Dead Orchard deff works well when someone is trying to punch into NY or bring that far arm in to defend triangles. Nice work!
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Another example from a Pan Am match a few years ago...this one is tough to watch though.
http://youtu.be/K30KrQdGIko
So on Monday, Cora got to roll with a bunch of MMA fighters as there weren't any kid in the gym. While in line waiting for her turn, she notice that one of the guy was doing the Dead Orchard on one of her coach. Right away she got my attention and for me to look at it. It was really nice. Don't know who he was but he was pulling off some rubber guard action as well. Of course seeing that put a smile on Cora's face. Then later that night when we got home, she wanted to try something. She figured out a way to do the dead orchard from mount!!!! Yes from mount!!! Most of the time she would try to get the head and arm for the mounted triangle, but instead of getting the head and arm, she got both arm and lock in the figure 4.
Curtis Hembroff is great at this; it is his go to move from Muddy Waters and he landed it at the last Grapplers Quest in Vegas. http://youtu.be/eAGplPa5_e4