2012 Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across 66 recorded matchups at the 2012 Pan, 38 ended by submission, giving a submission rate of 58 percent. That is a high finishing rate for a black belt bracket at this level.
• ▸ The armbar was the most common finish on record here with 7, followed by the omoplata with 3. Everything else clustered at 2 or fewer, so the classic arm attacks were doing most of the work.
• ▸ Marcus Almeida "Buchecha" went 4 for 4 by submission in his recorded matches, finishing every opponent he beat. He did that despite competing with a broken finger, including a win over Kron Gracie.
• ▸ Victor Estima beat Kron Gracie 6 to 2 on points in the semi-final, then lost the final to Claudio Calasans 4 to 2. Estima still finished with 5 recorded wins, 4 of them by submission.
• ▸ The lightest divisions produced some of the sharper finishes: Caio Terra took his final over Rafael Freitas by kneebar, one of only 2 recorded kneebars at the event. Terra had 3 wins on record, 2 by submission.