Not fixed in my opinion. They just trained with each other so much that they know each other's baits and tricks. Eddie was clearly going for his regular transitions and holds, and Gary was just a bit faster with he's defenses - probably because he knows them so well. Eddie wasn't pulling punches, he was just not wasting energy in positions he knew Gary had unique counters to. Gary's great everywhere but his true gifts are he's dexterity and counters. So if you roll with him enough, you realize what would be a very good control on most people is just a bait by Gary to lure you into one of his beautiful counters. If you re-watch this wonderful match, you wont be able to find a position, submission attempt, or counter that Eddie wasn't trying to employ 100%. It was just that Gary is so used to them that he is just a millisecond or a small inch ahead. Check the armbar attempt, the double trouble, the back take. You won't see Eddie making a mistake and letting Gary out. You'll see Gary sneaking out his heel, or slipping his knee out, or shaking him off. When you call the match "fixed" you dismiss what was truly a great effort by two elite athletes, and you diminish the perfectly executed movements Gary employed.
@@TWoNaGe idk if fixed is the proper term but more like a high level gym flow roll it looks like. Great techniques and transitions displayed by both athletes
@hollywood4890 Fixed is certainly not the right word for what you are describing. I don't even think "flow roll" would be correct. They just know each other so well that they aren't wasting energy and movements into position that they already know the other person has the correct counters to. If either thought going harder or faster would get them the victory, I think they would do that. But they both know that going harder would only expose themselves to a mistake rather than give them a better opportunity for a finish.
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This was so beautiful to watch. Both these cats smoothly transition into attacks and escapes so well.
This match collapsed my hope that one day I would be as good as them.
Wow, Gary was on the back foot for most of the match, only to pull out the horse shoe
It was fixed
Beautiful match
I’m trying that triangle setup for sure!
Every time I hear someone say that they don’t do gi because it’s boring and nogi is more action… I show them this match 😂
This match was fixed. You can clearly see Eddie pull his punches on several of his sub attempts
Not fixed in my opinion. They just trained with each other so much that they know each other's baits and tricks. Eddie was clearly going for his regular transitions and holds, and Gary was just a bit faster with he's defenses - probably because he knows them so well.
Eddie wasn't pulling punches, he was just not wasting energy in positions he knew Gary had unique counters to. Gary's great everywhere but his true gifts are he's dexterity and counters. So if you roll with him enough, you realize what would be a very good control on most people is just a bait by Gary to lure you into one of his beautiful counters.
If you re-watch this wonderful match, you wont be able to find a position, submission attempt, or counter that Eddie wasn't trying to employ 100%. It was just that Gary is so used to them that he is just a millisecond or a small inch ahead.
Check the armbar attempt, the double trouble, the back take. You won't see Eddie making a mistake and letting Gary out. You'll see Gary sneaking out his heel, or slipping his knee out, or shaking him off.
When you call the match "fixed" you dismiss what was truly a great effort by two elite athletes, and you diminish the perfectly executed movements Gary employed.
@@TWoNaGe idk if fixed is the proper term but more like a high level gym flow roll it looks like. Great techniques and transitions displayed by both athletes
@hollywood4890 Fixed is certainly not the right word for what you are describing. I don't even think "flow roll" would be correct. They just know each other so well that they aren't wasting energy and movements into position that they already know the other person has the correct counters to. If either thought going harder or faster would get them the victory, I think they would do that. But they both know that going harder would only expose themselves to a mistake rather than give them a better opportunity for a finish.
@@TWoNaGe weren't they teammates at the time though
@@hollywood4890 Yes, they were. Which is why they knew each other's game so well. However, it appears quite clear that they were both trying to win.
The one commentator on here is uneducated af