There were 91 submission finishes inside the Octagon this year; yes, I did the math.
The 2025 campaign kicked off with two armbars on the first event — one to close out the prelims, the other to close out the show — and wrapped with a solitary anaconda choke from intriguing welterweight newcomer Yaroslav Amosov. There were nearly three times as many rear-naked chokes as there were any other submission, and we had a couple different one-offs, including an Ezekial choke, a reverse can opener, a triangle armbar, and a keylock.
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Anaconda chokes edged out brabo chokes 5-4, there were eight combined finishes involving the words “triangle” and “choke” including two triangle chokes, plus a pair of ninja chokes, five kimuras — including back-to-back one night, which is even more wild to recall now — and six face cranks, which feels like an all-time high.