Ronda Rousey brushed aside another top contender last night, eliciting a tap from Cat Zingano in just 14 seconds. Rousey's lightning-fast submission equaled the record for the quickest UFC armbar, set by Joe "Ghetto Man" Charles over 20 years ago at UFC 4.
Rousey joins Charles, Royce Gracie, Fabiano Iha, Dustin Hazelett, Jeremy Horn, Frank Mir and Jim Miller in the group of fighters who have won two UFC fights by armbar in less than five minutes.
Charles, Horn and former welterweight champion Matt Hughes are the only fighters who have both won and lost UFC fights by armbar in the first round.
The 10 Quickest Armbars in UFC History * |
# |
Date |
Event |
Winner |
Loser |
Time |
1 | Feb 28, 2015 | UFC 184 | Ronda Rousey | Cat Zingano | 0:14 |
- | Dec 16, 1994 | UFC 4 | Joe Charles | Kevin Rosier | 0:14 |
3 | Apr 2, 2008 | UFN 13 | Marcus Aurélio | Ryan Roberts | 0:16 |
- | Dec 21, 1997 | UFC Japan | Frank Shamrock | Kevin Jackson | 0:16 |
5 | Dec 16, 2000 | UFC 29 | Dennis Hallman | Matt Hughes | 0:20 |
6 | Aug 1, 2010 | UFC Live | Charles Oliveira | Darren Elkins | 0:41 |
7 | Jun 19, 2004 | UFC 48 | Frank Mir | Tim Sylvia | 0:50 |
8 | Mar 3, 2012 | UFC on FX 2 | TJ Waldburger | Jake Hecht | 0:55 |
- | Nov 17, 2000 | UFC 28 | Andrei Arlovski | Aaron Brink | 0:55 |
10 | Sep 25, 2010 | UFC 119 | Sean McCorkle | Mark Hunt | 1:03 |
* - As of March 1st, 2015
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