MMA 2020 Year in Review: Submission of the Year
AJ McKee vs Darrion Caldwell, Bellator 253 Credit: Bellator MMA
The closest race in the history of our Year-End awards resulted in a trio of fighters sharing Submission of the Year for 2020.
The Submission of the Year for 2020 was one of the most hotly contested categories in our Year-End MMA awards. There were a lot of strong candidates, from Jack Hermansson’s heel hook submission of Kelvin Gastelum, to Jimmy Flick’s flying triangle. Ariane Lipski got in the running with a nasty kneebar. Violence Queen indeed!
A trio of higher stakes submissions came out on top however. That’s right we have a three-way tie! Read on to see who shared the honors for Submission of the Year 2020.