Is technical submission a new term? I thought choke outs and breaks were considered TKO’s?
E Honda asked:
Congrats to Justin Wren on his excellent performance on TUF. I’ve read several blogs and an article that all stated that he won by technical submission. I haven’t heard that term before and I’ve always thought referee stoppages for choke outs and breaks were technical knockouts. Have the unified MMA rules changed?
Maya
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Congrats to Justin Wren on his excellent performance on TUF. I’ve read several blogs and an article that all stated that he won by technical submission. I haven’t heard that term before and I’ve always thought referee stoppages for choke outs and breaks were technical knockouts. Have the unified MMA rules changed?
Maya
January 1st, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Timothy
e honda, your right it is a tko, they just stated it with the word submission.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:02 am
Carter
A technical knockout is when a ref stops the fight due to strikes or kicks or knees, a technical submission is when the ref stops the fight because the other fighter can not defend himself and can no longer tap.
You can see this in Ed Hermans fight with Demian Maia he didn’t tap and went unconcious so the ref had to stop it, it was ruled a technical submission seeing as he did not submit but the refree had to stop the fight. The term technical submission has been used for awhile.
Tim Sylvias fight with Frank Mir in 2004 was ruled a technical submission because he would not tap but the refree saw his arm break.
January 8th, 2010 at 9:42 am
Gianna
technical submission is when the ref stops it even though the guy didnt tap.
January 11th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Jason
A technical submission is if the guy does not
tap but the ref stops it anyway because the guy falls asleep or gets his arm broken. Like a TKO, ref stops it to prevent damage.
January 13th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
Elijah
Nope. Royler lost to Saku by technical submission. It’s when the ref ends the fight because of a submission, when the losing fighter is either unwilling or unable to himself submit.