Mundials 2012 Preamble: Victor Estima vs Clark Gracie - British Open

In a heated pre-Mundials face off at the British BJJ Open held by Braulio Estima, watch Victor Estima and Clark Gracie get down to business.

World Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight Predictions

Now, I have not seen the rules for the superfights coming up at this weekend World Jiu-Jitsu Superfights, but the matches and my predictions are as follows:

Nick Diaz vs. Bráulio Estima (No-Gi)         - Braulio by triangle - props to Nick Diaz for jumping into the
                                                                    shark tank. Hopefully he does better than GSP did in ADCC

Kayron Gracie vs. Rafael Lovato Jr (Gi)     - Kayron by sweep then guard pass

Victor Estima vs. Kron Gracie (Gi)             - Kron by  2 advantages. I think he was tired from the Absolute
                                                                    which hindered his performance at the Pans.

Nino Schembri vs. Bill Cooper (Gi)            - Cooper by ? I haven't watched him play much as of late  

Kyra Gracie vs. Alexis Davis (No-Gi)        -   Kyra by head/arm triangle

Caio Terra vs. Jeff Glover (No-Gi)             -  Caio by sweep and 2 advantages

In other Expo news, here's an article about Otavio Sousa (a guy I've posted about quite a bit on here, who comes from Gracie Barra Pernambuco, one of the places I trained while visiting Brazil).
Here's a mount attack from the man himself, Otavio Sousa:




Happy Trainingz!

Lapel /Collar Choke for your Easter Basket

I first saw this choke done by Otavio De Souza, at the time a brown belt, who lost in the 2007 Mundials to Kron if I'm not mistaken.
I liked the lapel feed to break down the posture then finishing the choke.
At any rate, Victor Estima pulled the same rabbit out the hat (get it, another Easter reference?) against someone at the Pans just a few short weeks ago.
Enjoy. The same can be done by feeding the far lapel when in side control/passing the half-guard then coming up on top/mount. 

Happy Trainingz & Easter!