2009 ADCC World Championship

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• ▸ Across the 120 recorded matchups at the 2009 ADCC World Championship, the submission rate was 28 percent. That means you were more likely to see a match decided by points or ride out to the clock than to see a finish.
• ▸ The rear naked choke was the most common finish on record here with 7, followed by the armbar at 6. Both are positional chokes and locks off dominant control, which tells you where the finishes were coming from in this era of ADCC.
• ▸ Braulio Estima and Alexandre Ribeiro tied for the most wins with 8 each. Estima did his damage with the submission though, closing out 5 of those by tapout compared to 3 for Ribeiro.
• ▸ Estima and Ribeiro met in the Absolute Division final, and that one ended by injury rather than a clean finish or a points decision. It is a reminder that ADCC absolute runs a lot of hard matches through the same body.
• ▸ Braulio Estima took the -88kgs final over André Galvão by triangle choke. Finishing a final by triangle against that level of opponent is a statement about closed-guard offense at the highest level.