Blast from the Past: Garry Tonon vs Keenan Cornelius Five Grappling Calif. Round Robin 5 Man Bracket

Coming up on nearly 5 years ago: Some things you'll recognize from both guys and their games that still look familiar.... Tonon locks up a guillotine forcing Keenan to sit. Keenan with some variety of passes that will remind you of Gi style passes he used to great effect at brown belt and earlier on at black belt. Tonon getting to deep half guard, and early on getting a double outside outside ashi garami/legs triangled around both of Keenan's legs with some leg attacks following. Garry utilizing the single leg x then the 50/50 to chop down/knock Keenan down, Keenan much akin to how he beat Miyao more than once I recall utilizing the leg/foot attack to claw grab/drag to the back (Tonon gives up the mount to avoid the back take). Keenan attacks the foot with a figure four grip but Tonon rather easily slips his foot out, Keenan comes to top, Tonon uses single leg x to deal with the pressure, then drives the foot across the hip to attack the heel hook, but Keenan again uses the transition to hunt for the back and again gives up mount to avoid the back take. Fast forward, Tonon is fighting in One FC after transitioning to MMA. Keenan is coming off controversy at Worlds in the Gi after his match with Gaudio, and having lost to Gordon Ryan in the finals at weight of the ADCC. Even though it's 5 years previous, 2.5 years prior to my even coming to NYC, there's systems and subsystems of what we do that are very visible in Tonon's game. Feet inside looking to trip and disrupt the interphase between no contact and a standing opponent stepping in to engage/pass/make contact. The use of single leg x, Tonon using deep half is familiar to anyone who's watched his footage. Keenan's backtake and step into heavy passing also should look familiar to anyone who's watched his game over the years.