Lawnmower choke in Bellator

[SeoulRome]

I was just looking at the undercard results for the Bellator Dynamite show and saw that Ashley Cummins is listed as having beaten Nikki Smith with a lawnmower choke! Is this a first in MMA? I didn't think it would be possible without a gi... is there any footage of it out there?

 

[qw3rty]

I wish I could find the fight

 

[Fahrenheit1221]

I don't even know what a lawnmower choke is.

I feel like an old man.

 

[Ancient Warrior]

I didn't know it either.

After viewing, If I had to describe, it seems like a lapel choke but you reach deeper and use your forearm to choke instead of the lapel.

 

[Tanaka]

Only found this pic on twitter. Nice view of the ref's butt.

 

[Mentallooser]

Isn't it like an Ezekiel choke with your knee? Seems tough to pull on anyone trained without using a gi

 

[Phrozenspite]

Isn't it like an Ezekiel choke with your knee? Seems tough to pull on anyone trained without using a gi

that looks like one variant. It seems like for mma this was more about the losers inexperience on the ground than an excellent high level sub. Kind of like some of the shin and forearm choke subs we used to see in early MMA.