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Interview with Davey123: Finishing Holds

Dave, tell us what your favourite finisher is and why.

‘Wow, that’s quite a question! I don’t quite know what to say….or, I mean, where to start. I like matches or sessions which have a big variety of holds and don’t really want anyone to think I’m obsessed with just one hold as a finisher. I guess any hold which gives me total control over an opponent - has him completely dominated, and which I can control without danger of injury, - that’s my find of finisher. If I’m gonna submit him, then it must be a hold which can deliver pain. Preferably a lot of it. Yeah. (Laugher) But it must be possible to grade the level of pain I’m doling out, and I love to be on top! Of course there are some great submission holds you can apply from below - like locking off a really good hammerlock with an opponent on top of me. Or I have some really wicked leg locks I can manage, with my legs wrapped around an opponent’s legs when he is on top of me and getting confident and he forgets about his legs. I have a wicked calf crusher! (Laughs again.) And of course a good Triangle Choke is always a reliable hold if I can get it on quickly whilst on my back. Love seeing the look on my opponents face….as it gradually changes colour, starts to screw up as I clamp down harder with my legs. Sometimes I managed a simultaneous straight armbar combined with Triangle. Kinda love to play with the pressure before making him submit!! But actually I like to do that with all the good finishing holds…heh heh….it’s the sadistic side of my wrestling.

C’mon Dave….when we look at your profile it seems to us you go for a Boston Crab whenever you can!
Some of those pics of you applying a Boston look pretty mean. Tell us….!

‘Ah…yes…you are now talking my language it’s true! That is a front-runner as a finishing hold. It’s so fucking painful. It’s a hold I’ve been in myself many times and Holy Shit….it seems to me it hurts more than anything else. Maybe that’s because I just don’t bend all that much…..I think it’s the heavy squats I’ve done for years which had gradually resulted in my big quads preventing my hips from turning when I’m in a Crab hold. Anyhow….you’re right I just love that hold.’

But why is it a particular favourite of yours?

Because it makes opponents say, ‘Oh fuck!,’ when I start to turn it on. (Laughs again) I like to hear the man caught under me grunt and gasp as my weight increases on him when I push my feet out. I get it on and start to pour it on. I know it can make it very hard to breathe, so I shift about a bit and try and find a position where he can just about still breathe but where the bend I put on his spine is testing him to the max.

But couldn’t this be a dangerous hold for your opponents?

Well, weirdly many guys seem to both like and hate it at the same time! Actually that’s not so weird because I know that being in a Boston hold makes you feel completely controlled and very much you are overwhelmed and dominated by the man on top of you……me!! I spend a bit of time when I first get a new opponent (new to me I mean) in a Boston Crab. After I have turned him over with both ankles under my armpits (which I like to do very firmly) as I start to sit on him I will get an idea of how much he can stretch and bend. Initially I will keep my feet close in to his hips so that I am just squatting down with most of my weight still on my feet. As I lower my ass onto his back I’ll just make sure he is pinned there to the mat or floor. Keep him there for a bit so that he is not immediately alarmed - because even that will probably hurt like fuck. I can feel the muscles of his back writhing under my ass and he can definitely feel my glutes, which I will deliberately flex to harden them on and off, and I’ll gently bounce a little to start to soften him up. But then…..hah hah….the real fun begins.’

What do you mean by the ‘real fun’? Surely this hold is not fun?

‘Are you joking? Maybe I should just show you now……?? Ok…what I mean is once I have settled on him and got an idea of what his flexibility is like, then I will sink more of my weight onto him and I’ll probably start the trash talk too. Stuff like, “I’ve got you now boy. You’re gonna take this hold until I’m done with you fucker. You’d better submit to me now and maybe I’ll take it easy on you.” Of course I’m lying. I never take it easy on my man. Well…..I mean within his ability to handle it, I won’t make it easy. Being totally trapped in the gruelling constant pain of a Boston releases Adrenalin and other chemicals in the brain which mean that it is both agony and incredibly hot and challenging all at the same time. It brings out the man in a man!’

So, do you keep it on for a long time, with repeated taps or submissions?

“Oh yeah for sure! Wouldn’t you? I mean unless it’s been a totally straight competitive match and I am going for a swift ending, otherwise I am going to make him take it for a long time! Punishment, sweat, and exhaustion for him. I place my hands on his inner thighs and might let them roam a bit stroking his inner thighs whilst riding him so that he has a mix of something fiercely painful as well as a sensuous thing going on. Once it’s been on for a while - say more than thirty seconds (which can seem like forever when you’re in a well applied Boston) I’ll probably change position and sit further back so that I arch him up even more. I’ll ask him of course “Give up?” If he says yes, then I’ll goad him to take it longer, saying “Nah, I’m not done with you yet, you’re tell me you like it and want it harder.” Then he might respond by saying no, no, no or maybe with some swearing or cursing me, which means then I can really start grinding him into the mat and stretching him up high as I lean further back saying, “I’m not letting go until you say you like it, so SAY IT!” Eventually the poor guy will agree and say it, so I’ll then make him repeat it as put all my weight on him. I know he’s then near the end of what he can take. I might move my hands to take hold of his outer knees so I can pull him back even more. The really devilish trick is to then tilt my hips kinda forward and using the grip of my feet on the mat I’ll pull my hips into him with my leg hamstring muscles so that my hips are forced deeper into the curve of his back. That is hell for him and he will tap for sure. Every time. Of course the view from where I am sitting is great too…..his ass, legs and package all vulnerable and on display. It’s just a brilliant hold. Once he has submitted like that I might stand for a moment or two - still holding him draped under me. Then I will sit right back up high on his back - almost on his neck, and he will be demolished as his body will be in the shape of a ‘C’ - his feet directly over his own head or even near it. No-one can take that for long! C’mon let me show you!’

After that description, you think I’m gonna let you demonstrate on me? No way…..or maybe only if you promise to be gentle…..?

‘Hah hah. Get down boy and I’ll show you what words cannot describe.’