#2 Toby Imada puts Jorge Masvidal to bed with an Inverted Triangle Choke
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MMA fans would be interminably occupied by and immeasurably grateful to anyone who could compile a list of the most spectacular finishes outside the UFC. You’d be surprised by the number of them.
Journeyman Toby Imada concocted 2009’s Submission Of The Year against a raging Jorge Masvidal. The streetfighter-turned-mixed martial artist all but drowned Imada with his strikes and looked like he had the win locked.
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But Masvidal showed the same cavalier manner that cost him a sure UFC win against Al Iaquinta. Late in the third round, Imada, almost parasitically, took Masvidal’s back and locked his legs around Gamebred’s neck.
Like something more common to Animal Planet than sports, Masvidal went limp like a python’s prey and Imada secured a spot in the Lightweight Championship tournament final, in the most dramatic fashion.
His fairytale resurgence would be in vain as he would be submitted by eventual winner and longtime Lightweight king, not to mention future UFC 155 lbs champion, Eddie Alvarez.
