Can any MMA fans explain to me Ronda's arm bar?

[CBoz]

WTF is this crap?

Is this actually a MMA hold I've never seen before?

Why cant she just do a normal arm bar like everyone else?

Also don't give the excuse that she'd break their arm for real. Plenty have used this move in the past and it's so easy to fake.

 

[Larry]

Wrestling is fake my guy



No explanation is needed. It’s her finisher. It’s supposed to hurt per the script. The end



Want us the breakdown the mandible claw next?

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Wrestling is fake my guy



No explanation is needed. It’s her finisher. It’s supposed to hurt per the script. The end



Want us the breakdown the mandible claw next?

The mandible claw strikes the hidden pressure point Gotoku, when hit it doesnt matter what you do...

Spoiler

 

[CBoz]

Wrestling is fake my guy



No explanation is needed. It’s her finisher. It’s supposed to hurt per the script. The end



Want us the breakdown the mandible claw next?

No shyt but the point is to make the shyt look legit. This does not do that considering what she used to do and others have done in the past.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Just trying to keep her signature finish from UFC while differentiating from others that use and have used armbar finishes

 

[CM_Burns]

"it's fake bro"-Vince Russo

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Been wondering the same thing

 

[mr x]

Looks like she's twisting the arm at the elbow joint. Would probably hurt.

 

[jerniebert]

It is a pretty shytty version of what she used in UFC.

 

[Crimson_Dynamo]

Modified body triangle?

 

[Hey_zeus]

It's trash lol. Idk why they made Asuka quit doing her textbook version for this doo doo.

 

[TrueEpic08]

It's a way for her to control how much pressure she puts on the elbow joint without actually hurting her opponent. Very much a work a la Brock Lesnar's kimura "arm breaks;" the arm isn't even extended in that picture.

Now, I've seen people use armbar variations as counters, that will look something like that, but with the arm properly extended (so you extend the arm, put it on the hip facing away from the torso, wrap your arm on that same side under your opponent's extended arm, and crank away). Those SUCK to be in, since the pressure will often be directly on the elbow joint. I've also seen omoplata variations that look vaguely like that picture, which also suck to be in. Bottom line, it looks ridiculous because the only way to perform an armbar variation like that and not hurt your opponent is to make it look ridiculous.

Or she could just use the regular armbar and bypass all of this. It's not as if wrestlers haven't been using worked versions of that for 6 or 7 decades.

 

[Hoss]

Agreed. Looks slightly uncomfortable at best. It certainly isn't convincing as a finisher that a supposed killer should be using. Props to Mickie for that sell face, though.

I can only guess that they don't have faith in Rousey's ability to make it look legit without actually tearing somebody's arm off. But surely they can do better than this.

Then again, today's WWE audience doesn't really give a fukk, right?

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Wrestling is fake my guy



No explanation is needed. It’s her finisher. It’s supposed to hurt per the script. The end



Want us the breakdown the mandible claw next?

HORRIBLE example. Let someone press down under your tongue and underneath your chin at the same time and tell me you don't start crying immediately

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

its not supposed to be good