The 10 Rarest submissions in MMA history

Long before he was calling out top 10 fighters, Masvidal was on the receiving end of 2009’s Submission of the Year 

#6 Frank Mir’s inside shoulder lock on Pete Williams

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Another one from the archives, which, coincidentally, proffers insight into the evolution of MMA itself. It’s been fifteen years since Frank Mir almost wrenched Pete Williams’ arm off his torso. Mir, one of the all-time greats of MMA grappling, was one of the first to see the painful possibilities of the terrifyingly beautiful art of BJJ.

His submission skills would make him one of the most feared and successful fighters of his day and empower him to trample a path of snapped limbs en-route to the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

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Pete Williams has a place in the UFC Hall Of Fame for engineering the first head kick knockout in the promotion’s history. But this was an era characterised by one-dimensional tough guys who rode their reputations until they were stopped in their tracks by nascent experts of the finer points of MMA. Williams retired after this fight with a record of 12-6.

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