2006 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across 21 recorded matchups at the 2006 Brazilian Nationals, 12 ended by submission, good for a 57 percent submission rate. That tells you this was an event where finishing was live, not just a points grind.
• ▸ Of the recorded submissions, the armbar was by far the most common with 6, while chokes were spread thin across single instances like the triangle, omoplata, cross collar, and choke from crucifix. When you see that pattern, it means the armbar was the go-to finish here.
• ▸ Marcelo Garcia led the recorded field with 6 wins, 4 of them by submission. Even at a points-heavy tournament, he was closing matches at a rate most of the bracket could not match.
• ▸ Marcelo Garcia beat Andre Galvao on points in the Middleweight final. Galvao still put together 4 recorded wins with 3 submissions, so the loss came against one of the few people finishing at his pace.
• ▸ In the Absolute Division final, Marcelo Garcia beat Demian Maia Baptista on points. Two of the highest-profile grapplers of the era settling the open weight by advantage, not a finish, says a lot about the level of defense on that mat.