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#4. Chris Weidman - UFC middleweight
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman remains one of the most well-rounded fighters on the UFC roster. His offensive footwork and movement is commendable as he steps laterally with his foes, cutting angles by stepping across them.
He feints, doubles and even triples up his jabs, moves his head off the center-line, and scrambles after failed takedowns. Weidman's failures stem from how defensively irresponsible he becomes once he begins tiring after the second round. He plods forward without moving his head, all while dropping his hands and no longer setting up his takedowns.
As a fighter with a chin that's been diminished by frequent punishment, he cannot afford to leave gaps in his defensive striking. What Weidman remains, even while exhausted, however, is an exceptional grappler.
Though his wrestling scrambles falter, his Brazilian jiu-jitsu, for which the American has earned a black belt, has long been as good as anyone's in the middleweight division, surpassed only by Luke Rockhold and Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza during his prime.
Weidman's wrestling skills, in particular, combine well with his grappling. Against Tom Lawlor at UFC 139, the NCAA Division I standout countered his foe with a D'Arce choke.
As Lawlor sought to scramble out from under Weidman, Weidman sprawled out, circling towards his foe's side. From there, the former champion crouched over Lawlor and stepped over with his left foot, pushing off of it to turn his opponent sideward before immediately locking in a quick D'Arce choke.
While the longtime wrestler doesn't have multiple wins with his D'Arce choke, it's his crafty setup for it that renders him a master of the submission.
#3. Chan Sung Jung - UFC featherweight
Chan Sung Jung, better known as 'The Korean Zombie', is one of the greatest featherweights in UFC history to have never won a world title.
An almost supernaturally durable mixed martial artist, Jung relies on his toughness as a primary form of defense, as it allows him to keep his feet planted and his hips squared, facilitating his power-punches. He does so due to the confidence he possesses to withstand any of his opponents' blows in order to land his own, which often carry crushing knockout power.
Another reason, however, that Jung squares his hips and plants his feet so freely without fear, is his fearsome offensive grappling. 'The Korean Zombie' owns a black belt in both Judo and BJJ. His keen eye for submissions allows him to quickly fish for gaps in his opponent's defenses during scrambles.
As with most D'Arce chokes, Jung's lone D'Arce choke win in the UFC came as a form of counter-wrestling, against Dustin Poirier, no less, another BJJ black belt.
When Poirier attempted a takedown, Jung was quick on the sprawl, snapping him down with a front headlock before immediately sliding his forearm under his foe's armpit while applying shoulder pressure on the alternate side.
When Poirier tried to roll away, Jung opted against squeezing his opponent's shoulder down into his neck, instead using his torso to squeeze Poirier's head into the choke for a tighter D'Arce, choking his foe unconscious with absurd quickness.
