How Islam Makhachev Perfected the D'arce Choke

We break down Islam Makhachev's D'arce choke from UFC 311, and the subtle adjustments he makes to secure this choke.

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Islam ‘the black belt checker’ Makhachev

[awi]

It's crazy how grappling has been around for so long yet these Dagestani guys are bringing in different techniques.

[simplyshreddedmate]

Amazing choke, Islam is able to lock it up so quick too, thank you for the demonstration 🙌

Charles tried it on arman but he survived.islam would definitely try to prove that charles wasn't as good as arman.

[reshabuci]

Islam "the black belt killer" makhachev

[alegojo]

Been doing this type of darce since last week at the jiujitsu academy i go and to be honest, i prefer this darce variation than the regular one, especially if you have short arms. I even feel it’s more tigther. It’s insane, definitely my new favourite choke!

[Arabicmaverick]

Islam checking all black belts. "Who give them this? We have to check this"
And here he is, CHECKING

[aRsH-aJ]

Back-to-back Darce choke...!?

"Every body knows his plan...but nobody can stop him"

[stefguslim]

Great explanation bro.. and i think islam’s chest and back muscles are playing significant role of his version of d’arce choke, instead of choking, he’s squeezing.. cmiiw

[pepsicola]

Great breakdown. Thanks!!

Paddy is crying that he should’ve gotten submission of the year because Islam did a Darce choke, which is ‘basic’.

I countered him and someone in the comments, saying that his Darce is high level. The reason I say this is because real black belts always enhance a standard technique and make it more effective/efficient. Minor tweaks with huge applications.

[Thug_Nose]

Islams choke against Moicano is crazy because he tried hooking his leg and Moicano actually was able to get free from it but he still tapped aggressively. Just shows how strong Islam is

[jonmoris]

Islams choke is a hybrid between a darce and Japanese neck tie

[RamireZZe]

hey dude this is the best video to talk about islam's d'arce version. it shows ufc fight application, regular d'arce and islam's version. so many people only talk about islam's d'arce and not even show regular version. i am more of a kick guy (and i fucking love kicking) so i practiced karate, taekwondo and kick box. so i do not follow know many jiu jitsu chokes. i can name couple them like anaconda, darce, ezekiel, kimura, triangle, armbar etc. but it is hard to distinguish between regular and non-regular ones. good video.

[MagDag_]

Hi from Dagestan! Thank you for content!

[respectall]

If you look closely, islam was not after ground and pound, he was trying to bait moicano all that time, until moicano fell into the trap, giving his back, and islam took him to the choke.

[nurazamfaraibrahim]

From now on, we don't have any black belt unless it is certified and checked by the black belt Mackhacev. Period!😅

[oldashfifa]

2:25 great detail, his opponents always tap fast as hell

[the_famous_reply_guy]

Islam darce must have all 3 keys, blood, air, pain, never seen super tough UFC vets tap so fast. It's like Islam in the Matrix

[ILoveWeightedPullups]

This is the best breakdown I’ve seen of this choke so far. I can actually see where to put my wrist.

Thank you!

[efitnessllc]

About 10 years ago Rener and Ryron did a video on the shallow darce on Gracie University. You can find it on there channel