Shawn Williams is a Renzo Gracie black belt whom you surely know if you’re familiar with the Williams Guard. A guard variety he invented.
He was one of the most talented jiujiteros of his generation in the United States. He is also the 5th American to receive a black bel tin BJJ.
He’s trained alongside John Danaher, Ricardo Almeida and many other prominent competitors. Nowadays he acts as a commentator for FloGrappling.
Below is a video detailing analysis he did of Lucas Lepri vs Mansher Khera.
As a reminder Lupri had a killer streak through Mundials:
Lepri managed to get submissions in 3 of his 4 matches. Nobody actually scored on Lepri this whole championship but he did he penalized once.
