The lightweight champion of the UFC has started to implement a characteristic technique at the highest level.
Islam Makhachev has always been a threat of submission and he has proven that within the Octagon, half of his UFC victories will come through this profit method.
However, it is in his recent battles where a favorite technique that you do not often see in MMA has begun to become an important weapon for the pound-for-pound best hunter in sport today.
Makhachev caught both Renato Moicano and Dustin Poirier with the same d'Arce choke in back-to-back title defense of the 155-pound gold.
He claims that it is an entry that he constantly draws in training and how efficiently he can lock it up, it is certainly something his future opponents pay attention to.
Kade Rootolo breaks the characteristic D'Arce Choke of Islam Makhachev breaks
The recent finishes of Islam Makhachev today attracted the attention of one of the best entry in the world, Kade Rootolo.
The only championship workshop, which will compete in his third MMA competition on one 171 on 171 February, wrote History by the youngest ADCC world champion ever to be the 19-year-old.
Together with his long list of performance, including winning the first CJI tournament below 80 kg, both Kade and his brother Tye are known for their incredibly dangerous d'Arce -scooling.
Rootolo helped with the sneaky submission technique of Makhachev in a recent exclusive interview with Bloody Elbow prior to his upcoming fight in Qatar.
“It is clearly a great technique. It is one of our favorites and the way he uses it, he grabs the arm and goes superficially instead of going all the way to the biceps, which I think is also cool. The gloves probably have something to do with that.
“It is probably difficult for him to come all the way to the biceps and then you also have another level of couple if you have that grip, it will be a bit more a neck crank and a choke, what is what is what is we Are very enthusiastic about creating the crank on top of the choke. I think it is one of the best chokes there is, it is certainly one of the most under -utilized mushrooms, so to see Islam, it is great to bring it back to the MMA side of things. “
Kade Rootolo makes its own waves in the lightweight division
At the age of 22, Kade Rootolo made the big decision to switch to MMA last year, where he took back-to-back victories and first round finishes.
He even achieved a d'Arce Choke victory of his own last time -out on a 169 in November, where he submitted Ahmed Mujtaba after he had dropped his opponent early.
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Rootolo is back on a 171 to continue his promising MMA career, which recently delivered a place at ESPN's 25 under 25, while he is still one of the best grapplers in the world.
He is confronted with the 7-0 Nicolas Vigna in the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar and who knows, if Rootolo is able to keep winning, he might get the chance to test his Jiu-Jitsu against the wrestling skills of the Daagstani Hunters in the future.
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