This match up garnered my interest because I wanted to see how an elite MMA fighter would approach a guard specialist like Nicky. There was a lot of talk about how Urijah was roughing Nicky up with what looked like combat jiu–jitsu at one point, but what caught my eye was the leg lock set-ups by Nicky during their match.There were 2 leg lock entries that Nicky locked in, and I was impressed with the speed and technique he was able to pull on someone like Urijah. The first entry occurred at roughly 10:51 of their match and during the end of the exchange was able to lock the inside sankaku with double leg control and a heel hook attack. The heel was a little too close to the meat of the forearm and Urijah was actually able to turn his heel out.

After further exchanges in the position, Urijah was able to roll out of bounds and escaped after the reset. Below you’ll see a breakdown of first entry into the position.