Ahh shoot should have added that I am on xbox. :/. Ron what advice would you give me when I can't escape from the bottom. Transitions seem to get blocked and so do my attempts to get back to my feet.
Oh okay, no biggie. Well, I've encountered guys who are too damn good on the ground too, I've lost a bunch to guys who are able to stall me like that and my main advice is to just really wait for your opening. If you panic and try to transition to a better position repeatedly (essentially spamming your escapes) then it is easier to block, your opponent is most likely going to unload some ground and pound at one point, so that's usually when I try to stand up.
Also, mix up your transitions. Don't keep trying to escape on one side as it becomes easy to defend, mix it up. I usually do a quarter circle turn to the right, then if it's blocked try to do a quarter circle turn to the left. If that's blocked, then I just try to wait it out and do what I did above.
I am by no means saying that the above will work, as some guys are just really good at holding me down, and that's how I've lost a lot, but those techniques worked for me against some decent ground guys.