Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 8 - Sideways Sweep when Opponent has Underhook

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Robson's opponent has the underhook and is able to flatten him out. With his free hand, Robson grabs the near sleeve and pushes it across his body. His other arm that had the whizzer now reaches over the back to grab the belt, and Robson ducks his head underneath his opponent's head, moving his body perpendicular to his opponent. Now he uses his leverage to pull with his grips and kick with his hook, sweeping his opponent to his side. He maintains his grip control until he rolls to the top and can establish side control.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 7 - Butterfly Sweep to Mount when Opponent has Underhook

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Once again, Robson is playing butterfly guard, and his opponent gets the underhook. Like before, Robson makes a tight whizzer, feeds the far sleeve to his hand, and posts up on his elbow. His opponent feels off balance, so he drops to his knees to keep pressure on Robson. With his free leg behind his hook, gets on his knee, removes his hook and steps his leg over his opponent's back. Not wanting to give up his back, his opponent rolls and Robson takes the mount.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 6 - Triangle from Butterfly Guard

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Robson is in the butterfly guard, and his opponent gets the underhook on him, so he whizzers the arm and makes a grip on the opposite sleeve by feeding it with his other hand. He posts his hand on the mat to keep his base, and drags the arm in as he stretches his free leg out, giving him the space he needs to close the triangle.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 5 - Butterfly Sweep to Back Take

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Again, Robson goes for the basic butterfly sweep, but his opponent bases, so Robson needs another option. He brings his free foot below his hook, and makes an X on his opponent's knee. He brings his underhook up as high as possible to force his opponent's posted arm past his head. Now he stretches out his legs and moves his body under his opponent's armpit, landing on the back. Here, he throws his top hook over the body, makes a grip on the lapel, and rolls through, taking the back. He brings his other leg over the shoulder to finish the choke. Note that Robson never lets go of the sleeve grip.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 4 - Butterfly Sweep to Kata Guruma

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Robson sets up his butterfly guard and attempts the basic sweep, but his opponent has a good base and stays on his feet. Robson's first step is to pull the arm and wrap around the back of his neck, as he posts on his elbow. His other arm abandons the underhook and grabs the leg. He lowers his forehead to the mat, and at the same time sweeps his opponent using the kata guruma technique.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 3 - Basic Butterfly Sweep

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Robson sets up his butterfly guard as shown before, and raises his opponent off the mat with his hook. It's important that he pushes the hand between the legs, his underhook goes as high as it can, and he is on his side. He uses his foot on the mat to push and turn his body over as he sweeps his opponent. He looks to land with his shin across the thigh, so he can easily mount right away.

Robson Moura Butterfly Guard 2 - Setting Up Butterfly Guard from Full Guard

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Robson starts from the full guard, controlling both sleeve grips, and opens his guard to escape his hips. With his foot in the hip, he pulls the same side arm, making sure his opponent can't make a grip. Robson now brings his other foot inside the legs to make the first butterfly hook, and at the same time, sits up, swimming his arm underneath the armpit. Now he takes the foot off the hip and puts his leg underneath his opponent's legs, as he shoves the sleeve grip arm between the legs, and lifts his opponent with his hook. Now his opponent is off balance, and Robson can start to work his butterfly techniques.

Xande's Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2017 Review 7 - Forcing Half Guard from Butterfly Guard

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In his final fight, Xande faced an opponent with a good butterfly guard, so he knew that he wanted to force the half guard. First, he grips the pants and gets the underhook, and when his opponent tries to lift him with the butterfly hook, he keeps his hand on the back rather than posting on the mat. While he is lifted off the mat, he breaks his hip, turning it to the outside and freeing his leg from the butterfly hook. At this point, his opponent locked the half guard. Xande reacted by opening his opponent's arm that was controlling his own arm, bringing his knee to the hip, and flattening him out to force the half guard.

Xande's Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2017 Review 1 - Collar Drag to Single Leg

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In this series, Xande breaks down the key positions that happened in his fights on his way to Gold at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. In his first fight, he pulled guard and attempted a scissors sweep, but his opponent's base was strong, so he turned his hips back and went for an armbar. His opponent reacted by backing away, so still with the collar and sleeve grips, Xande tried to kick the knee and collar drag. To defend, his opponent stepped his inside knee up, so Xande used the momentum to sit up and switch from the drag to the single leg, coming up and finishing the sweep.

Eduardo Rocha's Rocha House 15 - Sweep when Opponent Steps to the Negative Side

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Eduardo has the Rocha House with both lapel grips, and this time his opponent steps back to the negative side. Eduardo keeps his legs squeezing the leg as he swings them away and brings his arm underneath. Now he turns back in and grabs the lapel as he comes to the top. Another variation is to reach his top leg across and hook behind the far knee. Now he punches the lapel as he escapes his hips and elevates his hook. This gives him the space to come on top to finish the sweep and set up a knee cut pass.

Eduardo Rocha's Rocha House 14 - Single Leg when Opponent Tries to Back Away

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Eduardo has the Rocha House set up with both grips pulling the lapel, but now his opponent reacts by trying to back away. Eduardo drops both his hooks and makes an S-position with his legs. He posts his hand on the mat and drives his head into the hips as he stands up grabbing the single leg. He grabs the heel and pulls his opponent in before sweeping the other foot to finish the takedown.

Eduardo Rocha's Rocha House 13 - Sit Up to Single Leg

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From the Rocha House position with both grips on the lapel, Eduardo wants to dive his head under for the previous sweep, but his opponent drops his knee on him first. Eduardo kicks him forward with his leg to make him step a little, turns to his side and bumps again with his other leg. Now he has room to grab the leg and stand up for the single leg takedown.