With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from July 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for July.<\/p>\n
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Nominee: Movsar Ibragimov def. Gerardo Fanny at PFL Europe 2<\/p>\n
Movsar Ibragimov kept his undefeated career record alive when he choked Gerardo Fanny with a rare technique in their PFL bantamweight showdown.<\/p>\n
Ibragimov (7-0) took advantage of Fanny failing to let go from bottom position and clamped on a Von Flue choke<\/a> that, after a brief struggle, led to the tap.<\/p>\n Nominee: Valter Walker def. Kennedy Nzechukwu at UFC on ESPN 70<\/p>\n Valter Walker made history when he finished Kennedy Nzechukwu with his third consecutive heel hook finish.<\/p>\n Walker’s (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) now trademark move landed early again, because he managed to make Nzechukwu (14-6 MMA, 8-6 UFC) tap just 54 seconds into Round 1 of the heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n Nominee: Brunno Ferreira def. Jackson McVey at UFC 318<\/p>\n For all the UFC middleweights who thought they just had to worry about Brunno Ferreira in the standup game, the Brazilian may have made their prep work a little more difficult after taking out Jackson McVey.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Ferreira \u00a0(14-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC)\u00a0submitted short-notice replacement UFC newcomer McVey (6-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) with a nasty armbar at the 3:35 mark of the first round, showing diversity to his finishing attacks.<\/p>\n Nominee: Jimmy Crute def. Marcin Prachnio at UFC 318<\/p>\n Jimmy Crute is back in the win column for the first time since 2020 \u2013 and he reentered in style against Marcin Prachnko.<\/p>\n