When the elite submission games of the 185 pound division come up, the names are familiar to most die-hard MMA fans: Anderson Silva, Paulo Filho, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, and even Thales Leites.
There’s one thing that all of the dominant submission grapplers of the recent 185 pound rennaissance have in common, they’re not from around here. The truth is, America has never been the source of great submission fighting, and that’s not a surprise, given that the preeminent style in the Western hemisphere is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
There is a name, though, that is going to surprise a lot of people, a name that is not only unknown, but almost entirely unrecognizable, even to most MMA critics: Dan Miller.
The sensation from Jersey holds a title that is almost cringe inducing, the IFL middleweight title, and doesn’t hold a BJJ blackbelt, which is an anomaly for anyone generally referred to as a top submission fighter. What’s different about him isn’t a special technique, but the speed that he goes catches submissions with is impressive.
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