10 unbelievably creative moments in MMA

#10 Genki Sudo’s swing to leg-lock transition

Sudo, with his novel way of entering the ring

It was the year 2000 and Genki Sudo, the insane Japanese fighter (nicknamed the “Neo-Samurai”), was fighting a man named Craig Oxley. While Oxley held Sudo in a guard position, the Japanese couldn’t take it for long so he tried something which was never ever tried before: he grabbed Oxley’s ankles and swirled him in circles, like a helicopter.

Yes, this happened in a real fight. As he landed Oxley, Sudo instantly transitioned into a leg-lock which forced the unsuspecting Oxley to do nothing but tap-out.