4:42
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4:42
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4:39
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4:35
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4:35
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| Peacocks | 1 |
| Cerberus | 5 |
Match #1
Both teams meet in the center of the list. Axe strikes rain down on the Cerberus near rail man. At 15 seconds in, the first Peacock goes down with takedown by the Cerberus Captain. (This takedown will be discussed in the analysis). Seconds later, a second Peacock goes down in the top right rail. With a 5/3 advantage, Cerberus presses with axe strikes and hard wrestling. The Cerberus center beats his matchup and another fighter goes down on the top rail. Cerberus wins 5/1 in 26 seconds.
ANALYSIS
The fight was heavily one sided in Cerberus favor. The Cerberus team has experienced wrestlers and a top tier starting line up. While the peacocks have a ton of spirit, the odds proved insurmountable. —- Now to that takedown on the bottom rail. This is being discussed because the Peacock fighter did what Cerberus refers to as a death hook… As a fighter goes down from a head pull, they attempt to reach and hook the leg of the standing fighter. This means their loss isn’t one sided and they can often take the opponent down with them. The danger in doing this is when the death hook ends up sliding to the ankle of the standing opponent. As that happens, the shoulder is driven into the front side of the knee causing it to hyper extend and risking significant injury to the standing person. While this isn’t “Illegal” it does skirt the issue and is in the gray. Intentional joint locks aren’t allowed, and while this isn’t directly intentional, it does have an extreme high likely hood of ending up in one. So… Consider the next time a “death hook” gets thrown out there and the damage it could potentially cause to another person. Knees are very protected in this sport for a reason. Let’s work hard to take care of each other. If you watch the video, it takes place from 29:38 to 29:43. Play it at half speed and you can see the “death hook” get thrown. Here are still shots of the manuever. It is clearly an attempt to reap the leg while going down. — Again, this isn’t illegal, it just is “grey” and risks injury when you drive your shoulder into the knee of an opponent while hooking their ankle.
