Vinny M in a 50/50 war

[Eddie Bravo]

[Anthony Herrera]

Man he did such a good job of being patient in the 50/50 once he secured it, nice sub!

[VJ Bella]

The brazilian never attacked Vinnies legs once...I wonder if 50/50 is a position hes not entirely familiar\comfortable with. Props to vinnie on the toe hold.

[Chris Ludington]

I'm sure to an untrained eye that would seem extremely boring but watching the chess match between those two was very interesting. Both showed a great deal of patience and unfortunately for the other guy he felt a little too safe there. Thanks for sharing.

[Jason Eisner]

For the record Buchecha is awesome. He is a Cavaca black belt and if you know Cavaca, you know they are great at leg locks.

Great job Vinny.

[Justin W.]

that is a huge win for vinny. buchecha is amazing.

[Louis Ho]

Very nice job, Vinny.

[Ramone (RAM) Codrington]

The brazilian never attacked Vinnies legs once...I wonder if 50/50 is a position hes not entirely familiar\comfortable with. Props to vinnie on the toe hold.

you can see he knows what he is doing there. how ever vinney was pushing the pase and was hunting for them feet. props to both guys

[Jeff V]

awesome. seems like i have seen so many high level matches end in toe holds lately.

[AJ Camacho]

That was a great match. Toeholds are scary. I keep getting my knee jacked up by them. This last time I was trying to secure a hook with my far leg to transition from double under hooks to back mount. I was extending my leg out to secure the hook when my toe got yanked and my knee popped. Something about putting the boot on, or extending the leg during a toehold causes all kinds of weirdness to happen in the knee.

I'll probably tell people, that I roll with, that I'll only roll with a catch and release policy on toeholds from now on since I don't need to be gradually sawing away at my tendons every time I roll. Thankfully my knee is healing well and I should be back to live rolling this week.