Technique(?) Video of the Day: The Standing Guillotine Suplex

(Props to our buddies over at IronForgesIron. Skip to 4:00 for the beginning of the fight.) 

If Scott Jorgensen hadn’t convinced you back at WEC 47 that the guillotine choke could get much, much worse, then Morgan Bracken sure will. The 4-3 lightweight fighter managed to pull off this beaut of a throw/submission last weekend at an unknown event in Topeka, Kansas. We literally know nothing else about the fight, and frankly we don’t care to find out. Because a move like this is kind of like trolls in Norway, legend has it that they exist but you until you actually see one, you never believe. In fact, one of the only other people to see both a guillotine suplex and a troll is Bas Rutten. Go figure.

Let us not forget those who paved the way.

The “Spitting Sideways” 

The “Storm” 

The “Hemingway” 

-Danga 

The Guillotine in MMA

The guillotine choke has been one of MMA’s most common submissions since the earliest UFC events, but finishes that combine it with a throw are far rarer. When it is locked in tightly while standing, a fighter can sometimes use the hold to slam or flip an opponent before finishing the choke on the ground.

Moves like this one show why regional MMA highlights remained a CagePotato favourite: the unexpected finishes often came from fighters few had heard of.