Chan Sung-Jung, aka “the Korean Zombie” broke UFC’s record. He forced Leonard Garcia to tap to a neck crank called “the twister” at UFC Fight Night 24, it was the first time the submission had been used to finish a fight in UFC history.The unusual move earned Jung a $55,000 Submission of the Night bonus.
He talked about the move after the fight, “It’s something I saw a long time ago on the Internet on video,” Jung said. “It’s one of Eddie Bravo’s moves. It’s something I practiced because it looks fun and I do it quite a bit in practice. I have always told people I was going to try it sometime in competition. I wanted to do it in the UFC and I was able to, finally.
Referee Dan Miragliotta said he teaches the move at his school in New Jersey, however, he said, “I teach it, but it never works.”
And as many times as Jung has tried it before, it hadn’t worked. But he knew it was late in the round and there was nothing to lose by attempting it. He didn’t begin to move to apply the twister until there were roughly 20 seconds left in the round.
The move ‘Twister’ is associated with rubber guard guru Eddie Bravo who wrote an entire book on it, called “Mastering the Twister”.
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