Marcelo Garcia vs George Sotiropoulos

Marcelo Garcia vs George Sotiropoulos - 66-76 kg Preliminary 5 (ADCC 2007)

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[carlsongracieteam]

@rainriders Thanks for the recap, I forgot I was blind and couldn't watch the video lol.

[rainriders]

I think Garcia was the first BJJ guy who completely stopped going for Armbar/Triangle from the guard position to concentrate on sweeps/taking back. If he plays his guard in the style of Nino Shembri, a lot of his opponents would have passed his guard. In this particular match, Sotiropoulos wasn't able to score a pass because Garcia was not attacking his arms.

[DBKK]

@JoshuaJam3s @rainriders i disagree too, although im not a huge fan of the gracies either, basics still work very well, i mean he just adapted his gi game to no gi and then improved on it. you just have to be really good at the basics. he wasn't able to pass cause marcelo is on a completely different level.

[JoshuaJam3s]

@rainriders I'm not sure I totally agree. Look at Roger Gracie's style, and Jacare's; they both utilize the basics very well.

[rainriders]

haha, my point is that if Marcelo played guard in the style of Nino Shembri (armbar, triangle, armbar, triangle) then he would have got his guard passed. Complete abandonment of conventional (Gracie style) guard position is what made Marcelo Garcia the best grappler in the history of grappling. I hope the truth will prevail on youtube.

[rainriders]

@carlsongracieteam GS ended up trying the stack pass because Marcelo threw a triangle (@0:38) as a faint (he was actually aiming at umplata reversal) and GS naturally thought Marcelo was gonna play armbar/triangle game off his back. When GS started working on a pass, Garcia immediately disengaged himself from normal guard to switch back to sitting guard position to look for a reversal. Base was changed but GS wasn't aware of it and kept driving forward only to get caught in a guillotine.

[rainriders]

@carlsonteam GS ended up trying the stack pass because Marcelo threw a triangle (@0:38) as a faint (he was actually aiming at umplata reversal) and GS naturally thought Marcelo was gonna play armbar/triangle game off his back. When GS started working on a pass, Garcia immediately disengaged himself from normal guard position to switch back to sitting guard position to look for a reversal. Base was changed but GS wasn't aware of it and kept driving forward only to get caught in a guillotine.

[carlsongracieteam]

@rainriders no just no, george got his stack pass to denied, the stack pass is the same pass that is used when someone shoots and armbar or triangle. marcelo's guard is on a different level, george stepped onto the mat and had no chance.

[whitewhiteboy89]

Wow marcelos the man

[punisher00109]

and thats why you shouldnt annoy marcelo