On this week’s
edition of Match of the Week, the match I'm sharing with you is Jackson
Sousa vs. Paulo Miyao from the brown belt absolute semi-finals of the 2012 NoGi
Brazilian Nationals.
Jackson
Sousa is a black belt under Ricardo Vieira and fights for team Checkmat. Today,
Jackson is one of Jiu-Jitsu's rising stars, but he remained out of the
spotlight for many years due to having issues obtaining a US visa. This meant
he couldn't compete in many major IBJJF tournaments such as the Worlds, NoGi
Worlds and Pan Ams. However, in 2013 he received his visa and went on to become
a world champion proving that he was one of best competitors of the new
generation.
Jackson
is a six time Brazilian National NoGi Champion (2012 brown weight & absolute,
2011 brown weight & absolute, 2010 brown, 2009 purple), a three time
European Champion (2014 brown, 2013 brown, 2012 brown), a two time South
American (2011 brown, 2010 brown), and Brazilian National Champion (2012 brown,
2010 purple), and a one time World (2013 brown), World NoGi (2013 black), IBJJF
Pro League (2013), Pan American NoGi Champion (2014 black absolute).
Jackson
is known for one thing in particular, and that is his guard passing. He is
definitely one of the best guard passers in the world today. For such a big
guy, Jackson is very light on his feet. In particular, he seems to favour
toreando style guard passing, but you also seem him use the double under pass
quite frequently throughout his matches. However, in recent competition you're
seeing a lot more guard work from Sousa which is quite exciting to watch.
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| Jackson Sousa |
If you follow Jiu-Jitsu, I'm pretty sure you would have heard
of Paulo Miyao. Him and his brother, João (typically referred to
as the Miyao brothers) have been phenoms in the Jiu-Jitsu world since blue
belt. They have virtually won every major title at the lower belts and
been on the podium of every absolute division.
Paulo is known for his intense rivalry with Keenan Cornelius.
He suffered multiple consecutive losses against Cornelius throughout
the purple and brown belt level before finally defeating him in the absolute
final of the 2013 World Championships.
Paulo is a four time World (2013 brown weight & absolute,
2012 purple, 2011 purple) and Brazilian National Champion (2014 black, 2013
brown weight & absolute, 2012 purple), a three time Pan American Champion
(2014 black, 2013 brown, 2012 purple), and a one-time European (2013 brown) and
Brazilian National NoGi Champion (2012 brown).
The one thing Paulo is known for is his berimbolo. He
literally uses it in all of his matches. He also utilises many other
"modern" Jiu-Jitsu techniques such as the 50/50 guard and reverse de
la riva. In his matches, his main objective is to somehow take
his opponents back using his slick guard skills. He is known for his
nearly impassable guard.
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| Paulo Miyao |
In this match, Jackson tries to work some of signature
passes, but the phenomenal guard work of
Miyao neutralises the majority of them. You get to see some beautiful
technical guard work from Miyao, however. He attempts multiple berimbolo and
back take attempts and gets near with some, but Sousa does a tremendous job of
defending. The outcome of this match may surprise you, and I think if it was in
the Gi, it would perhaps be a different story.
The video of the match can be found below. I hope you guys enjoy!
See you next week!
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