2013 Copa Podio Heavyweight GP

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• ▸ Across 23 recorded matchups at the 2013 Copa Podio Heavyweight GP, points decided 14 of them while only 5 ended by submission. This was a grip-and-position event more than a finishing one.
• ▸ The submission rate for the event sat at 22 percent, and of the finishes on record the armbar led the way with 3, ahead of a single choke. When people did tap, it was usually to the arm.
• ▸ Rodolfo Vieira posted 7 wins at this event, and 3 of those came by submission. Nobody else on record put up more wins or more finishes here.
• ▸ Rodolfo Vieira and Alexandre Ribeiro met in a rematch that Vieira took by advantages, 6 to 0. Ribeiro finished the event with 3 wins and 2 by submission, so it took the top man to slow him down.
• ▸ Group 1 produced 2 draws on the day, including Antonio Braga Neto and Alexandre de Souza who ended level with both men scoring 2 points. Braga Neto still collected 3 wins overall without a single submission.