@@stabyourcat Fair point - but since he was winning the fight, his first on the main card (I think), in front of a UK crowd, it’s understandable he’d want to roll the dice and tough it out
The heel hook submission survival from Tony was so much more inpressive than the armbar survival in my opinion. Dariush said after it that he heard Tony's knee pop, and he just couldnt accept that anyone could survive that submission. Tony writhing in pain but refusing to tap shows the sheer determination that man has to never give up. Both submissions would have submitted 99.9% of people on this planet, just not El Cucuy. We'll never see another fighter quite like him.
The arm bar was more brutal to me and Charles doesn't look away from that arm while walking to the corner in disbelief. Agreed that both are gnarly display of toughness
Agree with the top spot. All the various elements make this number one: The duration he was in the sub for, how his various attempts to escape only made for even more painful and awkward positions for his arm (because of Corys escape attempts, Alcantara was able to crank that arm from literally every possible angle to no avail), and finally what happened AFTER ma boi escaped; that of course being the beat down-to-finishing-sequence, followed by him standing up, arms wide, covered in blood, shit eating grin plastered on face. All so damn good.
Cory's fight against Lineker was crazy. Lineker had Corey in a guillotine at the end of the fight and Corey didn't tap. Blood exploded from his nose just as the fight ended. His head almost fucking popped!
Royce Gracie said on the Ultimate 30 documentary that the UFC just made that Matt Hughes could have broken his arm at any point, and that he just let go because he didnt want to break the arm. Like Hughes just let go of it.
One of the best submission survival I can remember was Nobuhiro Obiya vs Milton Vieria from a Deep MMA event in Japan. Vieria was BTT BJJ teacher and showed the Noguira brothers the anaconda choke. The entire fight from start to end is Obiya escaping from the most insane chokes and arm locks!
0:32 That is a dreadful Aoki Achilles lock. Looks like you are trying to break his shin in half. You kneed the hard part of your wrist where the Achilles meets the heel.
I remember watching the GSP vs Hardy fight. As Dan Hardy fan, I figured he would tap... massive respect to ALL of the fighters on this list. Great choice of fights as well, @MMAONPOINT
Jamahal Hill vs Paul Craig is #1 in my book. I know he was getting TKOd in the process but for his arm to be dislocated and dangling and him still not tapping is wild.
Gantumur bayanduuren is worth a mention, be had a jiujitsu match with mikey musumeci which basically consisted of 10 minutes of mikey ripping all the ligaments in his knees to crumbled up biscuits but he still never tapped
While that guy is tough as nails, he is honestly the very definition of foolish, and a prime example of why you SHOULD tap. He wound up with a torn meniscus, torn MCL and ACL, and a broken ankle. The surgeon literally said his leg looked like it had gone through a terrible motorcycle accident. His leg will NEVER be the same, and he will suffer from pain for the rest of his life I'm sure. Had he put his ego aside and tapped, he'd have walked away to fight another day. That was one of the most foolish things I've ever seen, and was disgusting to watch.
Some fighters are doing their best to escape a submission and tap at the very last second, some fighters like mokaev and Tony Ferguson just say “fuck it, break my arm, rip out my knee, I’ll still beat you up”
This list confirms what I've thought for a long time, fighters need to start doing yoga! I went to an MMA class for a while so I can tell you that if your muscles are properly stretched arm bars often don't work and omoplatas feel kinda nice
That americana on Lewis is not even close to being finished. His elbow is up by his head, it needs to be down by his ribs to actually be dangerous to the shoulder. I'm completly inflexible but I can easily place my arm in that position. Lewis was never in danger of being submitted.
Plenty of people have talked shit about Carla Esparza and her fights, but she has repeatedly proven herself to be very tough. She's not the best of her division, but Cookie Monster has always proven herself to be pretty badass.
Tony ferguson didn't tapped to 5 submissions and survived 3 of them , tapped to only one submission and that submission was extremely sus , it looks like Tony intentionally let nate to get the choke
After seeing these videos, I wonder if the referee should be empowered to stop such fights , before one taps , in order to prevent further damage to the fighters . I know it's controversial, but don't see a point where someone has legitimately fought out of a move that's locked in so well.
Dana White just went on Theo Vaughn and said Howler Head is his whisky - so you guys are sponsored by the head of the UFC? would really like to know for our relationship going forward, thank you!
oh does he just have a spin off the original with his name on it or what? still not very comfortable about this, but yea, maybe he doesnt know about what this channel posted about his promotion, truthfully !
@@smhgaming3259 sorry for voicing my opinion forgot shaking my head gaming3259 has the end of opinion. I said one that I have seen because I had watched it live and think Olivera isn’t just a chump Tony was so deep in an arm bar against one the best at jiu jitsu to ever do it probably the best to every do it in the UFC
So... it clearly can't make the list if he tapped... I have zero idea of what your point for posting a submission a fighter tapped to on a list about fighters that didn't tap is.
@82Axell82 sorry, you said he didn't survive it. As a human who does not know this fight, he lost? Did someone get a limb broken? Sorry for being casual on this.
@@aarondeck7934 Ricky put Merab in one of the tightest mounted guillotines I've ever seen for the last minute of the third round. Merab survived until the end of the round, but the ref called it a submission win for Ricky instead of letting it go to a decision. Pretty controversial call to some.
@82Axell82 so, by the technical rules stated by the channel, duder didn't escape. A loss is a loss is a loss. Accept it. If you wanna big up your guy, make your own channel and talk about it. Otherwise, accept the criteria and shut the fuck up
Derrick Lewis’s “I’m not in the mood to be choked” defence
Just stand up :^)
Mokaev’s ability to withstand that kneebar was pretty extraordinary. Must’ve been incredibly painful, fair play to him for not tapping.
Reminded me of Frankie Edgar v Tyson griffin back in the day
I saw that shit live I couldn’t believe my eyes I thought his knee would just shatter in 1000 pieces
Ahh!!!
They included it
Maybe not so smart in the long run. The line between "he's a warrior" and "wow, that was kinda dumb" is razor-thin in MMA.
@@stabyourcat Fair point - but since he was winning the fight, his first on the main card (I think), in front of a UK crowd, it’s understandable he’d want to roll the dice and tough it out
The heel hook submission survival from Tony was so much more inpressive than the armbar survival in my opinion. Dariush said after it that he heard Tony's knee pop, and he just couldnt accept that anyone could survive that submission. Tony writhing in pain but refusing to tap shows the sheer determination that man has to never give up.
Both submissions would have submitted 99.9% of people on this planet, just not El Cucuy. We'll never see another fighter quite like him.
That is why the fight with Diaz was 100% fake
@@tedt7991 he was tired.
@@tedt7991it was very sus 100% then with Bobby green goes out before he taps?
The fight with nate ended in a guillotine not a joint lock.
This is the same reason you can only finish a gracie with chokes, cuz they aint tapping
The arm bar was more brutal to me and Charles doesn't look away from that arm while walking to the corner in disbelief. Agreed that both are gnarly display of toughness
The GSP one always boggled my mind....how Hardy didnt devastate his shoulders and elbows was nuts
Agree with the top spot. All the various elements make this number one: The duration he was in the sub for, how his various attempts to escape only made for even more painful and awkward positions for his arm (because of Corys escape attempts, Alcantara was able to crank that arm from literally every possible angle to no avail), and finally what happened AFTER ma boi escaped; that of course being the beat down-to-finishing-sequence, followed by him standing up, arms wide, covered in blood, shit eating grin plastered on face. All so damn good.
Cory's fight against Lineker was crazy. Lineker had Corey in a guillotine at the end of the fight and Corey didn't tap. Blood exploded from his nose just as the fight ended. His head almost fucking popped!
Haven’t watched this yet but Tony Ferguson should have an appearance or two on this 🔥
God that armbar that Charles Oliveira had Tony locked in was fuckin wild, Tony’s mental toughness is honorable
The sandhagen one is the first that comes to mind. By far the wildest combination of the way it bent and how quickly cory finished him after
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Tim Sylvia kinda survived his arm break against Frank Mir. He wanted to keep fighting.
100%. Dude was pissed they stopped the fight. Talk all the shit you want about Sylvia. But dude was a tank
@@johnnyrodriguez5938 Definitely a genetic freak that was not normal.
Volk gonna get a few mentions on this one 😂
Tony Ferguson as well lol. He feels it's okay to let people bend his bones, but then taps to a choke. That's always baffled me man
how did he alexander the great did not tap and brian Ortega almost won Championship that fight was awesome 🔥
@@aShamelessHigh maybe going unconscious worries him more than his bones breaking.
He definitely doesn't need more brain damage
First person I thought of when I saw title also.
Once Again It's
MMA Right On Point 💯
Royce Gracie said on the Ultimate 30 documentary that the UFC just made that Matt Hughes could have broken his arm at any point, and that he just let go because he didnt want to break the arm. Like Hughes just let go of it.
One of the best submission survival I can remember was Nobuhiro Obiya vs Milton Vieria from a Deep MMA event in Japan. Vieria was BTT BJJ teacher and showed the Noguira brothers the anaconda choke. The entire fight from start to end is Obiya escaping from the most insane chokes and arm locks!
14:40 “ realized pain is only in your mind not in your arm “ that is an underrated and classic line 😂
I KNEW IT!! I had that Sandhagen one on No.1 as well 😃😃 That survival and escape was inhuman!!!
0:32 That is a dreadful Aoki Achilles lock. Looks like you are trying to break his shin in half. You kneed the hard part of your wrist where the Achilles meets the heel.
Christian Jungwirth survived also a really impressive submission.. would have been definitley a honorable mention here
Yeah, so hard to watch thousands of submission attempts.
So hard to watch.
This guy...
Great video! 😁
Treating us to 15 rather than 10 cheers gents
1:10 that is Roberto breathing
I remember watching the GSP vs Hardy fight. As Dan Hardy fan, I figured he would tap... massive respect to ALL of the fighters on this list. Great choice of fights as well, @MMAONPOINT
Inserts swearing at 0:27. This guy doesn't care about RUclipss rules
Jon made him feel what he almost after he almost got his elbow split in to smithereens, that kamura was nasty
These one-liners are hilarious! Great video
Jamahal Hill vs Paul Craig is #1 in my book. I know he was getting TKOd in the process but for his arm to be dislocated and dangling and him still not tapping is wild.
He was also fine afterwards, he was pissed he lost 😂
this is such a cool concept! But could you make a video about future goats and or double division champions?
sakuraba Vs galesic = submission of the century in Dream. Galesic taps but only after Sakuraba broke his ankle.
When are you guys going to interview Tom Aspinall?
My instant thought was to sandhagen was worried he wasn't going to be featured but this was just insane so glad it was #1
First that comes to my mind is Tony Ferguson not tapping to Charles olvierias arm bar
Love it that you included ZDF Besseresser, the guy's a national treasure here in germany
7:35 am i the only one seeing this? Vitor and bisping sitting right next to eatch others, and bisping is even listening to what vitor is saying
Gantumur bayanduuren is worth a mention, be had a jiujitsu match with mikey musumeci which basically consisted of 10 minutes of mikey ripping all the ligaments in his knees to crumbled up biscuits but he still never tapped
While that guy is tough as nails, he is honestly the very definition of foolish, and a prime example of why you SHOULD tap. He wound up with a torn meniscus, torn MCL and ACL, and a broken ankle. The surgeon literally said his leg looked like it had gone through a terrible motorcycle accident. His leg will NEVER be the same, and he will suffer from pain for the rest of his life I'm sure. Had he put his ego aside and tapped, he'd have walked away to fight another day. That was one of the most foolish things I've ever seen, and was disgusting to watch.
Lmao I popped for the blade reference! I makes no sense but I love it! 😂
3:42 normal Mokaev fight😂😂 may Allah bless this guy
14:25
Tighter than the shows budget 😂
Let's not forget that Mokaev did in fact tap to the kneebar.
sonnen surviving a triangle armbar to win the middleweight goal against anderson silva was the GREATEST submission survival of all time
Mma on point is so on point that everytime i sit down to eat with youtube, it’s mma on point right on point
"....a submission tighter than last seasons TUF budget." That's nasty line from Mr. SkyrimNPC 😂 guys growing on me lol
“I’ll develop an opioid addiction rather than tap.”
When sandhagen got out of that armbar and eventually got the tko, I knew he was gonna be around for a while.
I'm excited for this video.
Ben Henderson is the King of escaping deep submissions.
Some fighters are doing their best to escape a submission and tap at the very last second, some fighters like mokaev and Tony Ferguson just say “fuck it, break my arm, rip out my knee, I’ll still beat you up”
This list confirms what I've thought for a long time, fighters need to start doing yoga! I went to an MMA class for a while so I can tell you that if your muscles are properly stretched arm bars often don't work and omoplatas feel kinda nice
Lopes vs evloev this year was pretty wild too
A cool vid idea would be submissions that came from no where
Mokaev is gonna cut his career short trying to be the tough guy refusing to tap to submissions every fight
Loved the Sum 41 reference 👌
That americana on Lewis is not even close to being finished. His elbow is up by his head, it needs to be down by his ribs to actually be dangerous to the shoulder. I'm completly inflexible but I can easily place my arm in that position. Lewis was never in danger of being submitted.
13:55 You can take Aslan out of the fight, but you can't take Aslan out of the fighter.
Dan Hardy was outclassed in several fights, but I loved his fighting style and his grit.
Great topic!
Plenty of people have talked shit about Carla Esparza and her fights, but she has repeatedly proven herself to be very tough. She's not the best of her division, but Cookie Monster has always proven herself to be pretty badass.
Surprised Dustin vs Khabib wasn’t on here, even Khabib talked about how tight it was
Joseph Benavides vs Deiveson Figueiredo 2? Nasty RNCs
that leg in the thumbnail is wildddd 😂
John Fitch was like unsubmittable until he got older and almost got killed by Mazagatti.
Tony ferguson didn't tapped to 5 submissions and survived 3 of them , tapped to only one submission and that submission was extremely sus , it looks like Tony intentionally let nate to get the choke
100% a staged fight
After seeing these videos, I wonder if the referee should be empowered to stop such fights , before one taps , in order to prevent further damage to the fighters .
I know it's controversial, but don't see a point where someone has legitimately fought out of a move that's locked in so well.
Khabib trying to impregnate fighters in to submission is the craziest subs I have seen. 😂
@4:28 Kikuto looks EXACTLY like an Asian Bayliun and i can't get it out of my head.
14:34 Human Croissant LOL
7:19 “we saw bones in real trouble”
Yes, his bones were probably in real trouble
Awesome video
Dolidze vs Hermansson? Utterly brutal😮
Honorable mention: Moraes vs Eustaquio 3 at OneFC
I'm here for that armbar that GSP had on Hardy.
I waited the whole video for Stamp surviving a twister from Angela Lee
Didn't know that old Italian seller was an international sensation
Rashid magomedovs escape from Tony Martin's armbar was impressive too
Great video. 👌
#1: me Vs. my crippling depression. So far
Never tap brother
Some of those really make me sick to my stomach to see again. Good lord.
I saw in a interview that dan hardy said he would never tap out no matter what
No way really
Dana White just went on Theo Vaughn and said Howler Head is his whisky - so you guys are sponsored by the head of the UFC? would really like to know for our relationship going forward, thank you!
oh does he just have a spin off the original with his name on it or what? still not very comfortable about this, but yea, maybe he doesnt know about what this channel posted about his promotion, truthfully !
Hughes-trigg 2. Haven't even watched the video yet 😕
12:26 lmao I see him all the time and never knew he was THAT Dan Hardy. Idk why my mind never drew the connection. 😂
I think Volk vs Ortega should be ranked higher, because Volk talked about how close he was to blacking out while in that guillotine
Haven't watched yet but Dan Hardy vs GSP comes to mind first.
Moraes unsuccessful submission attempt on eustaquio is also unreal.
Noah makes me bleed my own blood
Anyone else wondering what happened to caposa’s corner?
Before even starting the video I know Tony Ferguson gonna be here twice
Don’t even need to watch it Tony Ferguson vs Charlie olives is the nastiest submission I have ever seen and he didn’t even tap.
You didn't watch alot then. People have had there bones shattered cause they didn't tap
@@smhgaming3259 sorry for voicing my opinion forgot shaking my head gaming3259 has the end of opinion. I said one that I have seen because I had watched it live and think Olivera isn’t just a chump Tony was so deep in an arm bar against one the best at jiu jitsu to ever do it probably the best to every do it in the UFC
Before I watch this, I'll say Volk vs Ortega must be at top 5
The Vitor armbar on jon jones was one of the fastest submissions I've ever seen put on someone ha
You forgot to mention Sandhagen not only beat Iuri Alcântara, but finished him too.
Ken S and Don F were REAL MEN . The Ken S and Dan S fight showed his character.
theres a lot from movsar evloev as well
Before i watch this video
Im already predicting Tony Ferguson being top tier here
Dude doesnt not quit 👍🤙
He quit being choked out by nate diaz. Tapping out is quiting
@@smhgaming3259 100 percent believe he gave that one to nate. A gimme
@@jakecollins4545 dude would rather get his arm broken or be choked out...
Only time he tapped was against nate. And that was a gimme ...
More submission attempts than 50 shades of grey 💀
Dan just doesn't understand what the word intelligent actually means which explains a lot about Mr. CTE.
He didn't technically survive it but Merab vs Ricky Simon was insane
So... it clearly can't make the list if he tapped...
I have zero idea of what your point for posting a submission a fighter tapped to on a list about fighters that didn't tap is.
@@aarondeck7934 he didn't tap...
@82Axell82 sorry, you said he didn't survive it. As a human who does not know this fight, he lost? Did someone get a limb broken?
Sorry for being casual on this.
@@aarondeck7934 Ricky put Merab in one of the tightest mounted guillotines I've ever seen for the last minute of the third round. Merab survived until the end of the round, but the ref called it a submission win for Ricky instead of letting it go to a decision. Pretty controversial call to some.
@82Axell82 so, by the technical rules stated by the channel, duder didn't escape.
A loss is a loss is a loss. Accept it. If you wanna big up your guy, make your own channel and talk about it. Otherwise, accept the criteria and shut the fuck up
Is Hughes vs Newton a technical disqualification? He didn't survive it in any way but officially haha, but he technically did.
Ill ice skate uphill without skates if i have to 😡
Haven't watched the video yet. I got a sneaking suspicion that the Oliveira/Ferguson armbar is in there.
Why tap, why tap. Break bone ☠️☠️