2013 IBJJF European Championship

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• ▸ Across 54 recorded matchups at the 2013 IBJJF European Championship, points were the most common way to close out a win with 24, while submissions accounted for 18. That works out to a 33 percent submission rate for the event.
• ▸ When fights did finish, the armbar led the way with 4 submissions on record, ahead of the triangle choke and the gi choke from back at 3 each. Nothing exotic, just fundamentals hitting at the highest level.
• ▸ Bernardo Faria, Claudio Calasans, and Alexander Trans each posted 6 wins in their recorded runs, tying for the most at the event. Faria and Trans mixed in submissions along the way while Calasans finished all 6 without one.
• ▸ Bernardo Faria beat Renato Cardoso by omoplata in the Quarter Finals, then took a 4 to 0 decision over Claudio Calasans in the Semi-Final. That points win over Calasans is notable given Calasans himself went through the bracket without a single submission.
• ▸ Romulo Barral capped his Medium Heavy Weight run by submitting Rodrigo Fajardo with a cross collar choke from mount in the final, one of his 3 recorded wins that included 2 submissions. Finishing a division final from mount is about as clean as it gets.