5 times Tony Ferguson beat an opponent with a chokehold submission in the UFC

#4. Tony Ferguson vs Mike Rio UFC 166 - Submission of the Night

Tony Ferguson's career has included a good amount of injuries. His match against Mike Rio at UFC 166 marked 'El Cucuy's return from a year's worth of downtime and he arrived in spectacular form. Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos were the highlights of the day as they would face off in the main event.

It may have seemed that the heavyweights would take the spotlight away from the other matches, but leave it to 'El Cucuy' to grab your attention and keep it there. A match with Rio might sound glamorous, but Ferguson was coming out of an injury, so a smaller challenge seemed logical to see if he still had it. It didn't take long for the fans to be assured of the fact that Ferguson still had it in him by the bucket load.

Sometimes 5 rounds are not enough to decide a winner and sometimes matches are decided within a few minutes. Rio swooped in for a takedown but got trapped in a chokehold that he couldn’t get out of. Ferguson proceeded to put his opponent in a grip that only fictional heroes could beat. Rio had no other choice but to tap out and give Ferguson the win in just 1:52.

#3. Tony Ferguson vs Abel Trujillo UFC 181

'El Cucuy" was on a 3 fight win streak when he was drawn up to face Abel, a young incoming fighter at UFC 181. There isn't much to note about Trujillo's record other than that he's on a long list of names that fought and lost against Khabib 'The Eagle' Nurmagomedov.

Maybe tonight was going to be the night that the underdog came out on top. After the first round ended, it seemed that Trullio was going to dominate Ferguson and break the streak. That was until Abel found himself on the wrong end of a rear-naked choke and had to give up. Tony’s arsenal of strikes and elbows means that he never gets props for his Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills. His string of submission finishes should be enough to silence some of his staunchest critics.