The D’Arce choke: Brought to you by Paulo Thiago and UFC 109Filed Under: Instruction, Rantings
I know it sounds like Sesame Street when I say it, but I do think Paulo looks a little bit like Oscar the grouch mixed with Bert – its probably his thick eyebrows and huge ears. See evidence about that below.
Back to the point, Paulo’s head and arm choke put Mike Swick to sleep in seconds. We practiced this choke in class today and Thiago shows us a textbook example. He gets the deep underhook on the top arm, passes his wrist on the far side of the neck, shoves the head down, locks the hand in the elbow crease and finishes Mikes’s trip to dream land with a twist of his forearm into the jugular. All of this and he doesn’t even have to leave the opponents half guard. Made me a Paulo fan.
Since I’m a light hearted mood, I’ve chosen an instructional to match. Here’s a link to MMA prankster Mayhem Miller teaching the Darce choke.
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- 8 Feb 2010 2:17 PM
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February 8th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
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February 9th, 2010 at 11:12 am
haha excellent parity!
February 9th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
That was way slick. I called Thiago by submission choke. Wrong round and minute but hey. That made my day.
The other thing that made me estatic was watching Chael Sonnen break Marquardt face in for three rounds. Tee hee. I don’t know why Sonnen’s smack talk makes me happy while the Diaz’s makes me furious. Oh well. Maybe it is because Sonnen is funny.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
He looks far more like Sam the Eagle.. Strong muppet knowledge up in here.
Also, what is more important watching Paulo’s technique is how he rolls and drops his shoulder into the choke. You can tighten the choke better with your shoulder pressure than you can with your “forearm twist”.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Heck ya, muppets R E P R E S E N T.
Good tip, BTW. Re-reading it, I realize that there was a difference between the words I chose to describe the move and what I was thinking. The way you move your shoulders and keep pressure is huge on this move, and missed it with my blurb.
Thanks for posting.
February 13th, 2010 at 11:39 am
He looks just like Sam the Eagle. It’s crazy. Love how quick Swick (see what I did there?) went out. Great submission.
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