We have been treated to a lot of amazing submissions in 2011 but this one really stood out for me. No before you ask it wasn’t a submission in the UFC, or Strikeforce, Dream, even Bellator. It happened in BAMMA right here in the United Kingdom.

Danny Mitchell’s flying triangle on Dean Amasinger is my choice for submission of the year 2011.

For most MMA fighters a Triangle is a move used solely for when they are on their backs with an opponent in their guard. Not so for the Cheesecake Assassin, he likes to throw them while standing up. You may recognise the man he taps out, Dean Amasinger. Dean was on Season 9 of The Ultimate Fighter if you watch the UF (I don’t because I hate the ‘fakeness’ of reality TV – especially X-Factor).

I liked this submission so much because we hardly ever get to see this move pulled off successfully in BJJ let alone in an MMA fight. In fact I don’t recall ever seeing it in any MMA match I’ve ever watched (that isn’t to say it hasn’t been done before!).

With Amasinger holding Mitchell up against the cage after a brief exchange of strikes. Then all of the sudden Mitchell throws his shoulders forward to create some space for his hips to move and uses the space to throw his legs up over and around Amasinger and then locks his feet together. He then falls to the mat and puts the move on fully to get the tap.

No one could have predicted that finish, let alone Amasinger who was caught completely off guard and had no idea what was happening until it was too late.

Danny Mitchell Vs Dean Amasinger

The submission happens at around the 11:45 mark in the video.

Does anyone else want some cheesecake right about now?

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