A triangle choke, or sankaku-jime (三角絞) in judo, is a type of figure-four chokehold that encircles the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration...

Arm triangle choke, side choke, or head and arm choke are generic terms describing blood chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between their...

received his BJJ black belt and the nickname "T-City" (from his use of triangle choke) from Gracie. When Ortega was 17, he met boxing coach James Luhrsen...

Bellator MMA debut facing Victor Moreno at Bellator 117 winning via triangle choke submission in the second round. Smith faced Brian Green on October 17...

chokes or combinations occur as well. Blood chokes, especially the rear naked choke, triangle chokes, or gi chokes, are commonly used as submission holds in...

Night 13. Diaz defeated Pellegrino via triangle-choke submission in the second round. As he locked up the choke, Diaz had time to flex for the crowd and...

at The Supreme Cage Fighting 1. He won via third round submission (triangle choke). Rodríguez then fought Luis Roberto Herrera on December 12, 2012, at...

the fight via rear-naked choke in round one. On January 12, 2008, Meerschaert faced Kenneth Allen and won via triangle choke in round one. Five weeks...

arm-triangle choke submission in the third round. Makhachev faced Thiago Moisés on 17 July 2021 at UFC on ESPN 26. He won the fight by a rear-naked choke...

March 2019, at UFC on ESPN 2. He won the fight via submission due to a triangle choke in the third round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night...

The pentagram choke creates a complete vise around the opponent's neck, and its name comes from using five sides, whereas the triangle choke only uses three...

professional career began in October 2014, debuting with a first round triangle choke victory against Adam Tsurov at M-1 Challenge 52. He would continue fighting...

March 8 at Oplot Challenge 40, and again being submitted by an arm-triangle choke. A month later, he defeated Gabriel Tampu by TKO at M-1 Challenge 38...

of the Shooto Rookie of the Year Tournament, winning by first-round triangle choke. On November 25, 2018, he rematched Ryu Oyakawa, whom he fought twice...

2019 where he defeated Kyrgyz fighter Melisbek Abdrakhmanov via arm-triangle choke in round one of the fight. On September 18, 2020 he was booked to fight...

inductee, Chuck Liddell. Horn rendered Liddell unconscious with an arm-triangle choke 12:00 into the bout, which would be the only submission loss of Liddell's...

UFC 254. Nurmagomedov won the fight via technical submission with a triangle choke in the second round to defend and re-unify the UFC Lightweight Championship...

surviving an early guillotine from Bigdash, Reiner choked him out with an inverted triangle choke in the first round. This win earned him the Performance...

submissions, before giving up top position to Gormley and securing a triangle choke. Struve then signed a new four-fight deal with the UFC. His first fight...

where he got his second win, defeating Alexander Shlemenko by an arm triangle choke submission. He went on to fight twice before the end of 2006, winning...

236 on February 10, 2024. He won the bout by submission due to an arm-triangle choke with seconds remaining in the first round. This fight earned him another...

Jones Guida defeated Shannon Gugerty at 3:40 of round 2 by way of arm-triangle choke, ending Guida's two fight losing streak along with winning his first...

vacant M-1 Global Heavyweight title, he won the fight via submission (triangle choke). Volkov faced former Bellator light heavyweight champion Attila Végh...

submitting Gary Goodridge by triangle choke. At Pride 16, he submitted UFC and Pride Grand Prix champion Mark Coleman by triangle armbar. Nogueira was crowned...

Almeida. In a hybrid rules fight, Ryan submitted wrestler Bo Nickal via triangle choke. Ryan was forced to withdraw from a superfight set for July 31, 2020...

being staggered and nearly finished by Lawler, Mayhem secured an arm triangle choke and won via submission in the third round. In December of the same year...

Fighter winner and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin with a triangle choke submission maneuver. Sonnen made his UFC debut in a Light Heavyweight...

2010, at WEC 53. He won via submission in the second round with a triangle choke. In October 2010, World Extreme Cagefighting merged with the Ultimate...

Barcelona, Spain. He won his first match against Toni Linden by arm triangle choke. He lost his second match to Pablo Popovitch, a veteran grappler he...

UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall. He won the fight via rear-naked choke submission in the second round. This win earned him the Performance of the...