With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMAjunkie looks at the best submissions from August. Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMAjunkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for August.

At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by voting for your choice.

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The Nominees

Bibiano Fernandes def. Andrew Leone at ONE Championship 58

Bibiano Fernandes’ (21-3) latest title defense was his quickest and easiest yet.The ONE Championship bantamweight titleholder needed less than two minutes to submit challenger Andrew Leone (8-3).

After using a knee to drop his 27-year-old American opponent against the cage, Fernandes unloaded punches and ultimately used a first-round rear-naked choke (http://mmajunkie.com/2017/08/one-championship-58-results-and-highlights) to get the victory.

Jordan Rinaldi def. Alvaro Herrera at UFC Fight Night 114

In the span of a couple minutes, Jordan Rinaldi (13-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) got dropped and nearly choked by Alvaro Herrera (9-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC), but still walked away with a victory in the lightweight bout.

After using a submission attempt by Herrera against him, Rinaldi locked up a first-round Von Flue choke from the top for just the fourth victory of its kind in UFC history.

Rani Yahya def. Henry Briones at UFC Fight Night 114

Henry Briones (16-7-1 MMA, 1-3 UFC) hardly had a chance to get in a fight before he was tapping to seasoned grappling ace Rani Yahya (24-9 MMA, 9-3 UFC).

The Brazilian Yahya wasted little time taking Briones to the mat in the bantamweight contest, where he kept trying submissions until he found one that worked, finishing with a kimura in the first round.

Alex Perez def. Kevin Gray at Dana White’s Contender Series 5

Flyweights Alex Perez (18-4) and Kevin Gray (9-4) brought it from the opening bell, and while it lasted just under three minutes, the contest proved entertaining.

The pace was quick to start, though it seemed Perez was the first one to earn respect with his strikes. Gray was content to answer in the pocket until leg kicks started to take their toll, forcing him to change his strategy and look for the takedown. Perez stuffed, latched onto an anaconda choke, and rolled and squeezed until Gray went out.

Fernando Gonzalez def. Brennan Ward at Bellator 182

Fernando Gonzalez (27-14 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) continued to rebound from his lone Bellator loss this past year when he rallied to submit Brennan Ward (14-6 MMA, 9-6 BMMA) in the third round of their catchweight bout.

After having his offense largely thwarted over the first two rounds by Ward’s mixed game, Gonzalez capitalized on a error by his opponent that allowed him to lock in a guillotine choke for the come-from-behind victory.

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The Winner: Fernando Gonzalez

Ward said during fight week that he could “wrestle(expletive)” anyone on Bellator’s roster if he had to, but preferred to keep things exciting. He switched back and forth between the two theories, but ironically it was the attempt to use his wrestling that cost him.

Gonzalez shocked Ward with a guillotine choke early in the third round after Ward shot for a takedown and got caught in their 178-pound catchweight co-main event. The tap came 62 seconds into the third.

Ward landed a takedown early, then worked ground-and-pound. But true to his word, he let Gonzalez back to his feet. He backed Gonzalez up looking to trade, then blocked a high kick. Ward ate a kick to the stomach, but continued to pressure Gonzalez. Midway through, Ward found himself needing to scoop Gonzalez up and slam him down. But once again, he let him back up to exchange. Gonzalez landed a kick to the body, then two lefts. But Ward answered back and wobbled Gonzalez briefly. With 45 seconds left, Gonzalez again when to the body with a kick, but Ward walked through it.

In the second, Ward again used a pair of takedowns to make sure the round was his and kept Gonzalez stifled. Ward threw heavy hands quickly in the third, but Gonzalez fired back with kicks. But when Ward went for a takedown again, Gonzalez caught his neck and cranked on the ground. It didn’t take long for Ward to tap to the tight guillotine choke, stunning the crowd and sending Gonzalez shooting to his feet in celebration.