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Coach Julio Cesar: ‘Rodolfo Has To Work His Stand Up Game Better To Beat Buchecha’

Coach Julio Cesar: ‘Rodolfo Has To Work His Stand Up Game Better To Beat Buchecha’

 

 

Ivan Trinidade for Graciemag recently interviewed many top Jiu-Jitsu personalities on thnje subject of the Rodolfo-Buchecha rivalry. Buchecha leads 5-1 in all their confrontations. At the last Worlds Rodolfo dominated and submitted all his opponents befor losing 2-0 to Buchecha in the absolute. He losty by the same close margin at the World Pro.

All of the experts agreed on one thing: that the key’s to Rodolfo’s success depended on his takedowns and guard passing/top game.

Three-time world champion and leader of Gracie Barra, Marcio Feitosa joins the conversation agreeing that being on top is Rodolfo’s number 1 priority.

“He has to work his stand up game better. He has strong takedowns, but he was taken by surprise this last time with Buchecha’s strategy to annul his judo. Once on the ground, Rodolfo needs to trust his guard passes. He has a lot of pressure passes and needs to believe in it.”

Rodolfo’s coach Julio Cesar, who is also leader of GFTeam:

“Rodolfo gets disappointed with the results because he trains always with the best result in mind. It’s always a tough match up. This last time, I think we lacked more judo training. In Abu Dhabi, we lacked a better refereeing. One thing is for sure is that we will never give up until we can reverse this situation. Buchecha is that guy that never comes to a match with the same game as the last one. All we can do is hold our head high and train harder.”

 

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