay Thai is more my thing than grappling ever was, and only people who didn't train in MT thought what he did was particularly novel. The astonished Sherodg fervor after he KOed Belfort left me flabbergasted. It was extraordinary only in the sense that Anderson's propensity for removing opponents from consciousness made his teep a KO shot. That's it. Anderson wasn't the first, nor will he be the last, to KO someone from a teep/front kick.

I still don't ever expect the berimbolo to make a splash in MMA, because there are far better and more practical options for taking someone's back, that don't also require leaving yourself wide open to counter strikes. I maintain that the whole reason the berimbolo in the OP was notable in the first place was because it is such a low percentage move for MMA.
 
Ippy said:
One thing. You gently tapped my berserk button. Anderson's "snap kick" is NOT considered low percentage. It's just not typically used for attacking the head because it has far better utility for creating or maintaining distance by hitting the torso, hip, or thigh.

Muay Thai is more my thing than grappling ever was, and only people who didn't train in MT thought what he did was particularly novel. The astonished Sherodg fervor after he KOed Belfort left me flabbergasted. It was extraordinary only in the sense that Anderson's propensity for removing opponents from consciousness made his teep a KO shot. That's it. Anderson wasn't the first, nor will he be the last, to KO someone from a teep/front kick.

I still don't ever expect the berimbolo to make a splash in MMA, because there are far better and more practical options for taking someone's back, that don't also require leaving yourself wide open to counter strikes. I maintain that the whole reason the berimbolo in the OP was notable in the first place was because it is such a low percentage move for MMA.
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The reason he posted it isn't because it's "low percentage"; it's because people always say it wouldn't work in an actual fight. You can't really consider it a low percentage move in MMA because it doesn't ever get attempted in MMA.

It's harder to hit nogi but It's a legit move and if done properly in MMA it will at the very least disrupt your opponents base enough to scramble out of a bad spot.
 
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