I doubt his opponent was coached to guard against it, or any other submission technique for that matter. Big, inexperienced guy - what would you assume he could do? I hope Marcus gets some real standup coaching, because with that in his arsenal he could be in the finals. His personality is also really different from the usual UFC wannabe. I find myself watching his pre-fight stuff, where usually I fast forward through most of the episode and just watch the fight. I'd love to see him fight Roy Nelson in the finals.

Uh, basic armbar from guard? Nicely executed, but pretty standard...


He also trapped the off arm when he executed. I think that's why the other guy's arm really got hurt - he didn't have any leverage to try and pull out, and since he was incapable of tapping the ref may have come in a little late.