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With one other action-packed month of MMA within the books, MMA Junkie appears at one of the best submissions from July 2024: Listed below are the 5 nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for July.
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Nominees
Nominee: Evan Elder def. Darrius Flowers at UFC on ESPN 59
Evan Elder (9-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) and Darrius Flowers (12-8-1 MMA, 0-3 UFC) agreed to their welterweight combat on 4 days’ discover, and did it at elevation in Denver. The conditioning on either side largely confirmed why that may not be one of the best preferrred
Nonetheless, Elder received the job carried out. He secured an arm-triangle choke within the second spherical of the competition, getting him a much-needed win over Flowers.
Nominee: Julian Erosa def. Christian Rodriguez at UFC on ESPN 59
Julian Erosa’s (29-11 MMA, 8-7 UFC) third octagon stint continues to pale compared to his first after he put away Christian Rodriguez (11-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Erosa has now received seven of 10 fights since returning to the promotion in June 2020 courtesy of a first-round submission win over Rodriguez. Throughout a scramble after catching a kick, Erosa managed to grab the neck of Rodriguez and lock in a guillotine choke that pressured the faucet on the 4:49 mark of Spherical 1.
Nominee: Virna Jandiroba def. Amanda Lemos at UFC on ESPN 60
Virna Jandiroba (21-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) would possibly’ve locked in a Submission of the Yr candidate when she slickly and violently made Amanda Lemos (14-3-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) faucet out of their strawweight foremost occasion.
In a grappling-heavy affair, Jandiroba appeared to have a solution for all the things Lemos introduced. The ending sequence was a factor of magnificence as Jandiroba slipped from a rear-naked choke try on the again to torque a gruesomely-angled armbar.
Nominee: Sam Patterson def. Kiefer Crosbie at UFC 304
Sam Patterson (12-2-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) was rapidly capable of set up dominance on the bottom earlier than submitting Kiefer Crosbie (10-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) of their welterweight bout.
Patterson scored his second straight first-round submission when he cinched in an arm-triangle choke on Crosbie inside three minutes of the opening spherical. Patterson caught Crosbie coming in with an uppercut earlier than taking him right down to the mat and submitting him.
The winner
The winner: Paddy Pimblett def. King Inexperienced at UFC 304
Paddy Pimblett handed arguably his hardest check to this point in flying colours.
Pimblett (22-3 MMA, 6-0 UFC) backed up all of the speak with a textbook triangle choke submission that left King Inexperienced (32-16-1 MMA, 13-11-1 UFC) snoozing on the canvas at 3:22 of Spherical 1.
Inexperienced got here out swinging, however in the end shot for a takedown. Pimblett grabbed his neck and pulled for a guillotine choke. When Inexperienced popped his head out, Pimblett promptly snatched a triangle choke. Inexperienced tried to regulate, however Pimblett grabbed his leg.
As Inexperienced sat again the lights went out and Pimblett included an armbar, as nicely. Inexperienced was unconscious and the combat was waved off.
Pimblett continues his surge up the UFC ladder. The submission was his third in six UFC fights. Previous to the win over Inexperienced, Pimblett had defeated Tony Ferguson, Jared Gordon, and Jordan Leavitt amongst others.
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