BORETSOne buggy choke, three training backgrounds
July 16, 2026Anton Bereda gives three experienced grapplers the same difficult starting position: his established buggy choke. BJJ black belt Ievgen Skyrda, sambo fighter Kostya Zhyvanov and freestyle wrestler Mykola Chaban receive three attempts each. The episode compares their responses to a shared problem, then follows how that problem changes when Anton adjusts the configuration.
A repeated position, not an unchanged opponent
The early attempts include angle changes, shoulder pressure and a lifting response. These are observations from the test, not a sequence viewers should copy as a guaranteed escape. Anton responds by changing the choke configuration, so an answer that worked earlier may no longer address the same constraints.
That adaptation is the important part of the format. Three attempts do not mean three identical repetitions. Watch what the attacker changes between them and whether the defender recognises the new condition, rather than judging the athlete only by the first response.
The rules change the available answers
Chaban’s lifting instinct provides a clear reason to consider the rules before discussing an escape. Lifting someone and being allowed to slam them are not interchangeable permissions. The closing explanation emphasises that a ban on slams changes the defender’s options.
The episode therefore should not be treated as a general instruction to lift or drive an opponent into the mat. Its useful question is which response remains available under the actual rules. A training partner’s tap or verbal stop ends an exchange, whatever the demonstration seems to suggest.
The final lesson starts before the choke
At 8:32, Skyrda turns the discussion towards prevention during a pass. The closing coaching explanation highlights protecting the elbows and maintaining useful control of the opponent’s upper body and hips. The broader observation is that the choices made before the lock is established affect the later escape problem.
For a second viewing, compare the entry into danger with the attempts to leave it. That connects the spectacular challenge to an ordinary training question: what earlier positional decision made this difficult situation possible?
From the YouTube description
BJJ vs freestyle wrestling vs Sport Sambo: who wins when the buggy choke is already locked? Anton Bereda — BJJ purple belt, BORETS LAB host and our resident buggy-choke specialist — tests three different escape systems. A former member of Ukraine’s national freestyle wrestling team, a Sport Sambo fighter and a BJJ black belt each start inside the same dangerous position and try to solve it using the mechanics and instincts of their own discipline. Who escapes? Who taps? And which style produces the strongest answer? No script. No predetermined winner. Just real BORETS athletes and coaches testing BJJ, freestyle wrestling and Sport Sambo under pressure. THE PEOPLE IN THE LAB 🟣 Anton Bereda — BJJ purple belt, BORETS LAB host and buggy-choke specialist. 🤼 Kolya Chaban — BORETS freestyle wrestling coach, Master of Sport, European champion, multiple Ukrainian champion and former member of Ukraine’s national team. 🔴 Kostya Zhyvanov — a 17-year-old athlete with a powerful Sport Sambo base, expanded through years of BJJ and freestyle wrestling. At 16, he won silver in the adult professional division at the ADCC European Trials. 🥋 Ievgen Skyrda — BORETS founder and coach with a background in Judo and Sport Sambo. He has been developing BJJ and grappling in Kropyvnytskyi since 2011. ABOUT BORETS BORETS is a Ukrainian wrestling family from Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine. BJJ is the heart of our system, strengthened by Sport Sambo and freestyle wrestling. We do not believe that a style wins by itself — the athlete and the quality of training do. Today, BORETS has more than 800 students in Kropyvnytskyi alone. FOLLOW THE TEAM Ievgen Skyrda: https://www.instagram.com/ievgen_skyrda/ Kostya Zhyvanov: https://www.instagram.com/zhyvanov/ Anton Bereda: https://www.instagram.com/anton.bereda/ Yaroslav Blazhko: https://www.instagram.com/blazhkoyaroslav/ Read the longer BORETS story: https://www.bjjheroes.com/bjj-news/kropyvnytskyi-ukraines-unlikely-jiu-jitsu-breeding-ground Which style found the best answer? Comment BJJ, WRESTLING or SAMBO — and tell us why. Subscribe to BORETS LAB and turn on notifications for the next experiment. #BJJ #Sambo #Wrestling
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