Advice on surviving and escaping side control?

[Paledude45]

Apologies for my lack of understanding the ground game but can anybody tell me how to escape/survive a situation like this? This player is really good at denying transitions on the ground with GSP and I feel like I'm doing this all wrong. I'm pretty decent in full/half guard bottom and even surviving full mount but side control from bottom is a position I have always struggled with. Advice would be much appreciated!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msdXmAnOjsA

[jamesbenz1993]

My little secret is when they try to transition to crucifix I quickly hit r trigger down and it’ll flip them and I’ll be in side control top one of my favorite reversals

[Sivo]

on the 4 post is this "fake to sprawl. Once you get it down, you can time it right when you see them strike and flick in time to cancel their punch"

have a read of this page will be very useful

https://forums.operationsports.com/f...ase-fix-3.html

[Paledude45]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sivo

on the 4 post is this "fake to sprawl. Once you get it down, you can time it right when you see them strike and flick in time to cancel their punch" have a read of this page will be very useful https://forums.operationsports.com/f...ase-fix-3.html

Thank you for this but he isn't throwing elbows, this player used to do that pre-patch now post-patch he's spamming knees lol. How do you fake to sprawl, flick to sprawl when your opponent strikes from side control and then fully transition to sprawl?

[Sivo]

i found it easier with knees, the animation is easier for me to pick up on.

As soon as u see their leg move you just flick to sprawl, dont hold(it took me some practice to get the flick correct) and it does the beginning of the sprawl animation and cancels their strike and then returns to side control

edit: if your on xbox i can show u how to do it