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Early on against Gastelumn, Brady was reversed trying to secure a body triangle on. After that, he made a concerted effort to avoid going to his back, instead staying on top and keeping weight on Gastelum.
Kelvin turns from mount & Brady disengages to a cross body ride, pinning the thigh with his knee during the entry to keep Kelvin from building up. As Kelvin starts building, Brady disengages and sucks him back, opening space to ride and force him back to half guard.
When passing half, Brady methodically works into 3/4 mount first, only mounting when he felt the position was stable, and moving back to half guard to if necessary to limit options for Kelvin to explode out. 3/4 mount is in many ways a safer control position than mount, since you're pinning one hip and preventing that foot from connecting to the floor to drive, while in mount your weight is directly over their hips with both legs free to drive off the mat and bridge.
Kelvin turns, but Brady snags a giftwrap on the right arm, preventing him from building up quickly. Once he builds up his base, Brady tries to break him down with double underhooks, but Kelvin smartly looks to backstep out of the far hook and use his momentum to turn into a frame. He's able to create space with the frame and threaten escape, but Brady anchors his legs and strips the frame, then cross-faces Kelvin back down, ending up in 3/4 mount with the hip pinned. Through all the scrambling, Brady is focused on keeping his weight on top of Kelvin, making him carry his weight, and preventing Kelvin from getting to his desired belly-up back control where he can start creating hip misalignment and turning on top.
Brady did an excellent job moving with Kelvin's scrambling, rather than trying to hold onto static control positions as they slipped away from him.
If Kelvin started building up his base from the back, Brady would disengage with his legs and get height, then suck him back
On the cage, Brady used a cross body ride to keep weight on Kelvin and tie up his leg to prevent him from standing:
Here he breaks him down with inside wrist contral, then moves to a leg mount when Kelvin frees his hand. He pummels an underhook and when Kelvin tries to pummel inside, Brady forces the elbow across his body to take the back. After the first round, he only went to belly-up back control in the final seconds of the round, doing all he could to prevent Kelvin from getting on top while there was still time to work.
Kelvin turns from mount & Brady disengages to a cross body ride, pinning the thigh with his knee during the entry to keep Kelvin from building up. As Kelvin starts building, Brady disengages and sucks him back, opening space to ride and force him back to half guard.
When passing half, Brady methodically works into 3/4 mount first, only mounting when he felt the position was stable, and moving back to half guard to if necessary to limit options for Kelvin to explode out. 3/4 mount is in many ways a safer control position than mount, since you're pinning one hip and preventing that foot from connecting to the floor to drive, while in mount your weight is directly over their hips with both legs free to drive off the mat and bridge.
Kelvin turns, but Brady snags a giftwrap on the right arm, preventing him from building up quickly. Once he builds up his base, Brady tries to break him down with double underhooks, but Kelvin smartly looks to backstep out of the far hook and use his momentum to turn into a frame. He's able to create space with the frame and threaten escape, but Brady anchors his legs and strips the frame, then cross-faces Kelvin back down, ending up in 3/4 mount with the hip pinned. Through all the scrambling, Brady is focused on keeping his weight on top of Kelvin, making him carry his weight, and preventing Kelvin from getting to his desired belly-up back control where he can start creating hip misalignment and turning on top.
Brady did an excellent job moving with Kelvin's scrambling, rather than trying to hold onto static control positions as they slipped away from him.
If Kelvin started building up his base from the back, Brady would disengage with his legs and get height, then suck him back
On the cage, Brady used a cross body ride to keep weight on Kelvin and tie up his leg to prevent him from standing:
Here he breaks him down with inside wrist contral, then moves to a leg mount when Kelvin frees his hand. He pummels an underhook and when Kelvin tries to pummel inside, Brady forces the elbow across his body to take the back. After the first round, he only went to belly-up back control in the final seconds of the round, doing all he could to prevent Kelvin from getting on top while there was still time to work.
