Originally Posted by
Eddie Bravo
It is and it isn't bullshit.
It is technically reaping the knee, as the player has his opponent's leg trapped between his, and the player's outside leg crosses the line of the hip.
It's bullshit in that knee reaps in general aren't inherently dangerous. It's a rule that is purely in place to encourage guard passing over leg attacks.
The call could have gone either way, honestly. While it is technically a reaping of the knee, it wasn't the conventional outside leg triangle that causes most knee reaps. There was no danger to the opponent's knee, but the leg did cross the hip line. Very strict interpretation of the rule, but it is what it is.
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