With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie takes a look at the best submissions from March 1-31. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for March 2014. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting on your choice for “Submission of the Month.” * * * * * THE NOMINEES Eduardo Dantas def. Anthony Leone at Bellator 111 Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Eduardo Dantas (16-3 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) defended his belt for the second time with a slick rear-naked choke of Anthony Leone (13-7 MMA, 3-4 BMMA) at Bellator 111. When Leone was hugging a leg of a single-leg takedown attempt, the champion stepped over to the back and immediately went to work. It only took the blink of an eye from the time Dantas took the back to when he trapped his opponent’s arm, took the neck and got the tapout
Bellator 111 live results and fight recaps
March 7, 2014
Anthony Leone replaces injured Rafael Silva, faces champ Eduardo Dantas at Bellator 111
February 5, 2014
Bellator 111 lineup set with six-fight preliminary card
February 1, 2014