The butterfly guard and all the various sweeps coming from this guard, is probably the best guard to play against a much heavier opponent in No Gi . By sitting up like that you are not allowing your much heavier opponent to pressure smash you.
5x BJJ world champion and 4x ADCC champion Marcelo Garcia is well known for his highly effective butterfly guard game. He often pulls guard and waits for his opponent to engage and then sweeps or enters into an X-Guard.
At ADCC he was able to surprise multiple opponents with an interesting sequence: a sweep from butterfly guard where you have an underhook and attack an Ude Gatame (reverse armbar). When the opponent defends, you transition to the butterfly sweep. This is a high percentage sweep.
In this clip, Marcelo Garcia shows the most important concepts for his signature butterfly guard. Marcelo was able to beat the best of the best using the butterfly guard.
At the last ADCC, Gordon Ryan was able to use this exact same technique to sweep the much bigger Marcus Buchecha.
You definitely need to add this sequence to your game.
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