A Lucky Choke

By Paul Sims
www.octaringsports.blogspot.com

Now days, fights has been extremely disappointing after a good performance turned out to be a defeat because of a well intended tactic Triangle Choke submission. A submission mostly utilized by a Jui Jitsu or a Judo fighter, uses their two legs wrapping around opponents and strangles neck by a form of triangle like shape while yanking the other hand until finally suffocates the opponent in the latter end.

The latest was the 4-1 favorite Anderson Silva who underwent a bad beating from the very first round till amid of fifth against Chael Sonnen, but in time managed to run away the title using a choke submission.

A bad beating consistently suffered bashing without any counter that seems referee Rosenthal was on the verge of stopping the fight and he can see nothing but a vague direction to come back with a good counter; until in some way, Silva found a remedy which is the throttle choke.

However, a rematch would be there absolutely, and for him to remove any skepticism, he must by all means dictate the bout and find a way to decisively obtain judges favor or finish the bout by way of Knockout.

Sonnen suffered the same fate as Carwin and Fedor being victimized from their last bout, but then again, it was more upsetting since the pounding was consistent and the scorecards favored him from first through the end of fourth round, in compared to the first and second round submission against Fedor and Carwin.

Several fighters consider it as the Last resort especially those who specializes stand up fights. A fighter like Brock Lesnar or Roy Nelson would be the least person I would expect to use this strategy since both of their broad body and legs are not suited to be being flexible and stretchy. Nonetheless, it brought Brock to a victory even if he suffered a brutal beating against Carwin.

What are the things that these Triangle Choke victims have in common?

Power, aggressiveness, Stand up/ground fight skills, and to top them all - No Submission Defense.