The 2022 Heavies' Awards - Submission of the Year Winner: Jiri Prochazka

Which was the 2022 Submission of the year?

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As unique as some of those from other organizations are, level of opposition matters to me as well in these types of award threads. Based solely on that, Jiri vs Glover is up there, but the other metric is still uniqueness. When I combine the two and do the subjective drbolony math, I get Jessica Andrade vs Lemos with that standing arm triangle.

Reign009 said:
This should at least be an option:

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The entire sequence was beautiful. Came off of Carla's takedown. Weili stuffs it, scrambles and counters Carla, rolling her over in this position. She traps Carla's right arm, rendering it useless to defend the choke.

You just don't see this often. (If at all.)
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How could I forget the champ? If this was an option, it would get my vote.
 
Close one between Andrade and Jiri. IMO, Jiri's has a slight edge due to the title being on the line and it being against Glover, who many thought would be winning by sub.

Andrade's was rad AF though.
 
I wonder if we can get a slap of the year thread later when power slap becomes the biggest thing :cool:
 
HockeyBjj said:
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Submission of the Year

Alright, a year back into packed houses for PPVs, some fight night's getting on the road, and plenty of people going tap, nap, or snap. Which one though, was the absolute best submission of 2022?


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4/23/2022- Jessica Andrade submits Amanda Lemos with the first ever standing arm triangle choke in the UFC

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4/23/2022- Claudio Puelles subs Clay Guida with a super slick kneebar from bottom half guard


5/13/2022- Is it a buggy choke? Is it a modified triangle? Either way, Oliver Enkamp's submission of Mark Lemminger at Bellator 281 was a unique one for sure

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6/12/2022- Down on the scorecards and submitting a submission specialist with less than a minute to go to win Jiri Prochazka the belt from Glover Teixeira. It doesn't get much better in the script department than that


6/24/2022- I don't know if this is a rib crushing body triangle, or a wonky twister- but a little column A little column B looks extremly painful as Stevie Ray defeats Anthony Pettis with it at PFL 5


7/29/2022- Keeping up with the 2 for the price of 1 submissions, here is Jean-Paul Lebosnoyani defeating Caleb Hall at LFA 137 with a combination scarf hold/keylock


9/23/22- A lot of coaches teach that you should let go of a sub attempt if you're in danger of losing position chasing it. Luca Poclit apparently missed that class as he choked Dante Schiro out with a reverse arm triangle choke at Bellator 285

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11/5/22- It's gotta feel nice to have your choice of how to make your opponent tap in a fight. That was what Mario Bautista did to Benito Lopez with his reverse triangle armbar



Massive shout out to @KazDibiase , most of these gifs are his handywork​
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Great choices! Some really cool subs, I feel like (without cheating and looking who voted for what) a lot of people will vote for Jiri because it was for a belt, at the end of a back-and-forth classic, and against a submission pro like Glover. I voted for the reverse arm triangle.
 
Jean-Paul 2 for 1 in my books, that was nuts and BRUTAL.
 
Puelles kneebar is seriously underrated. Skill wise it's the best
 
Kind of a clear top 3 for me:

Andrade/Lemos
PROS = standing arm-triangle incredibly rare
CONS = there is a reason this particular sub is incredibly rare lol

Jiri/Glover
PROS = come-from behind last second choke from a violent brawler vs an established black-belt grappler
CONS = opponent was completely gassed and just left his neck out there, nothing technical really just dramatic

Poclit/Schiro
PROS = incredibly rare and unique set-up and finish + added bonus of ref not even knowing what's happening so dude got choked out brutally for an extra 10 seconds
CONS = prelims of a Bellator so not as much exposure/stakes

You can kind of pick any of these and logically justify it - I'm just a fan of super-weird subs that go way too long so I went with Poclit/Schiro.
 
TheMMAnalyst said:
Kind of a clear top 3 for me:

Andrade/Lemos
PROS = standing arm-triangle incredibly rare
CONS = there is a reason this particular sub is incredibly rare lol

Jiri/Glover
PROS = come-from behind last second choke from a violent brawler vs an established black-belt grappler
CONS = opponent was completely gassed and just left his neck out there, nothing technical really just dramatic

Poclit/Schiro
PROS = incredibly rare and unique set-up and finish + added bonus of ref not even knowing what's happening so dude got choked out brutally for an extra 10 seconds
CONS = prelims of a Bellator so not as much exposure/stakes

You can kind of pick any of these and logically justify it - I'm just a fan of super-weird subs that go way too long so I went with Poclit/Schiro.
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Yeah that Poclit sub in Bellator was nuts. The ref wasn’t in a good position so it went on on longer than usual.
 
I want to say Jiri for the some of the same reasons I voted Leon for KO of the year… but my bias for Andrade sways my vote….
 
100% Puelles, even though his last fight was a travesty
 
Joshuaace said:
The best submission sequence of the year wasn't even a submission imo. The face down calf slicer sequence Dolidze put the Joker in is one of the slicker things I've seen.
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It was absolutely insane. In a fight that he was losing easily on the feet Hermanson takes him to the ground and thats supposed to be his comfort zone. Instead Dolidze just absolutely forces that transition against a high level grappler out of nowhere. I guess someone now could defend it just because it happened but things like that are not supposed to happen to people like Jack Hermansson.
Dolidze is either the most improved sudden (in one fight Starapoli-Daukaus) fighter in mma history or he keeps getting fortunate with pulling rabbits out of his hat kinda tricks. Either way he is in a interesting position now and likely two fights removed from title fight.
 
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