The omoplata is a fantastic BJJ submission. It pits the strength of your hips against your opponent’s shoulder, which is super effective. The omoplata also involves twisting around so that you’re attacking your opponent from behind and from the side, reducing their options for defenses.
While the omoplata submission is most often attempted from the closed guard in BJJ where that is an advantageous position, in MMA or a street fight the guard can be a dangerous place to be. The omoplata from mount is a BJJ technique that you can use even when strikes are an option but you still want to end the fight using jiu-jitsu.
Start: Mount
Step 1: Trap one of opponent’s arms over your hip, this will be the arm you attack
Step 1: Kick your attacking leg forward underneath opponent’s arm
Step 3: Bend opponent’s arm down over your attacking leg
Step 4: Pivot towards your attacking leg, dropping to that knee
Step 5: Drop attacking side shoulder to the mat and step free leg over opponent’s head to attacking side
Step 6: Roll over attacking shoulder
Step 7: Scoot away from opponent’s body
Step 8: Pendulum your attacking leg and drive opponent towards the mat
Step 9: Lean into opponent and push his hand forward
Finish: Submission via omoplata from mount