Anaconda Choke Variation

The other night I was watching the Strikeforce Challenger Series fights, and saw Carlo Prater hit an Anaconda choke variation that put his opponent to sleep incredibly quick. I was wondering if anyone else finishes this choke the same way, and if so do they have any tips on the correct way to finish it. I usually roll towards the trapped arm and finish the choke the standard way, but it is a low percentage finish for me, so I wanted to try it this way and see if I have an easier time finishing. The video is below. Feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFC0ecMoOlk

woow, you can see him try to tap with his trapped arm when he flips him over. he open and closes his hand 3 times and on the third you can tell he's going out lol

I don't see the variation from this vid vs the submissions101.com one for the anaconda. What am I missing?

In the sub101 video he dumps the guy on his back, In the video here The fighter sort of crawls back then swings his legs around the trapped arm side to hook his legs. So I guess the difference would be not dumping the guy on his back ? mind you im going off purely what I can see.

so same "lock", but different way to get the "squeeze?"

I believe so, maybe Ari or another 10p instructor will come and tell us if we are correct

that was sick and did someone say Darce hahaa

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Originally Posted by ViciousVictor

that was sick and did someone say Darce hahaa

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yeah, the commentator didn't know the difference between darce and anaconda. Similar, but different entry for the choke arm. Anaconda threads from neck to arm, darce goes from arm to neck.

yeah, the commentator did that a few times during the night. what makes it worse is, the commentator was mauro ranallo (formerly of pride). in the post fight interview he congratulated the prater on the "d'arce, or brabo, choke" and he got corrected by prater. he's my least favourite mma commentator, even worse than goldie (who at least knows he's clueless).

It seems that instead of pressing directly onto the back of his head with his chest/stomach, he first shot his leg through to apply even more pressure to the trapped arm, which in turn applied more pressure to the carotid.

I think you may be thinking of the gator roll, but I've heard this one called the quick death I believe.

I like crawling up and hooking a leg or legs to finish this. As long as the chin is pushed towards the chest to expose the carotid arteries and you get a good squeeze it works. The roll is cool but I always mess it up. Here's a good clip of Ari Bolden explaining the technique.

uhmmm, why didn't he tap with his free arm? Pretty strange. Very slick entrance!

One man's opinion.....

To finish you have to get the guy on his side. This guy did that, but he did it in a very tough way that requires a lot of strength. Looks like shitty technique that ended in the right spot to me. He should have just gator rolled.

As I've said, just my opinion.

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I don't see the variation from this vid vs the submissions101.com one for the anaconda. What am I missing?

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I haven't seen the submission 101 video, but typically you roll towards the trapped arm and finish on your side, which is why this choke is also known as the gator roll. Instead of rolling Prater kind of crawled around towards the side of the trapped arm and hooked his leg. He ended up taking him over as well. I couldn't tell whether that was intentional, or if he could have finished him from the side as well.

I also thought it was funny that the commentator kept mixing up the darce/ brabo chokes with the anaconda. Even worse, after Carlo Prater corrected him in the ring, the announcer says "well it sure looked like a brabo choke to me." Ha, ha, hopefully someone has informed him of the difference between the two chokes so he can stop making himself look silly.

Asked my instructor about this choke today. He thought the way he finished was more of an arm in guillotine type choke, but he used the anaconda grip. In any case, it looks like it works pretty well and I will have to add that to my arsenal.

It looks like he's creating tension for the choke by hooking and trapping the guys leg and stretching him out, which in turns flips him over. It definitely looks more like deep arm guillotine pressure rather than the typical anaconda pressure.

i use a similar technique when people try to stop the roll by basing out, except i try to get on the other side. anyway, that guy should have been focusing more on keeping the opponents head in the middle of his chest, where you get the most leverage for the choke without gassing out your arms. if it slips off to the side, it just becomes an arm-in guillotine.

ive been experimenting with something pretty sick recently with the anaconda choke. if i manage to get an anaconda grip from sprawl now, i just get my weight on my butt by sitting on my heels and push my stomach straight through the opponents neck by leaning back, without having to worry about rolling or pulling guard or anything like that. its similar to the finish with the basic 10-finger guillotine, and it seems to work just as well if not better

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Originally Posted by Muhammad Abdou

i use a similar technique when people try to stop the roll by basing out, except i try to get on the other side. anyway, that guy should have been focusing more on keeping the opponents head in the middle of his chest, where you get the most leverage for the choke without gassing out your arms. if it slips off to the side, it just becomes an arm-in guillotine.

ive been experimenting with something pretty sick recently with the anaconda choke. if i manage to get an anaconda grip from sprawl now, i just get my weight on my butt by sitting on my heels and push my stomach straight through the opponents neck by leaning back, without having to worry about rolling or pulling guard or anything like that. its similar to the finish with the basic 10-finger guillotine, and it seems to work just as well if not better

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That sounds very interesting. In my gym I get a lot of sprawl control positions for some reason. Can you please post a video of you demonstrating your anaconda choke variation?