When 2018 comes to a close, expect this ONE Championship 77 bout to appear on most “Submission of the Year” lists. At Saturday’s “Pursuit of Power” event, which streamed online from Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ariel Sexton (12-4) tapped out fellow lightweight Kota Shimoishi (21-6) with quite the nifty move . Related What do you call this awesome double submission by Ariel Sexton at ONE Championship 77? After dropping Shimoishi with a right uppercut, Sexton secured his opponent with a reverse triangle choke before getting the tap with a simultaneous Americana early in the third round. The 36-year-old Costa Rican is now on a 4-1 run with nine submissions in 12 career victories. None, though, is likely to garner Sexton the type of acclaim his latest one has
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