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UFC Fighters Break Down the Joel Embiid/KAT Fracas
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UFC 244 tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden.
Yesterday, in honor of Ben Simmons pinning Karl-Anthony Towns to the ground, I gave you five of my favorite all-time MMA chokes.
During weigh-ins, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani asked a number of the fighters on Saturday’s card to share their thoughts on the Embiid/KAT brawl, which resulted in two-game suspensions for each guy:
“His elbow is past his shoulder. Now if he would have brought his elbow past his sternum, then you can choke him with one arm. But when the elbow is back like that, then you’re just pressing your forearm against his Adam’s Apple. You need to cut off the carotid arteries.”
Good advice from Kevin Lee, if you’re trying a one-arm choke. I hope to try that someday on somebody, maybe on the people who decide to turn left from the right-hand lane down at the sports complex. Can’t stand those people. Wait in line like everybody else.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com