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Really? He has 9 submission losses against many average at best opponents. He has obviously improved but I wouldn't call him having a "submission game"
He defended RNC attempts from a black belt BJJ guy for over 2 1/2 minutes in his last fight... He didn't panic and worked his way out of it and this after he ate a big stomach shot.
On top of that he actually attempted a couple of subs against Silva, unsuccessful yes, but made the effort.
Matt Brown has excellent standup, good takedown defense and a strong top game (and those sweeps were awesome).
He doesn't need a great sub game, just great sub defense. Plus how many top guys at welterweight are going to try and sub him? Maia is really the only sub wizard at 170 in the top 10. Hendricks, Lawler, Condit, Rory, they all like to bang.