2013 Them's Fightin' Words Awards: Submission of the Year

[Elsalvajeloco]

RENAN BARAO W-SUB4 (ARM TRIANGLE CHOKE) MICHAEL MCDONALD (UFC on Fuel TV 7: Barao vs. McDonald)
Wembley Arena, London, England, February 16, 2013

 

KENNY ROBERTSON W-SUB1 (SULOEV STRETCH) BROCK JARDINE  (UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche)

Honda Center, Anaheim, CA, February 23, 2013

 

RONDA ROUSEY W-SUB1 (ARMBAR) LIZ CARMOUCHE (UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche)
Honda Center, Anaheim, CA, February 23, 2013

 

FABRICIO WERDUM W-SUB2 (ARMBAR) ANTONIO RODRIGO NOGUEIRA (UFC on Fuel TV 10: Nogueira vs. Werdum)
Ginásio Paulo Sarasate, Fortaleza, Brazil, June 8, 2013

 

JOSH BURKMAN W-SUB1 (GUILLOTINE CHOKE) JON FITCH (WSOF 3: Fitch vs. Burkman)
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV, June 14, 2013

 

ANTHONY PETTIS W-SUB1 (ARMBAR) BENSON HENDERSON (UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis II)
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, August 31, 2013
 

[Zero]

You gotta go with Pettis. Title fight, against a notoriously hard to tap dude. He swung his hips into it perfectly, and boom all of a sudden the fight was over. 

[Guest Edwin]

As much as I wanted to vote Pettis/Bendo, Burkman/Fitch gets my vote. No one was giving Burkman a chance as everyone was expecting Fitch to take him down continuously and beat him by a boring UD when all of a sudden Burkman caught him in a guillotine choke and moments later Fitch was asleep.

[Elsalvajeloco]

ANTHONY PETTIS' ARMBAR SUBMISSION OVER BEN HENDERSON is your 2013 Them's Fightin' Words Submission of the Year

[The Natural]

Missed the voting but I would have voted for the winning submission with Pettis tapping out Henderson, a guy who's great at escaping tight submissions. Not this time. I must give mentions to Burkman choking out Fitch that quick and Robertson's Hambar on Jardine.