Marcello Garcia is making his MMA debut. I'm totally pumped about this - Marcello is a submission grappling wizard, and more important, he's a finisher - I don't know where to find his submission grappling record online (help?), but it seems like most of his fights end by rear choke. His arm-drag techniques are awesome, and it'll be nice to have someone in there who's actually making people fear giving up the back.
I had the priveledge to attend a Garcia seminar in 2005, and the guy was just awesome. When we sparred he shut down all my shrimping, all my upas, all my escapes without even using his hands. Definitely the real deal.
Jacare is also fighting on the card, and it seems we may be on the verge of a resurgance of the jiujitsu wizard in MMA. Recently strikers have been making all the noise, and submissions seem more and more like something to be wriggled out of than a serious sweat. The most impressive submission finishes have also bean coming from the Japanese of late. The additions of Garcia, Jacare, and Roger Gracie (who tapped Ron Waterman in the first) could change that dynamic. Granted, they're just starting out in MMA, and have a long way to go, but you have to start from somewhere.
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