The 10 Rarest submissions in MMA history

#8 Alexander Otsuka’s double armbar against Mike Bourke

Another gem from PRIDE’s heyday and more importantly, one of the few sparks from Otsuka’s spluttering MMA career. A pro-wrestler-turned-mixed martial artist, Otsuka’s style in MMA always evinced his wrestling roots and a time when the lines often blurred between the two sports, this wasn’t a hitch.

Mike Bourke had taken this fight on short notice and dwarfed Otsuka by 60 lbs. The American used his size and power to quickly assumed top position. Bourke’s wrestler-brawler style had no answer for Otsuka’s Jiu-Jitsu, and to everyone’s wonder, the “Diet Butcher” turned what looked like a hip drill into a never-before double armbar!