What techniques do you have the most success with against larger opponents?

[Griffin Lambert]

I rolled a friends gym last Thursday and almost everyone had a weight advantage over me. It became painfully obvious how ineffective the majority my game is against guys with much of a size advantage. I got a triangle or two and a few back takes but no sweeps. Are you there any particular techniques from the bottom or sweeps you have success with against larger guys? Thanks guys.

[Scott Yockel]

butter fly guard to sweeps and arm drags. when they fail go to leg locks.

[sean applegate]

just stay really tight on the bottom. when they realize your not gonna hand em something, capitalize on their mistakes in movement....maybe....just saying this because im 140 n rolling with nothing but 170 n up n it works for me

[Will Thaxton]

My main training partner is about 10x stronger than me. My only hope is to somehow get to the back. I can't control his posture in guard, lockdown he keeps me from whipping up and pretty much smashes me. I just work alot on my defense.

[Angel"EL DIABLO"Diaz]

Well I love using the mechanic sweep since if you get to whip up on your side but cant get the old school the mechanic sweep is always there since they have to whizzer your arm if not just take the back , I land this sweep alot on bigger opponents but I do find prison guard to be a big help against bigger guys since not always will sweeps work

[RichardC]

Def butterfly sweeps, especially the one-legged sweeps where you allow them to partially pass... I'd post a video, but I still don't know how to do that.

Also half guard to taking the back. Lots of RNCs, guillotines, and leglocks.

[Trez "Rat" Reyna]

When I roll with bigger guys I dont worry about the sweep. My go to's are either The Carni, cause the sec the come into my guard im going kung fu move and straight to the carni as fast as I can. But the one the that helps me survive is The deep Hook. I cant preach the deep hook enough. I take the deep hook from anywhere just make sure to press your fist deep into your hip. I usually just take the belly down armbar from the deep hook if I cant toss em or swim. Works everytime for me. And when you got em worried about the armbar the 3 points of death (Triangle, Tepee, Bolt Lock) are just a leg swing away. Try it out. Works for me im about 149 rollin with 190 and up guys.

[Doug "Minnesota"]

For bigger and stronger guys I usually go for more leg locks, they are my great equalizer. For a bottom game like yours maybe you could try 50/50 guard from a de la heva entry?

[Jason Mallory]

For bigger and stronger guys I usually go for more leg locks, they are my great equalizer.

+1

[StephenG]

I like this thread....keep em comin. I'm workin' at 145 against 200 regularly.