With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie seems at the most effective submissions from December 2024: Listed below are the 5 nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for December.
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Nominees
Nominee: Chase Hooper def. Clay Guida at UFC 310
Chase Hooper (15-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) defeated Clay Guida in a grappling match up to now, and he repeated the outcome within the octagon of their light-weight bout.
Hooper confirmed continued progress in his placing sport earlier than outclassing Guida on the bottom and locking up an armbar for the faucet lower than 4 minutes into the primary spherical. Consequently, Guida set a brand new report for many UFC losses in a profession.
Nominee: Michael Chiesa def. Max Griffin at UFC 310
Michael Chiesa (18-7 MMA, 13-7 UFC) isn’t any stranger to the rear-naked choke, and he made that identified as soon as once more in his welterweight matchup with Max Griffin.
After controlling a majority of the motion by two rounds, Chiesa bought Griffin his most harmful place on the bottom. He locked in his trademark choke, and compelled Griffin to submit for the primary time in his MMA profession.
Nominee: Vicente Luque def. Themba Gorimbo at UFC 310
After a mind bleed practically ended his profession a number of years in the past, Vicente Luque (22-10-1 MMA, 15-6 UFC) confirmed he shouldn’t be written off but when he destroyed Themba Gorimbo.
Luque moved into second place on the all-time welterweight finishes listing when he rocked Gorimbo early within the struggle. He then latched onto an anaconda choke that put his opponent out chilly simply 52 seconds into the competition.
The winner
The Winner: Alexandre Pantoja def. Kai Asakura at UFC 310
Alexandre Pantoja denied Kai Asakura’s alternative to make historical past by changing into the primary UFC champion from Japan.
Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) proved to be the superior fighter by choking out former RIZIN FF champion and UFC newcomer Asakura (21-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC). The rear-naked choke submission got here at 2:05 of Spherical 2.
This struggle began in a blur. Pantoja rapidly closed the gap with strikes, prompting a counter leaping knee from Asakura. The champ responded with an enormous punch earlier than issues slowed down within the clinch. Pantoja took the struggle to the bottom, however not a lot befell earlier than Asakura bought again to his toes.
The challenger darted out and in with a wide range of strikes whereas Pantoja patiently countered and charged ahead with onerous punches and kicks when he acknowledged a possibility.
Pantoja got here out aggressively in Spherical 2, utilizing strikes to arrange a takedown try. Denied initially, Pantoja scrambled his technique to Asakura’s again and rapidly locked in a physique triangle.
Quickly, the rear-naked choke was slapped on, and the squeeze put Asakura to sleep.
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