In this episode of State of the Meta, Drew "Darce_Knight" Foster breaks down the anaconda choke, just in time for his new instructional!  Drew discusses the history of the anaconda choke, how it got supplanted by the D'Arce choke, why the anaconda choke is underappreciated, and its uses in modern Jiu-Jitsu.


Resources discussed in this episode:

Anaconda Finishes in UFC:

1. Randy Couture vs Mike Van Arsdale: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/28794

2. Dustin Hazelett vs Steven Lynch: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/33567

3. Babalu vs David Heath: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/32863 (gator roll)

4. Zenko Yoshida vs War Machine: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/32061

5. Jason Dent vs Jeff Lawson: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/40955 (gator roll)

6. Jason Dent vs Cameron Dollar: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/31331 (gator roll)

7. Brendan Schaub vs Demico Rogers: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/40951 (gator roll)

8. Phil Davis vs Gutafsson: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/29930 (gator roll)

9. Charles Oliveira vs Jonathan Brookins: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/31417

10. Phil Davis vs Wagner Prado: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/29806 (gator roll)

11. Charles Oliveira vs Hatsu Hioki: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/35190

12. Vicente Luque vs Nathan Coy: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/36646 (36 mins in)

13. Vicente Luque vs Hayder Hassan: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/41499

14. Chas Skelly vs Maximo Blanco: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/44337

15. Gerald Meerschaert vs Joe Gigliotti: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/48355 (side-ride)

16. Alex Perez vs Kevin Gray: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/58110 (gator roll)

17. Zabit Magomedsharipov vs Sheymon Moraes: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/60615

18. Alex Perez vs Carls John De Thomas: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/61287 (side-ride)

19. Tim Elliot vs Mark De La Rosa: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/61366

20. Tony Martin vs Jake Matthews: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/96937 (side-ride)

21. Markus Perez vs Anthony Hernandez: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/96831 (side-ride)

22. Charles Oliveira vs David Teymur: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/96469

23. Mawkwan Amirkhani vs Chris Fishgold: https://ufcfighttpass.com/video/97004

24. Anthony Hernandez vs Jun Young Park: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/102748 (side-ride)

25. Mawkwan Amirkhani vs Danny Henry: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/206131 (43 mins in side-ride)

26. Julian Marquez vs Maki Pitolo: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/203912

27. Carlston Harris vs Christian Aguilera: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/221775/

28. Nate Landwehr vs Ľudovít Klein: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/259771/

29. Mawkwan Amirkhani vs Mike Grundy: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/338325/

30. Andre Petroski vs Nick Maximov: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/356445/

31. Christian Rodriguez vs Joshua Weems: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/411349/

32. Carlston Harris vs Jeremiah Wells: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/506130/

33. Daniel Zellhuber vs Christos Giagos: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/521153

Anaconda Finishes in PRIDE:

34. Big Nog vs Hirotaka Yokoi: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/34242 (gator roll)

35. Big Nog vs Heath Herring: https://ufcfightpass.com/video/33987 (gator roll)

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http://darcedynamics.com/


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