10 Most Unique Submissions In UFC History

10. Ezekiel Choke

Who: Aleksei Oleinik vs. Viktor Pešta and Júnior Albini

When: UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn and UFC 224

42-year-old Russian Aleksei Oleinik holds a unique spot in the UFC history books.

He is not only the first, and only, fighter to win via an Ezekiel Choke in the company, but he's actually done it twice!

Just to make the whole thing a little bit more ridiculous, across his 57 career wins in MMA, he has a further EIGHT wins through the same submission outside of the UFC, including a ridiculous string of three in a row that happened - and I can't make this up - all in the same night on his way to a tournament victory.

Oleinik has become a master of the rare counter-into-submission manoeuvre throughout his career and, even at his ripe age, has picked off both Viktor Pešta and Júnior Albini with the move in the last three years.

The rarity of seeing a fighter force a submission from on their back, and usually with their opponent on top in a full mount, is beyond impressive.

The fact he is the only man to ever achieve the Ezekiel Choke victory is testament to that.

Even the commentators were unsure of how or why Pešta had tapped out the first time the move was busted out to finish a fight.