16 Year Old Destroys Opponent's Knee Grappling - Doctor Explains

16 year old grappling phenom Pat Shahgholi used a brutal heel hook to defeat his opponent at the recent Eddie Bravo Invitational. Was it too dangerous and what could have happened to someone's knee in this submission?

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[BrianSuttererMD]

Should heel hooks be banned in all competition or was this just a one off bad case?

[fortyfour]

This is not the first time this kid has done this. He also showed little to 0 empathy after he inflicted this injury into his opponent. BJJ and MMA focuses heavily on respect and this kid clearly has none. Hopefully someone speaks to him about his uncouth actions.

[FinalQueue]

He's going to gain a reputation of intentionally hurting people and it will lead to his career ending super fast (if he goes that far). He needlessly is putting a target on his back and it will lead to him also receiving a significant injury (possibly multiple times).

[eyoutube]

The fact that this kid quickly released him to go right into victory pose shoes you that was the endgame for him. He was going for a knee break. To him, that's how you win. Like going for the knockout.

[CasualGamerJay]

I was taking some Jiu-Jitsu classes for a while and I remember the time when our coach started teaching us about leg locks, heel hooks, kneebars, etc. He put a LOT of emphasis on how easily you can mess somebody's leg up with something as simple as a heel hook and stressed to us that you do NOT need to apply much pressure do serious damage. He even went as far as to tell us "Don't wait until you feel pain to tap, by that point it's usually too late" (this, of course, pertains to practice). The 16-year-old went way too hard IMO, and did not need to apply so much torque and force when applying the lock.

[StrumVogel]

I had a spat with him on Instagram, he said he’ll leg lock me. I said I can roll for 3 hour straight, with no breaks, no water, without getting a heart attack. 😂

[peteypablo]

The submission is not the issue, but the application of it. This guy had no regard for his partner. He gripped it and ripped it. The way he got up after ripping it shows he planned on breaking it from the get go. No time for his opponent to tap at all. Disgraceful.

[nerdobject]

For those don’t know this is considered the most dangerous move in Jiu Jitsu. You apply it SLOWLY. Even at the highest level. What make this move really dangerous is that it’s life altering and if applied even slowly can cause a lot of damage to someone who doesn’t know about it as it doesn’t cause immediate pain.

I watched this event live and this kid is incredibly sloppy. He won’t find opponents if he keeps doing this.

[michaelvineyard]

This crosses the boundary from “sport” to “assault”.

[AnthonyMcNeil]

I'm not pro, but had a teacher teach me some of the basics of Jui Jitsu and you're supposed to give your opponent a chance to tap. Especially because they know how dangerous and how quickly they can break something. There's still sportsmanship in these sports, you don't just go directly to ruining someone's career.

[WhatsPassive]

Even the slightest turn of the leg locks can break or tear someone’s knee this kid out here completely ripping peoples legs is crazy he’s debilitating people for life, word goes around quick in the bjj community trust he will get humbled soon enough

[tylermerrell]

The lack of discipline and respect is absolutely disgusting. Classless and completely lacking morality with no regards to the impact of his actions. I never wish injury upon anyone in SPORT but some lessons are best learned the hard way kid.

[lsjeeper]

Have grappled for a while. Competition is way different than rolling in your home gym. It's super dangerous because of situations like this can easily happen. You know if you have someone in a spot where you can really duck something up. You gradually apply more force to get the tap. In a competition you might get this guy that doesn't care if you get hurt and will apply maximum force to whatever. Then you are having surgery for a $14 gold medal 🤷

[bsenka]

There is a reason why, under most rule sets, heel hooks are not allowed for teens and not allowed until black belt. You need experience and maturity to be able to do them in a controlled way that gives your opponent time to tap.

If you have the correct positioning (both the keg entanglement and the grips) it takes very little pressure to get the submission.

[sanatsrivastava]

He'll come across somebody that he does not want to fuck with and get annihilated.

[medicineandbrazilianjiujit]

The inside heel hook from the saddle position is the most devastating submission (excluding the lateral vascular restraint and tracheal crush) in submission grappling.
The saddle controls your opponent’s knee line in a flexed knee position, making it very difficult to disengage.
1 cm of rotational force on the flexed knee is enough to devastate the knee.
Tough to watch.

[Natureboypkr]

I’m sure someone will return the favor to that guy. There’s always someone that’s a bit more savage.

[armandotorres]

His name is pat shagahogli people think he’s a bad BJJ competitor and will brake people on purpose

[jerryjack]

True skill is restraint 🙏✌️ hope this man recovers !

[jamescolachis]

In combat sports, respect is a huge thing. If he doesn’t learn real quick that you need to give a chance for a tap, you’re opponents will refuse to fight or will wreck you if given the chance.