Xande's Competition Year In Review 11 - Berimbolo to Back Take (Dimitrius Sousa)

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Xande continues to breakdown his fight against Dimitrius Sousa at the World Championships, and shows how Dimitrius was able to use the berimbolo to get on his back.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 10 - Single Leg X-Guard Sweep (Dimitrius Sousa)

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Xande discusses his second fight at the World Championships against Dimitrius Sousa, and breakdowns the sweep he tried to use on him, and the variation that he ended up using on him. From the open guard, he secures the pants and cross collar grip, and then sets up the single leg X-Guard using shin-on-shin. He brings the leg over his head, and sits up to come to the top position.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 5 - Neutralizing the Worm Guard (Keenan Cornelius)

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Xande continues to breakdown his fight with Keenan Cornelius, and shows how he trained to neutralize the worm guard, and what his plan was for this situation. His first goal is to stuff the leg between his legs, and control the other leg at the pants. Then he would try to get to the side and even attack the neck with a cross grip if possible. However, he was not able to utilize this position in the fight.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 4 - Defending the Pass and Replacing Guard after the Worm Guard Sweep (Keenan Cornelius)

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Xande talks about his Metamoris fight with Keenan Cornelius, and shows a defense he was working on during training and prepared himself to use in the fight if necessary. After being swept by the worm guard, Xande focuses on not getting cross-faced, and then using his cross-framing pattern to turn back into Keenan and replace to a comfortable guard.

Xande's Competition Year In Review 3 - Cross Collar Choke After Being Swept from the Belt Lasso Guard (Keenan Cornelius)

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Xande analyzes his fight with Keenan Cornelius at Metamoris, and talks about how he tried to setup a cross collar choke when Keenan came to the top using a lasso hook on Xande's belt.

Luiza Monteiro Series 14 - Knee Bar from Spider Guard

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Luiza shows a knee bar she likes to set up from the spider guard when she has one foot in the biceps and her opponent tries to pass to the opposite side. Luiza spins underneath her opponent and grabs control of the outside leg. Next she brings her knee between her opponent's legs and raises her hips off the mat to trap the leg and finish the knee bar.

Luiza Monteiro Series 13 - Kimura from 50/50 Guard

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Luiza goes for the reverse armbar from the 50/50 guard as she showed in the last position, but now her opponent defends by bending her arm. So instead, Luiza controls her elbow, makes a grip on her wrist and finishes a Kimura.

Luiza Monteiro Series 12 - Reverse Armbar from 50/50 Guard

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Luiza shows how she likes to setup a reverse armbar from the 50/50 guard when her opponent comes to the top position. First she grabs the elbow and the collar and pushes her opponent away as she to the comes up. The she brings her leg on top of the arm and squeezes to finish the reverse armbar.

Luiza Monteiro Series 10 - Breaking Spider Guard Grips

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Luiza shows a couple techniques she uses to get her opponent's feet off her biceps when her opponent is playing spider guard on her.

Luiza Monteiro Series 9 - X-Guard Sweep with Leg Lasso

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Luiza shows another X-guard sweep, but now instead of placing her foot in the biceps, she lassos the arm with her leg, and then brings her foot behind her opponent's hamstring. Using her lasso leg, she kicks to make her opponent step forward, and places the other leg in the X-guard. Now she pulls the lasso grip and stretches both legs to sweep her opponent.

Luiza Monteiro Series 8 - Spider Guard to X-Guard Sweep

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Again starting with one foot on the hip and one foot in the biceps, Luiza brings her foot on the hip behind the other knee and kicks, forcing her opponent to step forward. Now she lets go of the pants grip to hug the leg, at the same time she brings her knee in to make the X-guard. Next she brings the foot in the biceps behind the knee, and when she is ready to sweep, she slides her hook down behind the heel and forces her opponent to fall backwards.

Luiza Monteiro Series 7 - Transitioning from Spider Guard to X-Guard

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Luiza starts with her preferred spider guard grips she has been working with, and now her opponent breaks the foot on biceps grip. Luiza reacts by first establishing a collar grip and hooking her foot behind her opponent's knee. Now she can stretch her legs to create space, and place her other knee inside, establishing the X-guard.