One Leg X-Guard Escape and Pass to Side Control (Advanced)

Professor Lucas Lepri shows how to escape an opponent’s one leg X-Guard and pass to side control. Lucas begins by applying pressure with his knee and gripping the opponent’s same-side collar. Lucas pushes the opponent’s foot off of his hip and grips the other collar. In this situation, the opponent attempts to trap Lucas’ leg over his shoulder. As soon as the opponent releases his grip on Lucas’ leg to make the transition, Lucas steps back to put his leg out of reach and shifts his other knee so that it is trapping the opponent’s bottom leg. In this situation, the opponent frames against Lucas’ bicep to prevent Lucas from applying the cross face. From here, Lucas pivots on his knee to trap the other leg with his foot. From here, he can lift his knee and bring it back down in front of the leg to complete the pass to side control.