Moves named after countries
 

German Suplex
Mexican Surfboard

Anymore?

japanese armdrag

Russian Legsweep

Irish Whip

How about a Continent....

European Uppercut

Samoan Drop

Indian deathlock (Triple H, like a figure four)
Tongan death grip (Meng's finisher))
I think Lance Storms finisher was Canadian Maple Leaf

Canadian destroyer

Ameracana

(keylock armbar which is the reverse of a kimura)

Fuck off. It's called the key lock.

technically it's called Ude-garami

cause "key lock" isn't a japanese word

out of all the moves in this thread the name "Americana" got to jamessteele

Tongan Death Grip and The Mexican Surfboard on the other hand, are textbook as they come

Arabian Facebuster
Arabian Skullcrusher
Arabian Clutch
Arabian Piledriver
Arabian Press

We need more moves named after America!

I tried..

I think jamessteele is al quada

Swiss Death

not a country but f*ck you
 

alpamare waterslide

Texas cloverleaf

They haven't seceded yet.

lol @ tom guycott

(given out too much rep)

I GOT YOU COVERED

Paraguayan pelvic punch
Uzbekistan Underarm Twist
USA #1 punch to the throat

Samoan Spike.

I've never really heard the Key Lock called the Americana that much. I've heard it called the Key Lock. It is some gimmicky nickname given to the move because most people are too dumb to say the Japanese name and "Keylock" is a boring name.

it's called "Americana" every single time it's used in MMA

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I hear it called Americana more than Key Lock first time I heard anyone say KEy lock was when Taz said it (D Puder vs Angle)

jamessteele follows me around saying nonsense

we should prolly just ignore him except for making sure he is not chewing on his own tongue

There should be a move called the Peruvian Power Stretch. Someone invent it.

Ethiopian Powerbomb

Bangladeshy Backbreaker

French Tickler.

The French Kiss.

Polish Hammer

The Japanese leg twist (Dragon Screw Leg Whip)

Costa-Rican Cranium Crusher

They are so racist in Florida.

Argentine Backbreaker, as popularized by Antonino Rocca.

Going this route (well further I guess) I think the only move named after a city is the Boston Crab

Harlem Hangover

Hollywood Leg Drop

Bosnia & Hertzgovnia Chokeslam

Czech Republicanrana which is also occasionally called the Liechtensteiner

Spanish fly: i.e. variation of a moonsault side slam

Japanese Ocean Suplex

Quebec Crash (Quebecers/Amazing French Canadians)

Clothesline From Hell

Did some research in some MMA/grappling books I own and found out the true origin..

Kimuras and Americanas are variations of similar arm locks.. They can both be applied standing but are mainly used in ground fighting.. In BJJ, if the wrist is moved towards the head, it is known as an Americana, if the wrist is forced towards the hip, it is known as a Kimura.. In Judo, both the hold are known as ude garami ("arm entanglement"), while sometimes the Kimura is known as gyaku ude garami or "reverse arm entanglement".. Catch Wrestler sometimes prefer the term key lock, figure four, or double wrist lock.. Different disciplines, different nomenclature, but in mixed martial arts, it is the clear and useful BJJ terminology that dominates..

The term "Americana" actually comes from legendary Wrestler Bob Anderson who trained with Rolls Gracie in the 1970's.. "I didn't go 'OK, I'm gonna show you the Americana Arm Bar and I'm the guy that invented it" Anderson recalls, "it just came out of what I knew, and what Rolls liked.. I didn't even know he called it the Americana because I'm the guy that went down there and showed them, and thats how the American Arm Bar got started"..

The Kimura is named after Masahiko Kimura, a Japanese Judo legend, after he broke Hilio Gracies arm with the technique in their 1955 match caused the Graice corner to throw in the towel..

Reference:

The MMA Encyclopedia by Johnathon Snowden and Kendall Shields

The Poland Throat Poke.

Democratic Republic of the Congo superkick

Sri Lankan Leg Scissors.

Fucking assholes in this thread posting a bunch at once instead of letting other people participate.

Faggots.

You just named another move; The French Mistake.

The French Canadian Brainbuster. Grizzly Redwood used it.

The Kenyan Kock Krusher

Trouble in Paradise

Piss on you! I'm working for Mel Brooks!

The Holly-Caust is another move based on Germany.

They had to change the name to the Falcon Arrow for obvious reasons.

Nort Korea Atomic Drop

That was changed in Japan to the Godzilla Creation Drop.





Simultaneously continuing the joke, captioning a picture, AND getting the thread back on track with the Canadian Maple Leaf. :y: