5 greatest submissions in ONE Championship history

#2. Yusup Saadulaev submits Jordan Lucas with a modified rear-naked choke (ONE Championship: State of Warriors)

This submission by ONE Championship bantamweight fighter Yusup 'Maestro' Saadulaev is as inventive as it is brutal. With jiu jitsu getting more popular through the years, masters of the art have created new and different ways to attack. Such is the case with Saadulaev's modification of the famous rear-naked choke.

Fans collectively gasped when 'Maestro' sunk the choke deep into Jordan Lucas' neck. The submission was so brutal it's quite impossible to survive it without tapping.

Watch the full fight and submission here:

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#1 Garry Tonon submits Yoshiki Nakahara with a heel hook (ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon)

Swift, precise, and absolutely brilliant. Jiu jitsu legend and now ONE Championship featherweight Garry 'The Lion Killer' Tonon does what he does best.

The multi-time jiu jitsu and submission grappling champion is a master of the fundamentals. He doesn't go for fancy, over-the-top holds but his grasp of the basics is near-perfect. His masterful heel hook on Yoshiki Nakahara is just the latest entry in Tonon's massive highlight reel.

A member of the famed 'Danaher Death Squad', a jiu jitsu team headed by master John Danaher, Tonon is a genius when it comes to leg locks. He faked a single-leg takedown attempt to pull Nakahara's leg to set it up for a heel hook submission. The sequence couldn't have been smoother. It looked like Tonon was just practicing a drill in the gym. It was effortless.

Watch the full fight and submission here: