UFC.com’s Top Ten Submissions of 2014

Today Thomas Gerbasi of UFC.com posted his list for the ten best submissions of 2014. With hundreds of fights and plenty of submissions, these are the best of the best:

10) Joseph Benavidez – Timothy Elliot

9) Daniel Cormier – Dan Henderson

8) Leandro Issa- Jumabieke Tuerxun

7) Raquel Pennington – Ashlee Evans-Smith

6) Ian Entwiste – Anthony Birchak

5) Mitch Clarke – Al Iaquinta

4) Luke Rockhold – Tim Boetsch

3) Ben Saunders – Chris Heatherly

2) Anthony Pettis – Gilbert Melendez

1) Charles Oliveria – Hatsu Hioki

There are certain bouts that you show to folks who say they like fighting, but just not that ground stuff. The June matchup between jiu-jitsu black belts Charles Oliveira and Hatsu Hioki is one of those bouts. Compelling and action-packed from start to finish, this was high-level MMA grappling at its finest. When it was over, Oliveira became the first man to submit Hioki, and whether you call it a guillotine, an anaconda, a D’arce, or any modification of those, it was a thing of beauty in a fight you wish they could have restarted and continued.

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Do you agree with Thomas’ picks? If not what are your top three submissions of 2014?