I once heard this from a legendary grappler, "when your good, you can do this in your sleep". Toms apparently good at triangles...hehe
I once heard this from a legendary grappler, "when your good, you can do this in your sleep". Toms apparently good at triangles...hehe
Ive got a title idea for the documentary of his life leading up to the creation of the famous "Cat Nap Triangle" :)
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1539/xx7e.jpg
I'm uploading the video now.... to be honest it was a triangle/armbar ;)
The good news is the Big Cat still has 8 lives left!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z34Q7UCm_aM
I didn't realize how hard he hit his head. Props to his opponent for not takin advantage of that.
Ive knocked myself out like that a few times during college wrestling on bad scrambles and takedowns. Snapping the back of the head like he did wont knock out your cognitive thinking abilities or (luckily in this case) your true consciousness. But you WILL go temporarily blind in the form of a "black out" even though your still using your instincts. Looks to me like he snapped his head just enough to black out but didn't go limp. Most people wouldn't notice that subtle inaction of not defending the pass after the guard pull, but it probably happens more than we realize it!
Good thing Tom's a badass!
Everything went black for a second, then I just saw stars. It was kinda like getting choked out in reverse. He had me in side control by the time I realized where i was. I should have had a better clinch before i pulled and tucked my chin. Lesson learned ;)
Nice. That's crazy. It looked like it hit pretty hard. Nice recovery Tom!