Luca Poclit’s picked up one of the craziest submissions of the year on Friday at Bellator 285.
The SBG Ireland welterweight Poclit (8-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) put his opponent Dante Schiro (94 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) to sleep with a ridiculous choke in the opening bout the card at 3Arena in Dublin. It
The commentators, and most watching from home, didn’t even realize Schiro was being choked until he was unconscious, and the referee was stopping the bout.
You can watch Poclit’s wild finish in the video below (via Twitter):
Have you 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 seen anything like this?!
Luca Poclit submits Schiro to open #Bellator285 with a bang
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— BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) September 23, 2022
The official verdict, Poclit defeated Schiro by technical submission (modified arm-triangle) in Round 2 at the 4:31 mark. However, it was also announced as the “Luca-nator.”
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for Bellator 285.
Bellator 285 video: Luca Poclit scores ‘Luca-nator’ Submission of the Year contender