Video: Fighter pulls off insane inverted standing choke at OKTAGON 80

Triangle choke submissions have become increasingly rare in MMA. An inverted triangle choke? Even more so. And an inverted triangle choke from the STANDING position? Impossible.

Or so we thought.

Henrique Madureira had a serious trick up his sleeve for Saturday's OKTAGON 80 showdown with Eriglent Prizreni at Sap Garden in Munich, Germany. In the opening round, he got in position to wrap and tie up his legs around his opponent's neck from the backside, all while they were still on the feet.

Madureira (9-7) managed to lock in the choke and arch his weight down to bring Prizreni (3-1) toward the mat, and by that point it was too late to escape and elicited the tap out to end the featherweight bout at the 1:10 mark of Round 1.

Check out the replay of the wild win below (via X):

Although it wasn't the most high-profile or significant result in terms of rankings or a championship fight, Madureira's brilliant technique turned heads and is likely to land him a spot on MMA Junkie's Submission of the Month nominee list for November.

Madureira, 36, has now won three straight fights and is 4-1 in 2025 after a rough stretch of losing four consecutive bouts.

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video: Fighter pulls off insane inverted standing choke at OKTAGON 80