Snatching necks: Relive the best guillotine choke submissions in Bellator history

Perhaps MMA’s most underappreciated submission, the guillotine choke is simple yet effective.

Since the promotion’s conception, there have been a handful of guillotine submissions in Bellator that have stood out from the rest. Whether from the magnitude of the fight or the slickness of jumping for a “guilly,” Bellator recently whittled down its list and compiled a highlight reel of all of its best guillotine choke submissions.

The compilation includes submissions from both the Bjorn Rebney and Scott Coker eras of Bellator with names ranging from Pat Curran to James Gallagher to Patricio Freire.

The list includes:

• Dave Vitkay vs. Jeff Peterson – Bellator 93
• Georgi Karakhanyan vs. Bubba Jenkins – Bellator 132
• Pat Curran vs. Shakhbulat Shamkhalaev – Bellator 95
• Benson Henderson vs. Roger Huerta – Bellator 196
• Pedro Carvalho vs. Luca Vitali – Bellator 211
• James Gallagher vs. Roman Salazar – Bellator 227
• A.J. McKee vs. Cody Walker – Bellator 160
• Fernando Gonzalez vs. Brennan Ward – Bellator 182
• Anatoly Tokov vs. Gerald Harris – Bellator 218
• Sergio Pettis vs. Alfred Khashakyan – Bellator 238
• Patricio Freire vs. Emmanuel Sanchez – Bellator 255

Check out the top guillotine choke submissions in Bellator history in the video above.