Baratoplata? Am I late?

[ScottRay]

I played with it too. Seems pretty nasty. I really do like it. Lots of moves do though at first, but you never know. He's hitting in mma and on black belts...seems as if done right, its legit. Im gonna continue to play with it in hopes of knowing for sure. Im always a beg skeptic.

[Brent Smith]

I like that its a set up from mount. I only recently started getting confident in the mount so its good to have more options. Gonna rep it out and look for it during free rolls to really decide if it goes into the arsenal.

[ScottRay]

*big

[FRANK BARCA]

I think I love it

[Chris Garry]

Looks cool. Defo not same as the duda the way he shows it in the second video.

[Brent Smith]

Anymore input on this?

[Jonrivello]

looks like a reverse monoplata to me

[Brent Smith]

looks like a reverse monoplata to me

It feels very similar to the monoplata

[ScottRay]

I played with it some more. I tried it triangling the legs, it takes away the range of motion needed to attack the shoulder. The posture is controlled with angle from being under him and using your deep hook for the same job your leg does in an omoplata, or like the ice-pick really. Im starting to like it, but I still wanna play with it more. Im always skeptical until its a staple move. Sure would be nice to have more than one sub from there...

Personally, I LOVE slicers. I use them all the time. Ive also seen them injure folks before: Busted knees, or broken shins or forearms, muscle damage, etc.. With that said, historically slicers have proven to be very unreliable in competition. This is a generalization, as i just stated a good slicer and injure someone. I bet sean applegate can slice your arm right in two. But generally speaking, shoulder locks fairly high reliability vs slicers which have some of the lowest reliability. For the avg guy, a shoulder lock is usually a much safer bet, especially in a competition.

[Brent Smith]

Were you able to switch back and forth between the Duda and Barata? I assume if ones not working you can switch relatively easily.