2010 IBJJF World Championship

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• ▸ Across 79 recorded matchups at the 2010 Worlds, 40 ended by submission, giving a 51 percent submission rate. That is a high finishing rate for a black belt gi event, and worth remembering when people say IBJJF rules kill the finish.
• ▸ The single most common finish on record here was the gi choke from the back, with 13 of them. If you want to model your closing game on what actually works at this level, that is the position to drill.
• ▸ Roger Gracie went 8 wins at this event with 7 of those coming by submission. He closed out the Super Heavyweight Final over Ricardo Abreu on points, but almost everywhere else he was hunting the tap.
• ▸ Romulo Barral put up 7 recorded wins with 5 submissions, and Rodrigo Cavaca went 5 for 5 on finishes. Cavaca capped his run by tapping Roberto Abreu with a straight ankle lock in a heavyweight final, a reminder that leg attacks were landing in the gi even then.
• ▸ The Rooster Weight Final was a rematch of the previous year's final, with Bruno Malfacine beating Caio Terra by advantage. Terra stayed offensive off his back with omoplatas and triangles, but the match came down to the thinnest possible margin.