Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) Prime 15 ranked Heavyweight Alexandr Romanov scored the ultra-rare North-south choke final night time (Sat., Dec. 28, 2024) towards Dymere Rappa at Fury Professional Grappling 12, which went down inside 2300 Area in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on UFC Battle Cross.
After three minutes of hand combating, Romanov secured a takedown and shortly gained aspect management. Romanov transitioned to North-south after he may get Rappa’s again, and that is all he wanted as he locked up a North-South choke and compelled Rappa to faucet.
Take a look at the submission win beneath:
The North-south choke is extremely uncommon, and in line with BJJFanastics, it’s “probably the most elusive submissions in all of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.” That is as a result of it requires particular positioning and might be exhausting to use towards anybody who is aware of what they’re doing on the bottom.
So it is even further particular for somebody as gigantic as Romanov to tug it off.
Romanov, 34, was launched from the UFC final month after a lackluster win over Rodrigo Nascimento at UFC Edmonton. It was a shock as a result of Romanov was ranked No. 13 within the UFC Heavyweight rankings and held a 7-3 document contained in the promotion.
It is most likely solely a matter of time earlier than “King Kong” indicators with World Battle League.
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