The 50 Best Submissions in the History of MMA

Celebrate UFC 134 by watching the illest submission stoppages in the history of mixed martial arts.

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UFC 134 kicks off from Rio on Saturday with a bunch of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu masters on the card. Feeling like you need to get warmed up for all those upcoming submissions? That doesn't mean slapping an armbar on one of your friends. Someone will get hurt. Besides, that's why Complex is here. Peruse our list of the 50 best submissions of all time. Just promise you won't get choked up by our selections.

ps, submissions from strikes were not included in this list. That's for another time...

Written by Orlando Lima (@limachips)

50. Randy Couture vs James Toney

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49. Ryo Chonan vs Anderson Silva

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48. Frank Mir vs Cheick Kongo

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47. Don Frye vs Tank Abbott

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46. Fedor Emelianenko vs Choi Hong-Man

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45. Antonio Nogueira vs Bob Sapp

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44. Rickson Gracie vs Rei Zulu 2

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43. Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock

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42. Marco Ruas vs Larry Cureton

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41. Carlos Newton vs Kazuhiro Kusayanagi

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40. Shinya Aoki vs Mizuto Hirota

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39. Phil Davis vs Tim Boetsch

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38. Pedro Rizzo vs Michael Tielrooy

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37. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Kimo

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36. Fedor Emelianenko vs Mark Coleman 2

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35. Georges St-Pierre vs Matt Hughes 1

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34. Demian Maia vs Chael Sonnen

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33. Quinton Jackson vs Kazushi Sakuraba

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32. Ken Shamrock vs Bas Rutten 2

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31. Donald Cerrone vs Paul Kelly

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30. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Carlos Newton

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29. Antonio Nogueira vs Tim Sylvia

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28. Royce Gracie vs Kimo

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27. Kazushi Sakuraba vs Zelg Galesic

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26. Bas Rutten vs Yusuke Fuke

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25. Cole Miller vs Junie Browning

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24. Forrest Griffin vs Mauricio Rua

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23. Brock Lesner vs Frank Mir 1

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22. Antonio Nogueira vs Mark Coleman

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21. Rickson Gracie vs Masakatsu Funaki

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20. Toby Imada vs Jorge Masvidal

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19. Nick Diaz vs Takanori Gomi

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18. Chan Sung Jung vs Leonard Garcia

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17. Demian Maia vs Ed Herman

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16. Anderson Silva vs Dan Henderson

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15. Fedor Emelianenko vs Kevin Randleman

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14. Roger Huerta vs Clay Guida

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13. Mark Coleman v Dan Severn

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12. Frank Mir vs Pete Williams

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11. Matt Hughes vs Frank Trigg 2

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10. Nate Diaz vs Kurt Pellegrino

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9. Marloes Coenen vs Miesha Tate

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8. Brock Lesner vs Shane Carwin

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7. Georges St-Pierre vs Matt Hughes 3

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6. Antonio Nogueira vs Mirko Crocop

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5. BJ Penn vs Matt Hughes 1

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4. Royce Gracie vs Dan Severn

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3. Chris Lytle vs Dan Hardy

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2. Fabricio Werdum vs Fedor Emelianenko

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1. Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen

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