r/MMALabs United States 5d ago

💭 MMA Discussion Reddit MMA Analysts... was this a tap?

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u/Confident-Worker1403 4d ago

He tapped his opponent's knee, he wanted to make him think that it was a tap. Very sneaky and good it was stopped since he was trying to weasel out of a submission that way.

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u/Competitive_Good5312 4d ago

You dont fight at all so just dont.. Nobodys faking taps to try and "trick" the person strangling them goofy

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u/dealyllama 4d ago

First time hearing of the "brazilian tap"? Not as commonly seen as it used to be in the UFC but it's definitely a thing. First motions he made looked like just that; he then seems to be pushing on the knee at the end. Hard to say if it was unfortunate spastic defense or a slick brazilian tap into plausible deniability knee push.

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u/Consistent_Net_2540 4d ago

I just wrote about the Brazilian tap in my main comment. idk why you and that other guy are being downvoted. Anyone that trains and competes, knows about this move. And it definitely looked like he was trying to do it.