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Leglocks were a bit of a taboo submission technique in the sport back in the day. Heelhooks, toe holds, kneebars or even straight ankle locks would get people boo’d out of arenas. That was until, Comprido broke the record for the fastest submission win in an absolute final using a toe hold. Find out more about why people in Brazil hated this technique in this video.
And don’t forget to check out the full video interview HERE:
Rodrigo ‘Comprido’ Medeiros is a historical Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Romero Cavalcanti. This two time world champion in the open weight division was has a force to be reckoned with for over 10 years, even in the condition of semi-retired he managed to hold his own against some of the elite grapplers of the new generations. Later, as a coach in the USA, Comprido excelled as well training highly successful MMA fighters such as Dean Lister, Mike Russow and Brock Lesnar
Rodrigo Medeiros was born on October 1st 1977 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rodrigo grew up in the same area as Leonardo and Ricardo Vieira (two other grappling legends) who had been doing Jiu Jitsu since they were infants, one day with the help of Rodrigo’s cousin Maurício the trio got Rodrigo to come with them and train at Romero Cavalcanti’s academy, “Comprido” was 16 years old at the time (1992).
Comprido’s rise to black belt was fairly quick, he received it after winning the World Championships as a brown belt in 1998. Rodrigo went on to make history on the following year reaching the final of the Absolute World Championships Division, defeating the favourite “Roleta” with a toe hold. This was the first time an open weight World final was won by submission and it demonstrated the amazing sporting period “Comprido” was going through at the time, confirmed later that year with his wins at the Pan American BJJ games and the “Brasileiro” (Brazilian National BJJ Tournament).
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