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Bloody Elbow Staff Retrospective: Submission of the Decade

by Mike Fagan on Jan 4, 2011 11:52 AM EST in MMA History


Contrary to popular belief, there is no Year Zero. Decades run from XXX1 to XX10. So while other MMA sites erroneously ran decade retrospectives last year, Bloody Elbow stayed the course of truth and fact. We polled the staff for their picks in a variety of topics covering the first decade of the third millennium A.D. Here's what they had to say.

Kid Nate: I have to go with Fabricio Werdum choking out Fedor Emelianenko. It was the end of Fedor's incredible decade long undefeated streak and the perfect reminder that submissions remain an essential component of MMA.

Brent Brookhouse: Tough, tough, tough. While Werdum's triangle choke of Fedor Emelianenko was shocking and made FEDOR into Fedor, it was also so quick that it just lacked drama. For me it has to be Chael Sonnen getting triangled by Anderson Silva. It was important and dramatic. It also was a fitting conclusion to a full story that started with Sonnen's absurd pre-fight trash talk, moved into his wonderful performance for four rounds and ended with Anderson Silva being forced into a dramatic finishing situation. Sonnen's positive test after the fight doesn't really ruin things as he was on the losing end of the equation.

Mike Fagan: Chael Sonnen was two minutes away from becoming the first man to defeat Anderson Silva in the Octagon and UFC middleweight champion in the process. Two minutes. Everyone watching had already penciled in a Sonnen victory. But then Sonnen went Sonnen and let his defenses down. Silva needed a short window to lock on the triangle that put Sonnen to sleep.

Anton Tabuena: Fabricio Werdum triangles Fedor Emelianenko - June 2010. Sure this happened on the tail end of the decade, but no other submission has sent shockwaves all over the sport as much as this one. No one expected Werdum to win, but Fedor, in traditional form, still decided to fight to his opponent's strengths. He paid for it, and The Last Emperor's decade long run at the top of the sport had ended.

Scott Haber: Gotta agree with my fellow moderators here...Werdum submitting Fedor. The Russian was unstoppable, even if you questioned his level of competition in recent years, and he gone to the ground with, and smashed Big Nog repeatedly, back when Nog was the most dangerous submission guy in MMA. The triangle itself wasn't the slickest or most creative sub we've seen this decade, but simply because of who was caught in it, the the single, calm tap it produced from Emelianenko sent shockwaves throughout the MMA community.

Jonathan Snowden: For most of the 25 minute fight at UFC 117, Chael Sonnen controlled the action against the unbeatable Anderson Silva. He knocked him down standing, took him down at will, and battered him with ease. In the end, despite Sonnen's best efforts, Silva showed the world why he is an all-time great. His triangle was the most epic finish since Hughes-Newton, a moment I will never forget.

Chris Barton: We all knew what Fedor does to BJJ players. He gets into their guard and beats copious amounts of years off of their lives. Fedor vs. Werdum was a foregone conclusion. Fabricio was Big Nog light. No chance. Perfect style match-up for the Last Emperor. Then it happened. The unthinkable. First and only loss in a decade. This one was a no-brainer Fabrico Werdum submits Fedor Emelianeko via triangle choke.

Bitch away my friends..........

[Fedorlei Gomipierre]

These guys have a little short term memory, especially since Sonnen's been tapped out of nowhere several times and both of these have occurred in the last six or so months.....

For me:
Number one has to be Toby Imada's inverted triangle of Jorge Masvidal in Bellator
Nick Diaz over Gomi with the gogo
Big Nog over Bob Sapp, Crocop and Coleman were all astounding
Sakuraba/Renzo, while not a true "tapout", was stunning in it's accomplishment
Chonan/Anderson
Dolloway's peruvian necktie over Jesse Taylor
Fedor's amazing recovery from Randleman's suplex from hell and armbar submission
Mir over Sylvia and Brock

And NON-submission of the decade goes to Don Frye for absorbing all those knee and ankle locks applied by Ken Shamrock during their grudgematch.

[TBEAR]

Those guys are all wrong...nuf said

[cnlclink]

Perhaps Werdum's sub was the "biggest" in terms of the story behind it all with Fedor not losing etc etc. How about Maia's on Sonnen? That was a thing of beauty. There's so many out there I can't even think of them properly. Ryo Chonnan subbing Silva was pretty damn cool. There's that flying armbar that I of course cannot think of who it was and can't find my gif of it.

An honorable mention is Carlos Newton and his headlock win over Miletich? Fightfinder.com has it listed at bulldog choke.

Carlos "The Ronin" Newton MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography, and More - Sherdog.com

[TBEAR]

Cole Miller over Dan the upgrade hell it was 2 subs in 1!!!!!

Really we can list a ton of them

[beau420]

First ever gogoplata Aoki vs Hansen in 2006...Nick Diaz getting the 2nd ever 3 months later
Inverted triangle by Imada I would put in at number 2 overall
Shane Del Rosario omoplata win over Brandon Cash...that was nice

When I look at submission of the decade, I am looking at innovation. Not a BJJ guy submitting a wrestler (Anderson) or a BJJ guy submitting a guy who doesn't train with BJJ guys (Werdum).

Stupid writers with short attention spans.....maybe I should include the flying triangle or the first barbo/d'arce choke too....innovation > shit I have seen before.

[IceCold48]

ok this is borderline noobjack and kid nate is in it. they say submission if th decade and only pick ones from 2010.

[SimpleJack]

Nog on CC after taking a helluva beating????
Penn on Hughes??
Chonan on Silva??
Griffin on Rua?
Fedor on Randleman?
Aurelio on Roberts?
Mir/Lesnar
Leben/Akiyama

I could seriously name a ton better than those 2.

[Conzilla]

They forgot Brock over Carwin.