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armbar
noun
A joint lock where the elbow is hyperextended in order to cause pain and/or injury.
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She has finished most of her opponents with her signature armbar, but this time it was her striking force that made the difference.
Rousey claimed in her post-fight interview that they had prepared for Zingano to star with a flying attack and the training paid off, with Rousey flawlessly transitioning into a variation of her famed armbar for the submission win.
They attended primarily to catch the main event featuring the Brazilian featherweight destroyer "Cyborg," who chewed up and spit out Canada's Charmaine Tweet in 46 seconds – three fewer than Rousey needed to armbar Tweet at 150lbs in 2011.
Another Homan arrestee who "had to be carried and again spit on and struck and kicked officers" was punched, "placed in an armbar" hold, and subjected to a "take down/emergency handcuffing", a procedure to force someone to the floor.
Rousey left a massive impression over her first eight contests by winning with the same move each time: an armbar submission ingrained in Rousey by her mom, AnnMaria DeMars, the first American woman to win a world judo championship in 1984.
Amazingly, the official time of the fight was four seconds more than Rousey's last two wins combined: a 16-second KO over Alexis Davis and a 14-second armbar of Cat Zingano.
In these muddy waters, nothing is clear: Holm has knocked out Rousey, Tate has choked out Holm, and Rousey has beaten Tate twice, each time by applying an armbar so painful that Tate conceded — winning by submission can seem even more convincing than winning by knockout.
The police officers' responses are described through checked boxes as well: "Member Presence", "Verbal Commands", "Escort Holds", "Wristlock", "Armbar", "Open Hand Strike", "Take Down/Emergency Handcuffing", "Closed Hand Strike/Punch".
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