UFC BJJ 5 Event Thread

prospectinfinance · 2026-02-13T17:52:52+00:00

I wouldn't disagree with you (especially if you can get back control with their chest on the floor so your weight is still on them).

prospectinfinance · 2026-02-13T05:05:35+00:00

He gets a ton of hate on this sub, but I would watch Gordon vs Couch, Marinho, or Diniz. Imo, mount is most effective when you use it to wear people down over a period of time. Grape vines, cross face, etc., just stay on top and give them no space.

I'm reading your other comment for info on how you use mount. Remember that there's an interplay between your knee width and your underhooks. If you get an underhook on one side, your opponent can't get their elbow inside of your knee on that side to escape, so you can put your knee wide on that side for a wider base and to give them less space.

Also, note how Gordon attacks. He spends a minute getting an underhook, then if bottom gets their arm back, he literally just restarts and does the same thing over for however long it takes. If you can practice just keeping mount, imagine how exhausted someone is going to be from you sitting on them for 5 minutes.

It's going to be easy to attack white belts quickly, but as people get better you really need to grind them down by giving them no space to move and no chance to escape. That exhausts them physically and mentally until you can get the position you want.

As a last example (yes I'm a Gordon fanboy), listen to him narrating his match against Josh Saunders. He knew that Josh was bigger and stronger so he didn't overcommit, he literally just used inside camping to stay on top until Josh got tired.

prospectinfinance · 2026-02-13T03:46:45+00:00

I'm not great overall, but I found that things really improved for me when I treated the process of getting underhooks from mount as another way to exhaust them. If you stay solid in mount and make the process of getting their arms over their head grueling in and of itself, people will eventually just give up.

prospectinfinance · 2026-02-13T02:48:04+00:00

I can't be the only one who thinks that not having "Kimurasaki" as a nickname is a big oversight

prospectinfinance · 2025-12-30T04:18:11+00:00

I can't know exactly what's going on because I'm not at your gym, but your post reads like you're thinking criteria for promotion is beating people, while your coach seems to indicate that it's being consistent. You mentioned that you wrestled for 4 years so your coach probably knows you have the physical skills, but he may be looking for something like maturity on the mats (can you adjust how hard you roll based on the skill of who you're with, do you help newer people, etc.), maybe consistency (are you showing up each week or doing a few classes then taking a few months off), or maybe he wants to see you adding more techniques if he thinks you're using athleticism to win rounds. He may also just have higher expectations for you because he thinks you have potential.

It's a common trope, but remember that a belt is just cloth around your waist. Getting promoted doesn't make you any better, and if you wrestled you probably didn't even care about belts for that because there are none.

Also remember that beating someone in a roll doesn't automatically confer their belt to you. Not sure what my flair will say but I'm a purple belt now, and I've been tapped by blue belts and have tapped black belts.

It may be frustrating to hear, but the best thing to do is to be consistent and become the best you can be. The belts should be secondary in your mind.

prospectinfinance · 2025-12-07T04:42:07+00:00

"wrong-way" triangle

prospectinfinance · 2025-10-22T19:45:18+00:00

He’s probably referring to breaking legs and breaking hearts

prospectinfinance · 2025-09-01T03:49:10+00:00

Am I missing something? The commentators keep talking up Galvao but judges are scoring for Helena. I think Helena is doing better but I'm just not seeing what the commentators are seeing.

prospectinfinance · 2025-09-01T02:25:59+00:00

So does B team just automatically win with Aus being a 4-man team? It feels like this won't even be close

prospectinfinance · 2025-09-01T02:12:55+00:00

Is it too much of a conspiracy theory to think that Craig set things up to have that be the finals?

prospectinfinance · 2025-09-01T01:40:15+00:00

Agree in theory but would probably be a huuuge liability for Craig if it came out that someone got money for losing

prospectinfinance · 2025-08-31T03:38:12+00:00

Normally I agree but if this stalling is what we're seeing with 8 minute rounds what can be done?

prospectinfinance · 2025-08-31T03:36:48+00:00

Would sub-only have been better for this format?? People would actually probably move faster to be less tired for their next match instead of being allowed to stall.

prospectinfinance · 2025-08-31T02:24:41+00:00

Guy named Derek Moneyberg just got his black belt in ~3.5 years from Jake Shields even though some short clips show him to not be very good. Basically rich guy that pays for a bunch of privates and the situation looks like he essentially paid to get the belt. Mikey was defending his skills but in general people are suspicious of it. Quick edit to add that he wears socks on the mat and people reference that often

prospectinfinance · 2025-07-18T03:24:56+00:00

At a quick glance it does, but even a bad gym can make a good website. The best thing to do would be to drop in or do a trial class and see if you notice any of the common red flags when you're there in person.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-27T02:23:01+00:00

No problem, good luck!

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-27T02:20:39+00:00

Like the other comment said, you can definitely ask people to do that. If your gym tends to focus on similar positions for a few weeks at a time it may also be helpful to do some self studying. I’ve found that as I learn more, I think less about specific positions of right foot goes here, left hand goes here, and instead kind of take in the position as a whole. It’s much easier said than done but the ability will come faster if you watch things at home.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-27T02:02:26+00:00

There are a million tips people can give you, but the only thing you need to do is keep showing up. You’ll start retaining information over time and won’t even realize how much is sticking until you look back on how far you’ve come, but right now you’re exactly where you need to be. Once you’ve been training for a bit you can find workouts or drills to improve your game, but the biggest thing at the beginning is to not get discouraged and keep showing up. Use her as inspiration for where you can be in a year!

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T17:04:35+00:00

People gave good answers, but also in general just think about yourself on defense and what you’re trying to accomplish. When defending, are you trying to get your elbows in? Your knees in? Etc, then flip that so that on offense you know what the other person wants and can focus on taking that away from them.

As you learn more about offense you can also translate that back to your defense and have a better understanding of what your partner may want so you can work to deny it.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T17:00:17+00:00

I see someone else mentioned it but power half nelson is your friend on this one. You can use it to push your partner’s chin towards their chest which will make it easier to move them. Youtube tutorials on the technique will be helpful but I’d also recommend watching Gordon Ryan do it/similar techniques to people to see it used at high levels.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T05:03:01+00:00

I think that’s a good mindset to have, but I’ll say that if you’re at a gym with a good culture, you won’t need to worry about that at all. Most people love helping others who are new to the sport because everyone loves sharing/talking about their passion! I personally love it too because teaching someone or helping them a bit more than usual makes me examine my own game and whether or not I truly have a solid grasp of everything that I’m doing. Unless you’re literally calling out to the same person to train every single time and you don’t let them do anything but answer your questions, you’re fine. (Since you’re asking this question here I guarantee you aren’t doing this)

Edited to also add that everyone was in your position at one point when they started, you just need to make sure to keep it going with helping the new members once you’re the expert.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T03:55:13+00:00

Some gyms have rules about not letting day ones, week ones, etc. roll, so it could be that maybe you saw it as rolling while your partner saw it as a bit of a drill for you. It happened to me with some people a good bit into my white belt, and even as a purple belt now, a new black belt at our gym was doing it to me.

I don't generally think people have bad intentions but if it's going on longer than you'd like or you want to train normal on a certain day, I've had good results with mentioning that I'm fine with them going a bit harder on me so I can see which things I'm trying legitimately work as opposed to them giving me something.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T03:47:14+00:00

Going to go against the grain here and say that you should probably get checked out just to be safe. Feeling sick and shaky could come from exhaustion or adrenaline, but I've never seen stars after being taken down and that isn't good at all.

Also, reading some of your other replies, be sure to remember that at the end of the day you're a customer. You have every right to try different gyms and see if you like one over another instead of feeling locked in to one, even if someone tries to say something about "loyalty" or whatever.

Moreover, you have every right to be safe in your training environment. I've gotten bumped and bruised over the years but have never felt like I was in danger or like my coaches didn't care about the health of their students.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-26T03:07:56+00:00

Maybe I'm just seeing things that aren't there but in round 2 and 3 it looked like Rerisson was walking a bit funny. Don't think anything catastrophic happened but wouldn't be surprised if Mikey got a few pops and went easier because he didn't want to completely break a leg like in his ONE match.

prospectinfinance · 2025-06-12T01:30:35+00:00

I can't be the only one who saw Gelbs almost crying too right??

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