2009 IBJJF Pan Championship

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• ▸ Across 35 recorded matchups at the 2009 IBJJF Pan Championship, submissions accounted for 54 percent of finishes, with 19 wins coming by submission compared to 9 on points.
• ▸ The armbar was the most common finish on record here with 5, followed by the gi choke from back with 4. If you train regularly, that split tells you where the finishing threats were coming from at this event.
• ▸ Antonio Braga Neto put together 3 recorded wins, including a gi choke from back to take the Super Heavyweight final over Roberto Abreu, then a points win over Otavio Sousa in the Absolute final.
• ▸ Otavio Sousa and Rubens Charles crossed paths in the Absolute semi-finals, where Sousa edged it on an advantage. Both finished with 5 recorded wins, though Charles had 3 by submission to Sousa's 2.
• ▸ Kron Gracie recorded 3 wins, all 3 by submission, but ran into Lucas Leite in the Middleweight final and dropped that one on points.