Down goes #3....

[nerfstate]

Sorry for a naive/ignorant question. Is it ever a good idea to bodylock over the other guy’s underhook?

It just seems to me that if I try to bodylock over a guy’s torso plus arm, he would stop it—e.g., with what my coach called a Gizoni—and end up where I don’t want him: underneath and past my arm defense.

Only if you’re Adam Coon against anyone but one Russian. Otherwise, ?

 

[yekrut321]

The big lesson is: don't get greedy.

Sasso tried a duck into body lock. The duck might have been there -- Moore was leaning forward. The duck into body lock was not there -- Moore was leaning too far forward, and Sasso couldn't get upright, his hips were caught under him.

If Sasso had tried the duck and missed, he could've grabbed Moore's right leg and maybe forced a stalemate or even gotten a takedown. That would've been a better move once he was on his knees. But he went swinging for the fences.

Moore deserves credit too -- he sniffed it out. Sasso might have telegraphed the duck (at the 2:19 replay, looked like he pushed up on Moore's arm but not enough to clear it).

Is it fair to say that he brought his hips to the wrong party?