I haven’t done an MMA post in a long time. I think the last one was actually about Eddie Alvarez and his comeback victory over Eduard Folayang back in August.
But we’ve got a fantastic card this weekend at UFC 244, headlined by Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal, plus the Ben Simmons choke hold on Karl-Anthony Towns last night, so in honor of Simmons I figured I’d use that as an excuse to share five of my favorite UFC chokes of all time, in no particular order:
Aleksei Oleinik vs. Junior Albini
Nickname: The Boa Constrictor
Oleineik is 42 years old and still fighting. Last year, he got Junior Albini with an “Ezekiel choke,” which originated in Judo but was perfected by a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guy named Ezequiel Paraguassú. Oleinik has successfully used this choke a couple of times from the bottom in MMA fights, which is incredibly hard to do since Jiu-Jitsu practitioners apply this technique using their gi for leverage:
Jon Jones vs. Lyoto Machida
This one one of Jones’ earlier title defenses, a fight where Machida did a nice job of countering leg kicks with well-timed shots, doing some first round damage.
In the second round, Jones faked a kick, threw a left, and then was able to sub Machida with a standing guillotine:
Miesha Tate vs. Holly Holm
This was Holly’s first fight after knocking out Ronda Rousey at UFC 193.
Holm had done a decent job of fighting on the feet until the 5th round, when Tate was able to score a takedown and convert on a rear naked choke that won her the belt. Great fight here, one of the better title fights in women’s MMA dating back a few years now:
Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg 2
This is still considered one of the best UFC fights and one of the best comebacks of all time.
Hughes broke a rear-naked choke, got up, and somehow carried Trigg all the way across the octagon before slamming him to the mat and getting the sub via his own RNC:
Ovince St. Preux vs. Yushin Okami
Von Flue choke.
You basically just use your left shoulder to squeeze down on the opponent from side control. OSP has won four fights with this choke, which is ridiculous:
UFC 244 picks:
- Nate Diaz over Jorge Masvidal (split decision)
- Kelvin Gastelum over Darren Till (TKO)
- Wonderboy over Vicente Luque (unanimous decision)
- Derrick Lewis over Blagoy Ivanov (TKO)
- Gregor Gillespie over Kevin Lee (sub)
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Kevin cries about Philadelphia fans that exhibit this type of behavior but his hanes tighty whities cream with excitement when his chocolate hero’s act like this. this is called beta cuck syndrome. you’re a complete geek kevin
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ooo hurting my feelings you frail little turd.
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Ben Simmons still can’t shoot, so why not jump a guy from behind and try to choke him out once he hits the floor?
The Sixers are succeeding at being the most unlikable team in the NBA if not all of sports.
More MMA content please and thank you. The same idiots that think they should put a skirt on qbs are the same idiots that don’t like MMA. Pretty weird if ya think about it. Also dudes over 40 (for the most part) don’t like it because they didn’t grow up with it as a legitimate sport, which is kinda understandable, I guess. Main event prediction; the rock is gonna cause a no contest by coming in the octagon and hitting the ref in the head with a steel chair. Keep the MMA content coming Kinky Boy
Valerie Loureda is one of the best MMA fighters ever. She is unstoppable. I love her fights. She will be the next super-champ.
Alexey Oleinik is terrible fighter. I don’t know why there were so many superlatives to him. I just do not like him. He is nothing more than a loser.
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