Welcome guys to the first
installment in my match of the week series! This series is actually going to
take place every Monday, so I guess you could call it Match of the Week
Mondays, but I'm not. The only reason I'm doing the first part today is
just to get the ball rolling. Every Monday following today, a post will be
made.
So, every
week I'm going to share with you guys a BJJ match which I like and hopefully
you guys will too. I'm going to try and avoid 'classic' matches as much as I
can and focus more on matches hopefully some of you have never seen. I want to
share with you guys a lot of non-black belt matches but that's not to
say black belt matches won’t be featured in this series but just
not as often.
I'd also
like to get your guys suggestions on matches for me to look at, so feel free to
comment below or on social media.
So
without further ado, let’s get into today's match!
The match
I want to share with you today is Michael Liera Jr vs. Jacob Sandoval from
Jiu-Jitsu Battle 1.
Jiu-Jitsu
Battle 1 was a no time limit, submission only invitational event
which featured eight of the best purple belts in the world
compete in a submission only type environment.
Michael
Liera Jr was considered to be the best purple belt in the world at the time and
it was no surprise that he made it all the way to the final. Michael has an
extremely effective guard, and is used considerably throughout this match. I
have actually have had the pleasure of interviewing Michael and if any of you
guys are interested you can find it HERE.
If I had
to pick a second favourite out of the tournament I would have said
Jacob Sandoval. It's kind of ironic that the two best would
meet in the final. In this match Jacob does an excellent job of defending
Michael's submissions and getting out of some pretty dominant positions which
many others would have been submitted from.
The match
is around 30 minutes long, but I enjoy watching this match very much and
hopefully you guys will too.
The video
can be found below, and I hope you guys enjoy! See you next week
and don't forget to suggest a match!
(If you
are viewing on a mobile device, please click HERE)
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