Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto vs. Darren Uyenoyama

[Brent Smith]

He looked very impressive, and it was eye opening to see someone a Ralph Gracie BB using RG. Even though he didnt get a finish, the best points of the RG were on display: Kid couldnt punch at all and BC was threatening the whole time.

And as soon as kid made some space he got the hell out. Didn't want anything to do with BC's ground game even from the guard

[AJ Camacho]

I always root for kid out of pure nostalgia but when he was caught in crackhead control, I had the biggest fucking grin on my face.

[David Rosado]

He looked very impressive, and it was eye opening to see someone a Ralph Gracie BB using RG. Even though he didnt get a finish, the best points of the RG were on display: Kid couldnt punch at all and BC was threatening the whole time.

And that's the point. Some people act like RG doesn't work because guys don't always finish from there. That's retarded logic. If that's the case, guard doesn't work either because guys don't always finish. Or back mount WITH the body triangle doesn't work because guys don't always finish. RG clearly works. In fact, it works better than closed guard because it consistently shuts down guy's GnP. Give it time man. Little by little, proper RG will become pretty common. It's part of the evolution of MMA.

/rant