I can't imagine the frustration of being caught in this stuff. You almost get up and all of a sudden you're back on the floor, only now way more tired.
That's why journeyman's minions can't recover, jorge got tormented, but how incompetent could you be as a fighter to let that happen to you for five rounds straight and then have your casual bots cry for you till eternity 😂😂😂
usman is cool. people need to calm. really enjoyed this analysis. I love that it centred around breaking down one very specific situation so intricately. it's easier to consume that way. when you look at so much at once it can be harder to take in and almost becomes like a lecture where you only take in a portion of it.
Demetrious Johnson had the best cage work I ever saw. Mostly because he wasn't hell bent on holding a specific position. He'd push you against the wall, drop to a double, come back up with a punching combo, drop to a single, run the pipe, let go to throw a hook, push you back against the wall with a thai clinch, knee the hell out of you, then drop for a double and finish.
@@haza123b4 He's a much better fighter than Usman though ! Plus GSP doesn't really heavily rely on his grappling although he's a beast at it he would at least try to stand with u for a reasonable time ! Usman smart and intelligent but would just upright grapple u when the bell rings.
Wrestling defense and Jab scud missiles did the job for Usman. Gilbert's BJJ guard didn't seem to offer any offence off his back. Was just getting pounded, until he didn't want to play guard anymore.
This is one of the best breakdowns I've seen. Really nice examples of cage breakdown. One thing I do, that I don't see very often is while I grapevine the leg, to reach inside the far leg and fall back into an electric chair sweep (I complete the lockdown on the roll). This works really well when they are leaning back a lot and you can't get the double leg because they are too heavy or defending well.
I was a bit disappointed that you didn't include Burns' possible counters to Usman's strategy. My two cents? All this mat return shenanigans makes one's legs wide open for leglock entries. I'm not sure how good of a heelhooker Burns is, but someone skilled in the 50/50 position could relatively easily dive on the legs from a number of positions shown (e.g. reverse bodylock, single leg, cross body) and put some damage on Usman from a position he is not going to easily leave...
And a kimura grip can also be a good counter to this. All this folkstyle is super, but an opponent willing to pull guard could potentially nullify many of the technics...
I haven't done a ton of wall work, just here and there when MMA guys need a hand, but I've found the leg trips (like the ones discussed in this video) are especially good for getting people down when you're the guy on the top. Ouchi gari especially has worked well for me when people spread wide to defend doubles and I'm mostly square with them. Kosoto gake (with or without the drop) usually does the trick when I'm off to a side (it looked like that's what usman was doing a lot in this video.) Drop Seoi (a la Karo Parysian) has also worked out pretty well but I can see how it could also go pretty wrong so it probably won't ever be a main meta solution. As far as being the guy on the wall, I've never really worked getting back up drills against the wall so I've got no experience to go on there. When I'm the one pinned from the standing position, arm drags usually wind up being my go to to get the space to disengage. That might already be a common thing though idk, I haven't watched much MMA since people quit just coming over from whatever martial art and actually got good at the sport.
@bjjscout: I'm glad you're back. You have a great talent for editing. Without that, people will rarely suffer through analysis videos. It's because of your understanding of the principles behind editing that we all stick around every time and enjoy the fuck out of all of your wisdom. ✌️
Great video. In reality you have to fight the position before it gets established and that starts from the moment you're getting pushed or pressured back to the cage. The moment there is connection the defender needs to fight for at least 1 under hook and a lower head position to create the leverage to circle off the cage. If the defender cant do this with Usman I dont believe they will have consistent success escaping his system of control once established. The biggest problem is the paradigm of cage grappling. Most fighters will let themselves be put against the cage as a rest or reset position if they are tired or feel they cant control the distance and the pressure but if you do this Usman you are actually giving him exactly what he wants. Once again great vid!
@@javiernegron2633 since they have trained together, I would imagine they have grappled again the wall a lot so Burns would probably know how to escape. They know each other too well, I’m curious to see how this goes.
Judges would only consider those if nothing else happened, the power and damage of your shots are important and those are neither, if anything he's just trying to mess up the mans foot cause he's not getting any points for this.
Do you think you could do a video on how he manages to get everyones back to the cage from striking? I know he's a very strong striker and has an excellent power double shot. I just fight it interesting that almost everyone but, Colby couldn't keep the fight standing or away from the cage.
Geat analysis of yours sir ! With this, although I like grappling and I find interesting to apply it to mma, I wonder if there really are may situaitions in which wallwork is not directly involved. I may not have the best understanding of the sport, but what I see is that the takedown defender usually goes back against the cage to wrestle advantageously, and then there are some tripod techniques as you've mentioned..but that's it for standing grappling. Does someone know if there are existing alternatives to this "paradigm " ?
Against burns..he's not going to take him down..it will be a standing bring against the cage.. Burns hasn't shown he's good at breaking from the cage though.
I don’t think there’s a way to combat his cage Staller. Openings to transition off the cage open up when someone makes a move to take down Orleans strikes. Someone who is stalling is going for neither.
Obvious solution is to concede grappling in the intermediate stages and go straight to the ground and allow top control from there. Usman's open grappling cant be as good as his his folk style grind of hands on floor and building positions. That said his takedowns from the open of the cage will drive you to the cage even with a phenomenal sprawl. So it would require either holding your ground which is tough to do against a power puncher or be a good ring general which Justin G showed will tire you out. IMO Burns should throw a heavy volume of kicks and punches to invite the takedown and do damage and then turn hard with your sprawl to end in the cage center or turn off the wall when he commits to either attempt sweeps or submissions to result in sweeps. I doubt a swept Usman (which would be an insane task) would have any answer from bottom besides typical single leg get ups which head and arm chokes could defuse but I would never threaten guillotines too risky and obvious. A solution to the clinch most people are finding themselves in to me would be starting your own clinch with a double underhook which no striker seems to want to do against good grapplers out of fear but it's not hard to win a clinch against better grapplers when you have double unders imo. Only fear is a lateral drop.
@@rithviksharma4370 The trick with DHG vs. wrestlers in MMA is that the direction of the DHG sweeps are towards the center of the ring, away from the cage. And the wrestlers are essentially giving up the entry to the Faria sweep (nogi version, grab the shorts I guess). BJJ wins in the center of the ring, wrestling wins at the cage. Sweep the wrestler away from the cage and the submission opportunities multiply.
This is going to be an interesting fight because they are both high level grapplers in a sense with combat experience. The weird thing is that Burns also has crazy good wrestling in addition to his world class BJJ, this should be interesting. I know people will be saying, "Well its MMA wrestling and MMA BJJ, it's different"; I agree with that but they both also have great MMA wrestling/BJJ. This is going to be a great fight in styles, I hope they don't just end up striking each other lol(it would be insanely educational if they both put their best grappling game forward).
Hmmm. I know this is a study on the upcoming bout but Kamaru vs Khabib? If Khabib would go up to his actual weight division, this might actually be very interesting as well. I think Kamaru would actually be a legit challenge against the take down and might actually go for one himself. Thoughts gents?
Videos like this make me appreciate usman more(I was always a fan) but it makes me appreciate Khabib even more. Like all these moves seem to be take a lot of energy compared to Khabib's style which seems efficient and not a lot of energy.
FYI Usman is a Div II National Champ, not Div I. Still an outstanding wrestler. Just thought I would let the non-wrestlers know that there is even a higher level than Usman in folkstyle wrestling.
use khabib mermaid techniques, he doesnt know anything about folkstyle but is arguably better at usman at pinning people on the ground against the cage
Usman by referee nonsense. Or Burns wins by leg lock and transition like Maia did to Askren. Entangling legs with a practicioner at Burns level is a recipe for knee replacement.
I must preface this statement with recognizing that Usman is a monster. It takes God given talent and even more relentless work ethic to be as good as he is, at what he does, but I feel bad for the editing team at the UFC. 25 minutes of squeezing the farts out of welterweights doesn’t give them a lot of material to sift through when piecing together a promotional highlight reel that accurately represents his fights. If they make one, it’ll all come from the Covington fight. Although, he has been working with Trevor Whitman. Maybe he’ll develop a serious striking game and wow the fuck out of people. One can only hope. One thing I’ll give Usman, you never, ever....ever, ever, ever hear Mr. George St. Pierre say Usman’s name, and he never, ever will. That truly is a testament to how fucking scary Usman is. He’d rather starve himself to fight Khabib, than get smooshed for 5 rounds by Usman.
That GSP observation was top notch my man. Says a lot about the threat Usman presents. After watching this video, I'm a lot more convinced that Burns will be his toughest challenge yet...simply because the man has been on the receiving end of Usman's methodical takedown system countless times in training already. I can only imagine what most of Usman's opponents must have felt experiencing something like that for the first time in the Octagon. It's like the Khabib puzzle: how do you prepare for something nobody around you has ever experienced before?
I feel like grapplers like usman are boring because he doesn't take much risk with his grappling (holding and footstomps), on the other hand someone like khabib who does heavy gnp and submissions is more entertaining to watch
I can't imagine the frustration of being caught in this stuff. You almost get up and all of a sudden you're back on the floor, only now way more tired.
Yeah the psychological effect must be pretty big!
That's why journeyman's minions can't recover, jorge got tormented, but how incompetent could you be as a fighter to let that happen to you for five rounds straight and then have your casual bots cry for you till eternity 😂😂😂
mhm i feel best way t beating it is to be really good at leg locks to threaten sweeps with them too
A number of modified judo and Greco Roman techniques here too. Effective and efficient.
So foot-stomps and foot-punches aside, Usman is a tactical genius
usman is cool. people need to calm. really enjoyed this analysis. I love that it centred around breaking down one very specific situation so intricately. it's easier to consume that way. when you look at so much at once it can be harder to take in and almost becomes like a lecture where you only take in a portion of it.
Extremely hyped for this battle of techniques.
Hahah, I forgot all about the hammer fist to foot. 0:34
He got all the bitch moves foot stamps, hammer fist to foot...
@@onurhayr1937 it’s called being an evil monster
Demetrious Johnson had the best cage work I ever saw. Mostly because he wasn't hell bent on holding a specific position. He'd push you against the wall, drop to a double, come back up with a punching combo, drop to a single, run the pipe, let go to throw a hook, push you back against the wall with a thai clinch, knee the hell out of you, then drop for a double and finish.
I love his work on the ground. It's unique and entertaining.
recommend me a demetrious johnson fight where theres lots of cage work plz
@@jamiegaudet6008 moraes 3 :P
Damm.. even looking at it i can feel the suffocation..
🤣🤣🤣
BJJ Scout: Who do you guys want a study of, Usman or Burns
Fans: BURNS !!
BJJ Scout: hehehe, I don't give a F@#%
I voted Usman. Some of us are more equal than others.
Those are the MMA casuals he talked about in the beginning, I can't wait for this fight.
Jesus the knowledge that goes into making your fight style efficient makes me feel like a buffoon. He still is a boring bastard though
You are a fool for life
*Was GSP boring?*
@@haza123b4 nope
@@haza123b4 He's a much better fighter than Usman though ! Plus GSP doesn't really heavily rely on his grappling although he's a beast at it he would at least try to stand with u for a reasonable time ! Usman smart and intelligent but would just upright grapple u when the bell rings.
And You're still a salty bastard... Fool you probably bet money on a journeyman
Never clicked faster on a video.
That’s some serious great breakdown. The guy is really skilful! You appreciate it more watching this.
Wrestling defense and Jab scud missiles did the job for Usman.
Gilbert's BJJ guard didn't seem to offer any offence off his back. Was just getting pounded, until he didn't want to play guard anymore.
yet another great video from the king of mma/bjj breakdowns
This is one of the best breakdowns I've seen. Really nice examples of cage breakdown. One thing I do, that I don't see very often is while I grapevine the leg, to reach inside the far leg and fall back into an electric chair sweep (I complete the lockdown on the roll). This works really well when they are leaning back a lot and you can't get the double leg because they are too heavy or defending well.
Slacky hasn't banned me from this channel, Valentina Bless!
this isn't slack
hit the road, jack
@@MrDylanHole or is it??
Why'd you get banned in the first place? Never thought Slack would pull a Luke Thomas like that.
Why?
Very underappriciated fighter technique wise
I was a bit disappointed that you didn't include Burns' possible counters to Usman's strategy. My two cents? All this mat return shenanigans makes one's legs wide open for leglock entries. I'm not sure how good of a heelhooker Burns is, but someone skilled in the 50/50 position could relatively easily dive on the legs from a number of positions shown (e.g. reverse bodylock, single leg, cross body) and put some damage on Usman from a position he is not going to easily leave...
And a kimura grip can also be a good counter to this. All this folkstyle is super, but an opponent willing to pull guard could potentially nullify many of the technics...
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Excellent! More on Usman
I haven't done a ton of wall work, just here and there when MMA guys need a hand, but I've found the leg trips (like the ones discussed in this video) are especially good for getting people down when you're the guy on the top. Ouchi gari especially has worked well for me when people spread wide to defend doubles and I'm mostly square with them. Kosoto gake (with or without the drop) usually does the trick when I'm off to a side (it looked like that's what usman was doing a lot in this video.) Drop Seoi (a la Karo Parysian) has also worked out pretty well but I can see how it could also go pretty wrong so it probably won't ever be a main meta solution.
As far as being the guy on the wall, I've never really worked getting back up drills against the wall so I've got no experience to go on there. When I'm the one pinned from the standing position, arm drags usually wind up being my go to to get the space to disengage. That might already be a common thing though idk, I haven't watched much MMA since people quit just coming over from whatever martial art and actually got good at the sport.
Another brilliant synthesis!
I love the way the scout says 'body lock'...gets me every time lol
@bjjscout: I'm glad you're back. You have a great talent for editing. Without that, people will rarely suffer through analysis videos. It's because of your understanding of the principles behind editing that we all stick around every time and enjoy the fuck out of all of your wisdom. ✌️
Incredible job breaking down technique and making it palatable for avg joes like me. You made Usman watchable, which is a feat in and of itself.
Great video. In reality you have to fight the position before it gets established and that starts from the moment you're getting pushed or pressured back to the cage. The moment there is connection the defender needs to fight for at least 1 under hook and a lower head position to create the leverage to circle off the cage. If the defender cant do this with Usman I dont believe they will have consistent success escaping his system of control once established.
The biggest problem is the paradigm of cage grappling. Most fighters will let themselves be put against the cage as a rest or reset position if they are tired or feel they cant control the distance and the pressure but if you do this Usman you are actually giving him exactly what he wants. Once again great vid!
Awesome breakdown! Really enjoyed that!
Wicked breakdown as always
Genius breakdown 👌
Thats an amazing analysis!!! You have a very deep understanding of the game sir!!!
I have a feeling we won’t see much of this with Burns. It will look more like the Covington fight which would be fun.
nah, i think usman respects burns's power and will try to keep him down against the fence and restrict those hips so burns can't go for a sub
@@javiernegron2633 since they have trained together, I would imagine they have grappled again the wall a lot so Burns would probably know how to escape. They know each other too well, I’m curious to see how this goes.
I enjoy even more after this video the fight of chimaev vs li this weekend !!
Yes Scout Yes!! The breakdowns are alive!!!!!
Excellent 10/10.
Are there any books you would recommend on grappling??
Great work again. Can u do a analyze on Valentina shevchenko's bodylock takedowns please??
Excited for the grappler film studies! Chadi has a great one on Canto vs. Stevens
Some Tony style gramby roll
0:34 you guys might think this is a joke, but he's racking up points on the score card. Strikes landed son.
Judges would only consider those if nothing else happened, the power and damage of your shots are important and those are neither, if anything he's just trying to mess up the mans foot cause he's not getting any points for this.
This is AWESOME. Thank you
amazing breakdown!
nice work. I think Usman via decision is unavoidable
Very good video!
Solid breakdown.
Im hear 1 day before masvidal vs usman 2 . Keep away from the fence.counter right hook over the jab.calf kicks circle away quickly. Body kicks .
Do you think you could do a video on how he manages to get everyones back to the cage from striking? I know he's a very strong striker and has an excellent power double shot. I just fight it interesting that almost everyone but, Colby couldn't keep the fight standing or away from the cage.
A nightmare indeed
This looks absolutely miserable to go up against
11:49 isn't an inside tie already a cross wrist and outside tie just a wrist lock?
Great breakdown
Brilliant as usual
Mate youve been taking a damn long hiatus. Too long
Some Tommy Langaker stuff would be cool
cool stuff
Bruh even watching this study made me doozy lool
You are slow for sure🤷🏽♂️
@@tell-it7649 he’s boring.
My god it’s one week out my god
"Intermediate positions" are keenan's favorite
Geat analysis of yours sir ! With this, although I like grappling and I find interesting to apply it to mma, I wonder if there really are may situaitions in which wallwork is not directly involved. I may not have the best understanding of the sport, but what I see is that the takedown defender usually goes back against the cage to wrestle advantageously, and then there are some tripod techniques as you've mentioned..but that's it for standing grappling. Does someone know if there are existing alternatives to this "paradigm " ?
Cheese grater baby!! slide up and down breaking grips.
Sounds like an expensive Saturday night
Meh, that's always reminded me of calf slicers, painful but you can keep going without giving up
Reyes did wonders with that
Against burns..he's not going to take him down..it will be a standing bring against the cage..
Burns hasn't shown he's good at breaking from the cage though.
Lol that Maia fight.
Could we see a breakdown of Ilima-Lei McFarlane’s MMA Wrestling and Submission game. And how she can win the rematch against Velasquez?
Awesome video... Too many senseless casuals in MMA, jorge really blindfolded and decieved so many idiots before their last fight
I don’t think there’s a way to combat his cage Staller. Openings to transition off the cage open up when someone makes a move to take down Orleans strikes. Someone who is stalling is going for neither.
12:05 i've heard that 2 on 1 refered to as the dagastani handcuffs
funny they learnt it from folk guys at aka
Obvious solution is to concede grappling in the intermediate stages and go straight to the ground and allow top control from there. Usman's open grappling cant be as good as his his folk style grind of hands on floor and building positions. That said his takedowns from the open of the cage will drive you to the cage even with a phenomenal sprawl.
So it would require either holding your ground which is tough to do against a power puncher or be a good ring general which Justin G showed will tire you out. IMO Burns should throw a heavy volume of kicks and punches to invite the takedown and do damage and then turn hard with your sprawl to end in the cage center or turn off the wall when he commits to either attempt sweeps or submissions to result in sweeps. I doubt a swept Usman (which would be an insane task) would have any answer from bottom besides typical single leg get ups which head and arm chokes could defuse but I would never threaten guillotines too risky and obvious.
A solution to the clinch most people are finding themselves in to me would be starting your own clinch with a double underhook which no striker seems to want to do against good grapplers out of fear but it's not hard to win a clinch against better grapplers when you have double unders imo. Only fear is a lateral drop.
0:36 i dont care what nobody say that looked like it hurt getting ur toes hit like that
WTF! Are you some sorta time bending wizard beast!?!? Thanks again!!
Deep half guard is the way.
Potentially underrated comment. But I'm not sure. Would deep half guard stall things? Will there be bottom work or rushing to get back up?
Jeff Glover agrees!!
@@rithviksharma4370 The trick with DHG vs. wrestlers in MMA is that the direction of the DHG sweeps are towards the center of the ring, away from the cage. And the wrestlers are essentially giving up the entry to the Faria sweep (nogi version, grab the shorts I guess). BJJ wins in the center of the ring, wrestling wins at the cage. Sweep the wrestler away from the cage and the submission opportunities multiply.
Is this quite similar to Khabib cage wrestling? it looks similar.
The defense is clear.... pocket sand!
This is going to be an interesting fight because they are both high level grapplers in a sense with combat experience. The weird thing is that Burns also has crazy good wrestling in addition to his world class BJJ, this should be interesting. I know people will be saying, "Well its MMA wrestling and MMA BJJ, it's different"; I agree with that but they both also have great MMA wrestling/BJJ.
This is going to be a great fight in styles, I hope they don't just end up striking each other lol(it would be insanely educational if they both put their best grappling game forward).
Dude I'll do voice overs for free if it means you drop the automated voice
Can we do Marcelo, JT Torres or Garry Tonon instead of the Miyaos or Lo ?
Hmmm. I know this is a study on the upcoming bout but Kamaru vs Khabib? If Khabib would go up to his actual weight division, this might actually be very interesting as well. I think Kamaru would actually be a legit challenge against the take down and might actually go for one himself. Thoughts gents?
Khabib vs Saitiev brothers
Videos like this make me appreciate usman more(I was always a fan) but it makes me appreciate Khabib even more. Like all these moves seem to be take a lot of energy compared to Khabib's style which seems efficient and not a lot of energy.
The trade off is usman get high control
Looks like usman could’ve probably gotten a lot of rear naked chokes from his style of wrestling
firstly? God bless youtubers
i fucking love cage wrestling
Don’t know what I dig more the breakdown or the Usman take down highlights 🤔🤔
Sounds like Usman using more Judo than anything else, all upper body with foot sweeps and trips
Wrestling has trips though
bro that monotone voice is killing me
thanks
Usman is African Lion which is gifted!?
FYI Usman is a Div II National Champ, not Div I. Still an outstanding wrestler. Just thought I would let the non-wrestlers know that there is even a higher level than Usman in folkstyle wrestling.
Just fight in a ring. Problem solved
who do ya got?
BJJ is great but Wrestling is def the real deal for everthing!
use khabib mermaid techniques, he doesnt know anything about folkstyle but is arguably better at usman at pinning people on the ground against the cage
4:07
Usman by referee nonsense. Or Burns wins by leg lock and transition like Maia did to Askren. Entangling legs with a practicioner at Burns level is a recipe for knee replacement.
wonder how he would fight if this was Blood Sport
It’s not so keep wondering 💭
@@Drakerulezz shrewd observation, Obtuse
#andnew Burns will be the first brazillian champ at welterweight
sensacional
You think usman has better grabbing then khabib ?
Lmk when you have a McGregor toy
I must preface this statement with recognizing that Usman is a monster. It takes God given talent and even more relentless work ethic to be as good as he is, at what he does, but I feel bad for the editing team at the UFC. 25 minutes of squeezing the farts out of welterweights doesn’t give them a lot of material to sift through when piecing together a promotional highlight reel that accurately represents his fights. If they make one, it’ll all come from the Covington fight. Although, he has been working with Trevor Whitman. Maybe he’ll develop a serious striking game and wow the fuck out of people. One can only hope. One thing I’ll give Usman, you never, ever....ever, ever, ever hear Mr. George St. Pierre say Usman’s name, and he never, ever will. That truly is a testament to how fucking scary Usman is. He’d rather starve himself to fight Khabib, than get smooshed for 5 rounds by Usman.
That GSP observation was top notch my man. Says a lot about the threat Usman presents.
After watching this video, I'm a lot more convinced that Burns will be his toughest challenge yet...simply because the man has been on the receiving end of Usman's methodical takedown system countless times in training already. I can only imagine what most of Usman's opponents must have felt experiencing something like that for the first time in the Octagon.
It's like the Khabib puzzle: how do you prepare for something nobody around you has ever experienced before?
I feel like grapplers like usman are boring because he doesn't take much risk with his grappling (holding and footstomps), on the other hand someone like khabib who does heavy gnp and submissions is more entertaining to watch
Tldw, Usman has more tricks tho.
Dat boy scout rowdy the fresh is back with wise words for your b*&^% a*&