MMA: Joe Silvia's technical comments on GSP's Double-leg Takedown of Carlos Condit in UFC 154

My friend Joe Silvia aka Ausgepicht made some technical comments on GSP's double-leg takedown of Carlos Condit in UFC 154.

Excerpted from http://www.spladdle.com/forum:

You'll notice GSP punches the hip LIKE EVERY SHOOT should do and Condit is forced to drape over his shoulder. WITHOUT EXCEPTION EVERY DOUBLE LEG SHOULD BEND YOUR OPPONENT AT THE HIP. He is following three fundamentals of the double leg pick up.

• DEEP PENETRATION STEP
• PUNCH OPPONENT'S HIP WITH YOUR SHOULDER
• FINISH DOUBLES STANDING

You can't lift a person who is standing upright because you are then lifting 100% of his weight. By making a person bend at the hip, you have achieved four goals:

1. Cut his body weight in "half.".
2. Increased drag/friction for the lift.
3. DESTROYED his base camp.
4. Removed his ability to sprawl.

The reading GSP does is instant. After his pick up, reads where the fence is and where he needs to go to finish properly. He's paying attention and finished with the golf swing.

Brilliant.