March 2018 was a wild month of combat sports. MMASucka’s Submission of the Month for March 2018 seems like the perfect place to start to showcase the month of craziness!
Knockouts, submissions, and terrific fights were plentiful. The month was absolutely loaded with incredibly finishes particularly in the submission department.
Last month, MMASucka’s Submission of the Month for February 2018 was an insane sequence of slams of grounded-knees that led to an eventual triangle choke win for Iwan Hermawan.
However, it is on to March. Where one of the most insane guillotine choke finishes you’ll ever see earns the top spot.
MMASucka’s Submission of the Month for March 2018: ‘The Honey Badger’ pulls off a literal guillotine at Brave CF 10
In one of the first events of the month, BRAVE CF 10: The Kingdom Rises took place on March 2, 2018. Live from the Prince Hamzah Sports Hall in Amman, Jordan.
On the preliminary portion of the show, a bantamweight contest took place between Jordan’s own Nawras ‘The Honey Badger’ Abzakh and Finland’s Abdul ‘ABBA’ Hussein.
Early on in the fight after Abzakh began to land some hard shots on the feet, Hussein shot in for a takedown. He lazily reached in for a single-leg, seemingly only to close the distance briefly. This wound up being his demise.
Almost immediately off of the single-leg attempt, Abzakh grabbed a hold of the neck of Hussein. Locking in a very tight guillotine choke. The Finnish fighter did his best to scramble out of the choke, initiating a quick scramble on the ground. But the home countryman refused to let go.
Hussein attempted to roll through the choke, but Abzakh rolled with him and held on. He was then able to get back into a standing position whilst maintaining the choke. And the visual this provided was parts horrifying and parts incredible.
As he stood back up, he lifted Hussein’s seemingly lifeless body before the referee stepped in, forcing an unconscious Hussein to ragdoll to the mat.
MMASucka’s Submission of the Month for March 2018: ‘The Honey Badger’ pulls off a literal guillotine at Brave CF 10
It was an incredible Marcelo Garcia-esque submission win for ‘The Honey Badger’, as he improves to a stellar 7-1 and rebounds from the first loss of his career.
That isn’t all, though! March 2018’s honorable mentions list of submissions gives us the most we’ve ever had. So let’s get started!
- Brave CF 10 | Elias Boudegzdame def. Jakub Kowalewicz via SUB4 (Triangle Choke)
- Brave CF 10 | Jarrah Al-Silawi def. David Bear via SUB3 (Triangle Choke)
- FNG 84 | Yevgeny Orlov def. Dritan Baramaj via SUB1 (Von Flue Choke)
- FNG 84 | Maksim Butorin def. Vitaliy Sotyan via SUB1 (Rear Naked Choke)
- Bellator 195 | Darrion Caldwell def. Leandro Higo via SUB1 (Guillotine Choke)
- Bellator 195 | Kevin Holland def. Teagan Dooley via SUB1 (Triangle Choke)
- Bellator 195 | Fernando Gonzalez def. Armando Servin via SUB1 (Armbar)
- LFA 34 | Jordan Griffin def. Darrick Minner via SUB2 (Armbar)
- KSW 42 | Tomasz Narkun def. Mamed Khalidov via SUB3 (Triangle Choke)
- KSW 42 | Mateusz Gamrot def. Grzegorz Szulakowski via SUB4 (Keylock)
- KSW 42 | Karolin Owczarz def. Paulina Raszewska via SUB1 (Rear Naked Choke)
- Cage Warriors 91 | Phil Wells def. Daniel Cassell via SUB1 (Heel Hook)
- SFL 2018: Gujarat vs. Dehli | Jennifer Araneda def. Simran Singh via SUB1 (Armbar)
- M-1 Challenge 89 | Ivan Buchinger def. Andrey Krasnikov via SUB2 (Anaconda Choke)
- M-1 Challenge 89 | Viktor Kolesnik def. David Souza via SUB1 (Guillotine Choke)
- ROAD FC 046 | Mansour Barnaoui def. Kota Shimoishi via SUB3 (Rear Naked Choke)
- DEEP JEWELS 19 | King Reina def. Soyoung Park via SUB1 (Keylock)
- LFA 35 | Nick Newell def. Sonny Luque via SUB1 (Rear Naked Choke)
- BAMMA 34 | Fabian Edwards def. Kent Kauppinen via SUB1 (Armbar)
- EFC Worldwide 67 | Chiara Penco def. Danella Eliasov via SUB4 (Armbar)
- ONE: Visions of Victory | Reece McLaren def. Gianni Subba via SUB2 (Arm Triangle)
- ONE: Visions of Victory | Agilan Thani def. Amitesh Chaubey via SUB2 (Kimura)
- ONE: Visions of Victory | Christin Lee def. Kazunori Yokota via SUB2 (Guillotine Choke)
- Pancrase 294 | Satoru Enomoto def. Hironaka via SUB2 (Armbar)
- UFC FN 127 | Danny Henry def. Hakeem Dawodu via SUB1 (Guillotine Choke)
- UFC FN 127 | Paul Craig def. Magomed Ankalaev via SUB3 (Triangle Choke)
- SFL 2018: Nawabs vs. Dehli | Jennifer Araneda def. Kiran Singh via SUB1 (Rear Naked Choke)
- SFL 2018: Nawabs vs. Dehli | Angad Bisht def. Swapnil Barve via SUB1 (Kneebar)
- TKO 42 | Malcolm Gordon def. Jordan Graham via SUB2 (Triangle Choke)
- Rite of Passage 3 | Lucas Clay def. Brant Moore via SUB1 (Buggy Choke)
- Babilon MMA 3 | Kamil Oniszczuk def. Maksim Potapov via SUB1 (Arm Triangle)
- Shooto Brasil 81 | Jorge Rodrigues def. Benito Tavares via SUB1 (Kimura)
- Shogun Fights: Florida | Frederico Moncaio def. David Hayes via SUB1 (Heel Hook)
- Shogun Fights: Florida | Adli Edwards def. Benny Delgado via SUB1 (Kimura)
- WOCS 49 | Andre Muniz def. Willyanedson Paiva via SUB1 (Armbar)
- Cage Warriors 92 | Darren O’Gorman def. Salih Kulucan via SUB1 (Inverted Triangle)
- WWFC 10 | Khusein Askhbov def. Edilson Teixeira via SUB2 (Heel Hook)
- WWFC 10 | Khasan Askhabov def. Mikhail Odintsov via SUB4 (Guillotine Choke)
- WFL MMA 2 | Sully Bull def. Samir Noory via SUB2 (Heel Hook)
- ACB 82 | Dileno Lopes def. Islam Yunusov via SUB1 (Guillotine Choke)
- ONE: Iron Will | Saygid Arslanaliev def. Tetsuya Yamada via SUB3 (Armbar)
- HEX FS 13 | Young Woo Yoo def. Simon Carson via SUB2 (Inverted Leglock)
- M-1 Challenge 90 | El Anwar Bakary def. Alexander Popov via SUB1 (Heel Hook)
- M-1 Challenge 90 | Rafael Dias def. Vadim Malygin via SUB2 (Arm Triangle)
- WFCA 46 | Anzor Tsekov def. Bilal Umaev via SUB1 (Guillotine Choke)
- EFC Worldwide 68 | Caleb Ridley def. August Kayambala via SUB2 (Rear Naked Choke)
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