Having lost to Toquinho in the under-88 kg division quarterfinals, David Avellan addresses the match from his point of view.
“He’s really good but he’s a weird guy. His eyes seem sincere but his gestures speak louder. Early in the match I was cautious about the leglocks. (…) And then I was in a heelhook and we started rolling. (…) We rolled out of bounds and the referee told him to stop. He stopped. And then he cranked it…” Check out Avellan’s full account of what happened in the match in the following video:
"The guard is the salvation of the weak," said Rilion Gracie in a GRACIEMAG interview in February 2009. Well today, after wins from stars Fabricio Werdum (in Strikeforce) and Anderson Silva (in the UFC), everyone seems to understand a little better just how important Jiu-Jitsu's leg game is in a fight situations.
