those Russians are demons on the mat ..It’s all ground karate/struggle snuggles with different rules.
Honestly Khabib does a lot of stuff that’s a little bit atypical from both bjj as well as sambo. At this point he’s basically a hybrid grappler and honestly the way he controls on the ground is way more like folkstyle wrestling blended with bjj than it is sambo.
I love sambo. I’ve done sambo, judo, and bjj. Bjj became my biggest love bit it was my last love. I enjoyed sambo way more earlier on. But in mixed grappling arts rule sets like the biannual ADCC (which happens later this month actually) bjj athletes tend to do the best.
For example sambo used to be known for meg locks but the bjj nerds took over a few years ago and took leg locks to a higher level than ever seen.
All grappling is dope as hell though. I still love sambo.
Yeah I've never trained Sambo but just from watching the event it made me wonder. Islam was in Davi Ramos guard and he just laid there.
Honestly Khabib does a lot of stuff that’s a little bit atypical from both bjj as well as sambo. At this point he’s basically a hybrid grappler and honestly the way he controls on the ground is way more like folkstyle wrestling blended with bjj than it is sambo.
I love sambo. I’ve done sambo, judo, and bjj. Bjj became my biggest love bit it was my last love. I enjoyed sambo way more earlier on. But in mixed grappling arts rule sets like the biannual ADCC (which happens later this month actually) bjj athletes tend to do the best.
For example sambo used to be known for meg locks but the bjj nerds took over a few years ago and took leg locks to a higher level than ever seen.
All grappling is dope as hell though. I still love sambo.
So Davi really perplexed me here. I don't know if you knew his reputation in jiu-jitsu but it was NOT a guard player. If he does pull guard it's to attack leg locks, but he's not a full guard/closed guard player whatsoever. I've been watching Davi compete since 2011 and honestly haven't seen him play guard once. He works takedowns for top position and either attacks the back or attacks leg locks from the top. I was stunned to see him even close his guard. That's so far from his A-game. He's also aggressive as fukk, and damn near everyone that's a hobbyist and not a full-time jiu-jitsu competitor pretty much hates rolling with them.
