2001 ADCC World Championship

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• ▸ Across 134 recorded matchups at the 2001 ADCC World Championship, only 4 finished by submission, for a submission rate of 3 percent. Most results are recorded without a listed method, so treat that as a floor rather than the full picture.
• ▸ Of the recorded submissions at this event, the kneebar shows up 2 times, more than any other finish, with the rear naked choke and triangle choke each appearing once. That reflects the leg-heavy, nogi character of ADCC grappling.
• ▸ Ricardo Arona led the event with 8 recorded wins, but 0 of them came by submission. He advanced on control and points rather than hunting the finish.
• ▸ Baret Yoshida stood out at -66kg with 6 recorded wins, 3 of them by submission, the most submission wins of any top performer here. He tapped Alexandre Freitas with a kneebar in the semi-finals and Naoya Uematsu with a triangle choke in the quarter-finals.
• ▸ The -66kg final went to Royler Gracie over Baret Yoshida on points. Royler racked up 5 recorded wins at the event with 0 by submission, taking a grinding route to the title while Yoshida was the one finishing people on the way up.