Luca Poclit’s puzzled the MMA world.
The Bellator welterweight debuted for the promotion with one of the most bizarre finishes seen in 2022. Poclit (8-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) put his opponent Dante Schiro (94 MMA, 1-2 BMMA) to sleep with an unorthodox choke in the opening bout of the Bellator 285 card at 3Arena in Dublin.
Many were confused by what they saw in real-time and even question the intent behind the choke. Poclit assures it was no luck.
“Yeah, I know, I practice it every day in the gym, this submission,” Poclit told reporters at the Bellator 285 post-fight press conference. “I practice. My coach knows this submission, John Kavanaugh.”
Have you 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 seen anything like this?!
Luca Poclit submits Schiro to open #Bellator285 with a bang
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John Kavanaugh, head coach at SBG Ireland, calls the submission win the “Luca-nator.”
You can watch Poclit’s full post-fight scrum in the video above.
Luca Poclit’s insane choke at Bellator 285 was no fluke: ‘I practice it everyday in the gym’