10 Most Unique Submissions In UFC History

Who: Chris Lytle vs. Jason Gilliam

When: UFC 73

There's a lot to unpack with a submission like this one.

Chris Lytle picked up his first UFC win in sensational fashion at UFC 73, pulling off not just one, but two, difficult and rare submission moves... at the same time!

The traditional Triangle Choke is fairly common in MMA, used as a very effective counter to an opponent being in top control.

The thing with an Inverted Triangle however, is that you need to be basically sitting on your opponents head, then somehow get your legs wrapped in the proper position while facing away from them, or at best, side on.

Even then, you're relying on getting their arm squeezed up to the neck, all while you're only half looking at what's actually happening behind you in the set up.

The incredible skill involved and positioning required is a big reason as to why it's so rarely seen.

Lytle did manage to lock it in though, sinking Jason Gilliam into a bit of a pickle.

But his pickle was about to get a lot worse.

While tightening the grip of the Triangle Choke, Lytle thought it might be a fun idea to lock in a cartilage-tearing Americana while he was there, just to really make Gilliam's night a whole lot worse.

Very similar to a Kimura, the Americana is seen a lot less because it's a little more complicated than the Kimura and, for the most part, the later is just a lot easier to use.