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A list of UFC submissions that occurred this year has been released following the conclusion of the promotion's final fight card of the year last weekend.
The list contained all sorts of complex and difficult-to-execute submissions, which totaled 98 in 2022. The highest number of effective submissions appeared to be the more 'simple' chokes, such as the rear-naked choke.
However, the lack of submissions via kimura surprised several fans, as it too would be categorized as a 'simple' submission.
The list was posted by @AndyHickeyMMA on Twitter, who wrote:
"For the Jiu-Jitsu Fanatics. There was 98 submissions in the UFC this year. A complete breakdown of the number of specific subs utilized:"
See the tweet below:
@Jake_klawitter pointed out the lack of kimuras used this year.
@Ryan_Harkness also pointed out how seldom the devastating submission was used.
The continued growth of the UFC and the evolution of MMA are now being seen on paper. Submissions that many 'older fans' of the sport remember being most effective are being rendered almost useless. Fighters have learned counter-moves and techniques to deal with bad positions on the ground.
However, one submission remains king of all, the rear-naked choke (RNC). The name for RNC in Portuguese is "mata-leão", which directly translates to "the lion killer". Out of the 98 submissions this year, the RNC was used 38 times, showing its superiority in both effectiveness and safety for the person applying it.
Dana White expains how a cocaine dealer helped get the UFC a contract with ESPN
The UFC signed a massive five-year $150 million deal with ESPN in 2019, and a two-year extension has recently been signed.
However, the deal almost never came to fruition, according to the president of the company Dana White. He recently sat down with businessman Grant Cardone, where White told a story about how ESPN ended up offering the promotion a deal.
John Skipper ran ESPN in 2019, when White was trying to get the cable sports channel to take the promotion on board, and did not approve of MMA at all.
But in a miraculous turn of events, the cocaine dealer of the then-head of ESPN threatened to go public with news of Skipper's naughty habit. He was forced to resign, which opened the door for the promotion. White said:
"John Skipper's cocaine dealer will rat him out... So he has to step down from ESPN... Who do they put in? Jimmy Pitaro, who I've known for a long time."
Watch the video below:
