A new finish from the truck???

[Kyle Wright]

We've been drilling something extremely similar in Santa Fe. Only instead of catching it from after landing in truck, we would utilize a figure four grip between the legs and on the ankle. Like a hybrid of wrestler and de souza. Its a lot of pressure and definitely legit

[Brandon Mccaghren]

Ultimately, I think it's an alternate grip, not a separate finish.

[Isaac Atley]

havnt tried it but is ther nothing there like a calf slicer? one arm goes through behind the knee and the other grabs the toes and pulls down? i thought that was what was really getting the tap in the first video but oh well. might surprise an opponent that already knows banana split or something

[David Rosado]

havnt tried it but is ther nothing there like a calf slicer? one arm goes through behind the knee and the other grabs the toes and pulls down? i thought that was what was really getting the tap in the first video but oh well. might surprise an opponent that already knows banana split or something

I don't think so. Not a lot of "ball bearing" in the "nut cracker". And not enough torque in the arms alone. If you pulled to get more pressure on the knee/calf, I think you'd end up getting a tap from a groin stretch before you got enough pressure for a calf slicer. I'm just theorizing though. So far this looks like a combo of joint lock and groin stretch depending on the guy's flexibility.

I feel like there's something there, though. I just don't think that the grip in the video would work for guys with big strong legs. For me, I've always found that grabbing the toes is the best way to control the leg and keep it bent. In my head I'm trying to figure out a way to get the same twisting/stretching motion while including a different grip of some sort gripping the toes to prevent "kick-out."

[VJ Bella]

I played with this as a sub a year or so ago but ultimately abandoned it because it was pretty low percentage. Most guys who know I like calf crashes would just straighten their leg an I'd have to move on. What I did start doing was going elbow deep an gable gripping, straightening my lock down an going straight banana split off this.

[joeln]

For the record, this has NOT been competition tested yet, only in rolling

If they are kicking out I don't know that it is locked in all the way. Thus far no one we we're able to secure it on was able to kick out. By "secure it" I mean in the full arms folded/tombstone/I dream of Jeannie position.

A weakness is that the larger the legs, the more difficult it is to lockup. Therefore I see it as best used against someone your own size, someone with skinny legs, or if you have proportionately longer arms then normal it would probably work with larger opponents.

It's relative to your arm length vs leg thickness.

[Eric Schuettenberg]

looks good cant wait to try it

[Brent Smith]

Looks like it would work. Kinda looks like a variation to finishing the banana split

[sean applegate]

we played with it in decatur over the weekend and ultimately i think its just an alternate grip to finish banana splits.