The 11 Best MMA Submission Videos on YouTube

Last week, Bleacher Report brought you the best knockout videos on YouTube. After listening to the response from our readers, we have decided to do some research on the best submission videos YouTube has to offer.

From Pride to Bellator to Strikeforce and the UFC, we found some of the most memorable submissions in MMA history.

We have narrowed the list and now present you with the 11 best submission videos on YouTube.

Toby Imada

Fighting a professional boxer this Saturday, Jorge Masvidal is unlikely to have to worry about getting put to sleep by an inverted triangle choke.

However, that was not the case when he fought Toby Imada in the semifinals of a lightweight tournament at Bellator 5 in May 2009.

Richard Hale

It is rare enough to see a lightweight finish a fight with an inverted triangle, so to see a light heavyweight put someone to sleep with the submission is downright mind-blowing.

Not to mention 205-pound fighter Richard Hale did just that in the same promotion that Toby Imada did, Bellator. Hale's inverted triangle came in the first round of a light heavyweight tournament against Nik Fekete.

Daiju Takase

Riding a nine-fight winning streak, Anderson Silva was becoming recognized as a rising MMA star heading into his fight with Daiju Takase at Pride 26.

However, Takase had a few tricks up his sleeve for this fight. After gaining side control, Takase waited for Silva to commit to an attempt at a reversal and then baited the future UFC Middleweight Champion into a triangle choke.

Ryo Chonan

Before becoming a human highlight reel in the UFC, Anderson Silva was on the wrong end of a couple Pride highlights.

Most notably, Silva got caught in this ridiculous flying scissor heel hook in a December 2004 fight with Ryo Chonan.

Anderson Silva

Now that we have pointed out the few dark marks in Silva's career, it is time we showed one of the great moments of the UFC Middleweight Champion's career, which just so happened to come by a submission available on YouTube.

After being unable to mount any type of offense for four rounds, Silva caught Sonnen with a triangle choke in the final minutes to retain his title in dramatic fashion.

Fabricio Werdum

Heading into his bout with Fabricio Werdum in June 2010, Fedor Emelianenko had never really been legitimately beaten in his 33 career fights.

Emelianenko's only loss to that point had come by way of an unlucky cut suffered during the first 20 seconds of a fight in December 2000.

Chan Sung Jung

In a rematch of a war between the two fighters less than one year prior, Chan Sung Jung and Leonard Garcia met in March 2011.

With most expecting another wild slugfest, Jung shocked everybody watching when he finished Garcia with a very rare submission via the twister.

Brad Pickett

Making his debut with the WEC in December 2009, Brad Pickett met Kyle Dietz in a bantamweight bout.

In the second round, Pickett secured a Peruvian neck tie that forced Dietz to tap.

Kazushi Sakuraba

At Dream 12, MMA great Kazushi Sakuraba met Zelg Galesic. Sakuraba took Galesic down early in the first round and immediately looked to secure a leg lock.

Despite taking a number of unanswered shots from Galesic while trying to secure the hold, Sakuraba refused to let go of Galesic's leg. Eventually, Sakuraba finally forced Galesic to tap with a knee bar.

Since this fight, Sakuraba has not been able to come away with another victory. If Sakuraba isn't able to win another fight in his career, this submission would be a fine one to look back on as the last win of Sakuraba's career.

Carlos Newton

Years before making a name for himself as UFC Welterweight Champion, Carlos Newton fought Kazuhiro Kusayanagi in a March 1998 Shooto fight.

As Kusayanagi attempted a kimura, Newton moved to side control and completed a beautiful submission reversal with a fight-ending armbar.

Nick Diaz

Unlike the twister and Peruvian neck tie, the gogoplata is a submission hold that is actually attempted occasionally during competition. However, that doesn't mean it results in a submission on a regular basis.

In February 2007, Nick Diaz was able to force a tap from Takanori Gomi with the technique, though. At the beginning of the second round, Diaz was taken down and, without hesitation, went straight for the gogoplata.

Unfortunately, the win was later overturned to a no contest after Diaz's drug test came back positive for marijuana.

Sean Smith is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA. For the latest insight and updates on everything MMA, you can follow Sean on Twitter here.