By Felix Rodriguez, Staff Writer
The owner and head instructor for Gold Team MMA and Fitness in Sugar Land, TX, Macaco is a former Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and most recently defended his MMA title just last Friday via second round submission over Longview, TX native Derrick Krantz.
In this TXMMA Technique of the Week, Macaco shows our readers to transition from a butterfly sweep into a calf slicer. As you’ll see in the video, the key to getting the calf slicer set up properly is getting a good underhook and making the opponent commit their weight forward when posting their arms to counter the butterfly sweep. The space created by the underhook and sweeping foot allowed Macaco to spin under his opponent and isolate the ankle of the leg he tried sweeping in order to set up the calf-slicer.
Enjoy and, as always, please be careful with your training partners when you try this out!
TXMMA Technique of the Week – Jorge ‘Macaco’ Patino
For more information about Macaco and his training academy visit www.goldteamtx.com.
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