Year End Awards: 2009's Best Submissions In MMA
by Kelvin Hunt on Dec 23, 2009 10:00 AM EST
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You may recall that we did the top ten of the best submissions of 2009 at the halfway point in June of this year. We've endured another 6 months of epic battles, title fights, and more. Here's the list from June:
- Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal, Bellator 5 via Inverted Triangle Choke
- Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 95 via Triangle Choke
- Joe Lauzon vs. Jeremy Stephens, UFC 17 via Armbar
- Jake Shields vs. Robbie Lawler, Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields via Guillotine Choke
- Seth Dikun vs. Rolando Perez, WEC 41 via Flying Triangle Choke
- Brock Larson vs. Mike Pyle, UFC 98 via Arm Triangle Choke
- Cole Miller vs. Junie Browning, UFN 18 via Guillotine Choke
- Krzysztof Soszynski vs. Brian Stann, UFC 97 via Kimura
- Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz, UFC 99 via D'Arce Choke
- Jason Dent vs. Cameron Dollar, UFN 19 via Anaconda Choke
Check out the final list after the jump.
Toby Imada vs. Jorge Masvidal, Bellator 5 via Inverted Triangle Choke Demian Maia vs. Chael Sonnen, UFC 95 via Triangle Choke Seth Dikun vs. Rolando Perez, WEC 41 via Flying Triangle Choke Jake Shields vs. Robbie Lawler, Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields via Guillotine Choke Terry Etim vs. Justin Buchholz, UFC 99 via D'Arce Choke BJ Penn vs. Kenny Florian, UFC 101 via Rear Naked Choke Frank Mir vs. Cheick Kongo, UFC 107, Guillotine Choke Tyron Woodley vs. Zach Light, Strikeforce, Armbar Shinya Aoki vs. Joachim Hansen, DREAM 11, Armbar Mackens Semerzier vs. Wagnney Fabiano, WEC 43, Triangle Choke
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Rick Story sub. Brian Foster
Didn’t have divisional significance, but Story got that arm triangle deep enough and tight enough to get the tap… without even passing guard. That was amazing.
Man I kind of liked Mir’s guillotine because of the sheer brutality… also that Bobby Lashley front headlock thing where dudes legs started shaking and shit lol.
Bloody hell.
PSSSh. the reverse inverted triangle by far was the craziest submission in terms of rarity…..there was a rare neck scissor in a japanese promotion awhile back i saw someone post up a pic of…….Mir’s grip/crank on that guillotine was scary. bet it felt like Kongo’s head was going to pop the **** off right before he lost consciousness.
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by theworldsoldestsport on Dec 23, 2009 1:50 PM EST reply actions
Honrable Mention
Shane Del Rosario Omoplata sub on Brandon Cash
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cb dollaway got Jesse taylor in one in the UFC.
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by Kelvin Hunt on Dec 24, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Imada/Masvidal for sure, you don’t often see an inverted triangle.
Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't
help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs...
ya
easily the best one
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by RearNakedPoke on Dec 24, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Submission of the year -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZV_45Nc9M&feature=player_embedded
Just about tops Imada’s sub.
by cauliflower_ears on Dec 24, 2009 8:25 PM EST reply actions
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