BJJ Blue Belts Very Eventful Match Saved By The Bell

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0:15 White gi advantage point for almost passing the guard but not maintaining control.
0:22 White gi got both hooks in and would've been awarded 4 points if he held the position but instead he decided to leave it for a submission attempt via bow and arrow choke.
0:29 White gi advantage point for getting back control but not being able to maintain it.
0:54 White gi advantage point for almost passing guard but not being able to maintain control.
1:20 White gi advantage point for almost submitting via armbar but not being able to pull through.
1:47 White gi advantage point for almost passing guard but not being able to maintain control.
3:57 Black gi advantage point for almost passing guard but not being able to maintain control.
4:56 Black gi 2 points for sweep.
5:25 White gi advantage point, unsure if this is counted as an attempt at sweep or guard pass, let me know what you think in the comments.
6:13 Unsure why they restart in standing position instead of turtle.
7:08 White gi was just about to pass the guard for 3 points and win the match if he had a few more seconds to control the position, but the bell rang and the fight was over.
2024, Sweden.
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[@vibovitold]

Very nice description of the timeline, much appreciated. Great job.
PS. "Unsure why they restart in standing position instead of turtle."
Well, "when 2/3 of the athletes’ bodies are outside the combat area on foot or in a non-stabilized position on the ground, the
referee should stop the match and restart the two athletes on their feet at the center of the match area."
The turtle certainly wasn't stabilized, much less before 2/3 of the athletes' bodies got outside of the area.
That's how I understand it at least.

[@Bjjmatches]

Thank you I appreciate it. Great explanation and I completely agree with that.

[@ChaseBJJ]

Damn, that was a great match

[@vibovitold]

@@ChaseBJJ yeah, it was nice. i'm a black belt myself, but i find belt/purple divisions (as well as juniors) often more interesting to watch : ) there are more mistakes and inaccuracies, but thanks to that a lot's going on

[@ChaseBJJ]

@@vibovitold it’s funny, cause I’ve heard another black belt say that same thing. I wonder what that is? Just guessing, but is it because black belt matches (gi matches) are a lot of grip breaking? Or if any mistakes are made they are immediately capitalized on and the match ends faster? Would be curious to hear what you think.

[@vibovitold]

@@ChaseBJJ in my opinion black belts tend to be more patient.
when a black belt catches the opponent in a kimura grip, they will be working it for minutes, trying to squeeze something out of that (if not a submission, then a mount, or a sweep, whatever, but "you gotta give me something now" mindset).
a junior blue belt will abandon it as soon as it doesn't do anything for 10 seconds, and try several different things, the initiiative will go back and forth in the same amount of time, which is kind of wasteful, but also more fun to watch : )
that's sort of like this young bull/old bull story :) (“Let’s run down and breed a couple of heifers!”, and the old bull: "let’s walk down and breed them all.”)
in my opinion there are several reasons for that difference, all reinforcing eachother:
* black belts matches are longer by the rules (10 minutes). for white belts it's 5 minutes, for blue belts it's 6 etc.
that already encourages playing a long game.
an all-out attack is a dangerous decision, because if it doesn't pan out, you risk gassing out with plenty of time still left on the clock. energy conservation is more important.
* on the top of that, let's face it, black belts are older on average. even within the adult division. it's more obvious if you don't look only at the world class competitors (who simply fall out of your radar once they're past their prime).
* black belts generally make less mistakes, so if you catch your opponent making one, you'll think twice before letting them reconsolidate. you never know when the next opportunity will come. when you're a blue belt, there's a mistake every 20 seconds, so it's not as precious.
* while black belts can be expected to know more technique overall, they also tend to have a more defined "A game" which they resort to in a must-win scenario (like a competition).
that's like a personal "system", practically a diagram.
eg.: pull guard, try for a cross collar choke, if it doesn't work out, switch to spider guard, try for a triangle or an omoplata. battle-tested systems that they know inside out.
you don't want to deviate from your personal system very much (even seeing some opportunity on the horizon), because you risk getting baited into your opponent's personal system in turn, which is their own diagram they have battletested against 10 different counters and know it like the back of their hand : )
* by and large, black belts tend to be more evenly matched than lower belts. a fresh blue belt after 8 months of training going against a blue belt who's already trained for 3 years, that's a huge skill gap.
apart from edge cases such as Rafa Mendes vs. a no-name, it rarely occurs at the top belt even, the differences fall on the subtle side. so the skills cancel eachother out more often.
this is obviously only a statistical perspective, there are very eventful black belt clashes as well as boring lower-belts encounters. but i think it holds true on average.

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