There are a few rare submissions in the MMA world. Today brought another one for the list.

Earlier this month, we saw Ovince Saint Preux get his third Von Flue choke finish in the UFC, and we gushed over how he had three of the five all time in UFC history. But what would you say to a Boston Crab?

You know the Boston Crab. It’s the old-school pro wrestling move that has the victim, for lack of a better term, tapping when his legs and back are being bent toward his head while he lies face down on the canvas, with the eventual winner pulling on his legs from a standing position, torquing back.

WWE superstar Chris Jericho uses a modified elevated version of the hold as his signature finish, “The Walls of Jericho.”

Today in Manchester, England, at Full Contact Contender 19, Jonno Mears forced Aaron Jones to tap to the seldom, if ever, seen-in-MMA hold. And he stuck his tongue out while doing it, 90 seconds into the first round.

So how long before that one makes its way across the pond to a Stateside MMA event? Think we’ll see one in a UFC show any time soon?

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