Bernardo Faria vs Leandro Lo Lapel choke from side control with own lapel

Bernardo Faria vs Leandro Lo Pan Ams 2015 Lapel choke from side control with your own lapel

This choke is one of my favorites.  You can see the finish (blurrily) in this clip: Leandro Lo vs Bernardo Faria Pan AMs 2015 Open Finals:

Here’s a breakdown from Renato Tavares, “Bernardo Faria x Leandro Lo Pan Ams Choke”.  At 1:30, Tavares brings up an important point of moving your own shoulder south onto their neck, instead of the chin, to make that side tighter.

Here’s a breakdown of the choke from Professor Buck, “How Bernardo Faria finished Leandro Lo”.

Bjj AfterForty has a variation called it the “ninja roll choke” which involves doing a roll:

Marcos Barros of Gracia Barra shows a very similar move here, ‘
BJJ Technique – Learn How to Apply 2 Lapel Chokes From Side Mount Control’:

 

Ricardo Cavalcanti shows a similar choke here, with a different roll, ‘
Jiu Jitsu Techniques – How To Use Your Own Lapel For Lapel Choke’:

Update: Some time after I originally posted this, Bernardo Faria himself released a video explaining the choke.  Interestingly, in his version, he uses both hands for the finish.
‘Pan Am Scarf Choke with both hands’ by Bernardo Faria:
https://player.vimeo.com/video/156126898

High Percentage Jiu-Jitsu: Scarf Choke from Side Control

I like to set this choke up myself from reverse scarf hold, the reason being that when you’re on top of reverse scarf hold, the opponent can’t see what you’re doing, so they can’t see your lapel coming over their neck until it’s too late.  The reason this choke works so well is that once you throw your own lapel near the opponent’s neck, they have 2 choices.

1. They can ignore it, in which case you do the choke.
2. They can try to grab it or otherwise block it, but if they do that, then they’re opening their arms up for attack.

So once you put your own lapel near their neck, it’s like you have 3 arms (your two arms, plus your lapel) attacking their neck, and they can only defend with their two arms.

CarnageBJJ shows an example of a similar attack from reverse scarf hold here:
‘Daily BJJ: Near-Side Lapel Gi Choke from Side Control’

and

‘Exclusive Jiu-Jitsu – Lapel Choke from the Side Control – Essence Of Jiu-Jitsu’