2013 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across 27 recorded matchups at the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, only 4 ended by submission, a submission rate of 15 percent. Under the AJP ruleset, most bouts went to the scoreboard with 18 decided on points.
• ▸ Of the 4 submissions on record at this event, 3 were a gi choke from the back. If you trained here, the back was where finishes lived.
• ▸ Rodolfo Vieira and Marcus Almeida both posted 5 wins at the event, but their styles diverged sharply. Vieira scored 3 of his wins by submission while Almeida recorded 0, closing out through position and points instead.
• ▸ In the Absolute Division final, Marcus Almeida beat Rodolfo Vieira on points. Vieira came in as the more finish-heavy of the two with 3 submission wins on record, but the top of the bracket came down to scoring.
• ▸ Not every final was clean on the scoreboard. Leandro Lo edged Lucas Lepri by advantage at -76kgs, and André Galvão's win over Rômulo Barral at -88kgs came by injury.