BJJ black belt world champion and ADCC champion made history at UFC 180 when he submitted Cain Velasquez with an arm in guillotine choke. He then became the UFC heavyweight champion. Werdum’s name will go down in history and will surely have a secured place in the UFC hall of fame by having submitted Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio «Minotauro» Nogueira and the most dominant champion of the heavyweights, Caín Velasquez.
Here is how he did it:
Cain Velasquez goes for the takedown and Werdum locks in the guillotine choke
In this video with Bernardo Faria, he shows the adjustments he made to make the choke so much tighter. There are great details here:
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