Gogoplatas galore

Heavyweight fighter Brad Imes, who was runner-up in the second season of The Ultimate Fighter, has been on a tear since leaving the big leagues. Most recently, he's been featured on several major MMA Web sites for finishing his last two fights with the rare jiu-jitsu submission known as the gogoplata. He used it to submit Zak Jensen at the World Fighting Championship event on September 15, and again against Bo Cantrell at King Of The Cage - Arch Rivals on October 27.

Here's how Wikipedia describes it: "The gogoplata is executed from a guard. Specifically, it is usually executed from a "rubber guard," where the legs are held very high, against the opponent's upper back. The fighter then slips one foot in front of the opponent's head and under his chin, locks his hands behind the opponent's head, and chokes the opponent by pressing his shin or instep against the opponent's trachea."

Imes is reportedly the third fighter to use the move in a fight and the first to end two fights with it. Shinya Aoki was the first, using it to defeat Joachim Hansen at PRIDE Shockwave 2006. Nick Diaz used a gogo to defeat Takanori Gomi at PRIDE 33, although the decision was later overturned after Diaz tested positive for marijuana.