Sherdog’s Top 10: UFC on Fox Submissions

Webster defines submission as “the act of giving over or yielding to the power or authority of another.” Those looking for visuals to go along with the definition need to look no further than the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where combatants use everything from armbars, kimuras and keylocks to kneebars, heel hooks and chokes to express their superiority over the opponent standing across the cage.

Ahead of UFC on Fox 27 this Saturday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, the latest installment in the Sherdog Top 10 series shines a light on the best submissions to have occurred under the UFC on Fox umbrella.

From the exotic to the traditional, there were many from which to choose.

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OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Demian Maia def. Carlos Condit -- Rear-Naked Choke (UFC on Fox 21), Louis Gaudinot def. John Lineker -- Guillotine Choke (UFC on Fox 3), Michelle Waterson def. Paige VanZant -- Rear-Naked Choke (UFC on Fox 22), Ian Entwistle def. Anthony Birchak -- Heel Hook (UFC on Fox 13), Charles Oliveira def. Myles Jury -- Guillotine Choke (UFC on Fox 17), Max Holloway def. Cub Swanson -- Rear-Naked Choke (UFC on Fox 15), Dustin Poirier def. Pablo Garza -- Brabo Choke (UFC on Fox 1), Ricardo Lamas def. Cub Swanson -- Arm-Triangle Choke (UFC on Fox 1), Alex Caceres def. Sergio Pettis -- Rear-Naked Choke (UFC on Fox 10)

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