Mixed martial arts is full of striking and submissions. But the MMA community has seen unusual submission moves used by fighters that are rarely used in their bout. However, recently, MMA fans on Twitter reacted to a funny video of an individual trying a strange submission move on his friend. The man in the video was seen holding his friend in an uncomfortably tight grip, which looked like a submission move. He stretched his friend by the back and was screaming at him continuously.
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The other guy in the video was clearly hurting as he found himself in an awkward position. The video was captioned: “what do you call this submission?”
what do you call this submission? pic.twitter.com/r2vcSjkrND
— Dovy🔌 (@DovySimuMMA) February 4, 2023
The video wasn’t violent, but funny in a way to see one grown-up man manhandling another grown-up like a child. This prompted the reaction of many MMA fans on the social media platform.
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Mixed martial arts fans on Twitter started trying to name the unusual submission move in the video. They were very creative in the comment section. Let us look at some of the reactions from users on the social media platform.
One fan probably might have recently watched Fantastic 4
The elastic back trick lol
— Rabbitoshi Watermoto (@infante003) February 5, 2023
Yet another movie reference
The Shaolin wrap pic.twitter.com/Of5kWYCF7w
— Tommy (@MutenTommy) February 4, 2023
Another fan went back to medieval times to find a name for the move
The Torture Crack
— Average MMA Enjoyer (@MMAobservations) February 4, 2023
Some fans went a little explicit. Not sure what the other person found though.
That’s the “fuck ‘round ‘n find out”
— Derb Hean (@TomDalyIreAthl) February 4, 2023
While some fans hilariously brought up how the other person got manhandled like a doll.
Bruh just lost his man card..Can’t let another man do that to ya
— Jrow (@J_R_O_W) February 5, 2023
The video probably helped a few reminisce about their childhood days.
on god iv put my little brother in this before when we were kids
— Ant (@Anthvnyperez) February 5, 2023
However, there were a few who had only heard about the special move but were seeing it for the first time.
Never actually seen this done in real life. Dang.
— Victor Hernandez (@Vegas_Victor) February 5, 2023
Although the video was most likely a light-hearted post; We indeed see many MMA fighters using unusual and rare submission moves every now and then. The most recent instance comes from Cage Titans 57. Former military veteran-turned-MMA fighter, Gerald Meuse, used one of the rarest submission moves, the ‘twister’, on his opponent, consequently winning the fight.
All MMA fighters have their own unique way of fighting. They come from different combat backgrounds. However, most of them used moves from the books and can be replicated by each other. But sometimes there are fighters who are just on a different level and create their own unorthodox fighting style.
What is your favorite MMA move? Let us know in the comments below.
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