he didn't (and hasn't in previous fights) use it to sweep or do much, more just seems to keep his opponent at bay and partially stalls with it. i wish he would use it more.
there are lots of guys who go to it against guys with super wrestling or top pressure, but you can tell they are improvising (don't really know how to use it) because they are just doing anything they can to keep opponents from passing. that said, i'm sure that happens a lot after guys take a lot of punishment and don't have the composure or energy to do much (understandable).
i can understand how x-guard, DLR and RDLR aren't practical for mma but i would have thought half-guard would be the place to be on the bottom now. i think demian maia is the only guy to use hg to stand which is pretty sweet.
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