Great job, and welcome back! Winning silver after a layoff is not a failure, even though I know we always fight for gold. Beating that girl is still a hell of an accomplishment.
I like the way Gabby setup up the rolling toehold with a generic straight ankle lock grip and then secured the toehold grip during the transition. People know how to defend an obvious straight ankle lock and I can't help but think that the grip put her opponent at ease only to be surprised by the toehold.
When I walked out on the mat I could hear people laughing at me because she was so much bigger. My dad called me over and said 'She cant lift weights with her ankles, just find a way to get there.' It took me 3 1/2 minutes but I found it.
That was amazing! Way to come from behind and pull it out with a sub! That was sooo bad ass!
Thanks Eddie!!!! This was a toe hold I had been working on for a while. One of those ones that I have hit in class a few times but never got in a tourny. I drilled it a few months back before the last GQ with my dad and one of my instructors. Kevin Green from 10th Planet Bear also showed us a cool variation of this toe hold from the one knee up pass in a class last fall. SO big ups to my instructors for showing me the way!! Someone said it was also in MTS?? Which episode??
she was a beast!!!! she looked like a shaved bigfoot. Amazing technique Gabby you ALWAYS represent, even when your grounded & cant train we can always expect some flashy shit from u