Some highlights just stick with you. Watching Eddie Bravo hit the electric chair sweep on Royler Gracie repeatedly sent me down the lockdown halfguard rabbit hole. More recently, the clip of Gordon Ryan sweeping Buchecha has been stuck in my head. It’s not a brand new technique, and it’s been used elsewhere but watching Buchecha flail as he gets caught and rolled is pretty wild.

lol @ glappers

That short clip just makes it easy to rewatch the sweep. The whole match is on youtube if you want to see it.

Gordon gave a step by step walk through of that exact exchange:

Here are a couple other breakdowns that show Gordon using it in multiple matches:

Before Gordon was the greatest, there was Marcelo Garcia. He had butterfly moves too:

If you only have a minute, here’s BMac with a tip: