Josh Barnett has not been submitted by anybody in 19 years….Until he fought Ben Rothwell at UFC on FOX 18 last weekend.
Rothwell tapped out the catch wrestling specialist with what many people thought was a guillotine, but it wasn’t. The choke that Rothwell used is what we call a “GOGO” choke. It was developed by Rothwell’s coach, Luiz Claudio, who currently resides and teaches martial arts in Schaumburg, Illinois. The secret of this GOGO choke has long been hidden.
Rothwell also submitted Matt Mitrione in the UFC with the same GOGO choke.
Here’s the choke:
Here’s the same choke demonstrated by Renzo Gracie, also off the single leg:
