De La Riva Pass to Leg Drag to Side Control when Opponent Defends (Advanced)

Professor Lucas Lepri shows a De La Riva pass to a leg drag when the opponent tries to defend. The opponent then tries to attack Lucas and Lucas prevents it and goes to the side control. The opponent starts the De La Riva guard with one hand on Lucas’ sleeve and the other on the pants. Lucas starts the pass by pushing the opponent’s legs down and stepping back. As he does this, the opponent reacts by putting his foot up to prevent the pass and tries to recompose. As soon as the opponent reacts, Lucas steps forward with one leg and leg drags the opponent. The opponent tries to come back and attack by placing his near side leg in between Lucas’ legs. Lucas instead of blocking the opponent with his knee on the back, he drops his knee and places it over the opponent’s leg preventing him from attacking. He maintains his far side hand on the thigh. Now Lucas circles the opponent’s leg open and dives to the opponent’s side, grabbing the back and turning his hips. Lucas keeps pressure on the opponent until he is able to establish the side control position.