Forget about ‘Fight Island,’ this week has been all about Chael Sonnen’s secret gym and the Submission Underground.
While to many Vinny Magalhaes is known for his TUF run and his stint in the PFL, to grappling fans he is known firstly as an ADCC champ and for his maxim that leglocks aren’t effective in grappling. Magalhaes famously defeated Gordon Ryan in a match where Ryan got close with a number of heelhooks, when Magalhaes was declared victorious he announced that “leglocks don’t work” and a meme was born.
Since that match with Ryan, Magalhaes hasn’t backed down from that position.