Sakuraba Dream. 12 Submission of the Year contender
Submission of the Year? Sakuraba Stunned Galesic at Dream.12 Was that the Submission of the Year in MMA in 2009?…
Submission of the Year? Sakuraba Stunned Galesic at Dream.12
Was that the Submission of the Year in MMA in 2009? I don’t know. I loved Demian Maia’s triangle choke on Chael Sonnen at UFC 95. I loved Toby Imada’s inverted triangle choke on Jorge Masvidal at Bellator 4. I loved Alan Belcher’s guillotine on Denis Kang at UFC 93. I loved Joe Lauzon’s armbar on Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 17. I’ve loved a lot of submissions this year.
And yet there was just something special about Sakuraba’s submission, because it didn’t just win him the fight, it may have saved the career of the Japanese legend. If Galesic had continued pummeling Sakuraba and beaten him by first-round TKO, could Dream have even continued to put the 40-year-old Sakuraba in the ring anymore?
If you missed Dream 12, it will re-air on HDNet Friday at 10:30 PM ET.