2009 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across the 21 recorded matchups at the 2009 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, submissions closed out 9 of them, with points deciding 8 and advantages settling 4. That advantage count tells you how tight the finals ran under AJP rules.
• ▸ The submission rate at this event sat at 43 percent on record. The gi choke from back led the way with 3 finishes, ahead of the triangle choke and the plain choke at 2 each.
• ▸ Marcelo Garcia and Rubens Charles both finished with 3 submission wins here, and every recorded win for each came by submission. Two guys who hunted the finish rather than sitting on a lead.
• ▸ In the Absolute Division semi-final, Braulio Estima caught Marcelo Garcia with a triangle choke. Garcia also dropped his final to Michael Langhi on advantage, so a fighter who submitted 3 of his own opponents got beaten both ways in Abu Dhabi.
• ▸ Tarsis Humphreys built 3 wins at this event, taking the Medium Heavyweight final over Victor Estima on points and then beating Braulio Estima on advantage in the Absolute Division final. His semi-final came by gi choke from back over Thiago Braga.