2014 IBJJF European Championship

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• ▸ Across 25 recorded matchups, submissions and points were dead even at 10 each, with a submission rate of 40 percent. That tells you the black belt bracket rewarded finishing pressure as much as positional control.
• ▸ The most common recorded finish was the Gi Choke From Back with 5 instances, well ahead of the Armbar at 2. If you train the gi, that back attack is the single most reliable path shown here.
• ▸ Jackson Sousa and Yuri Simões met twice, and Sousa took the Heavyweight final on points. Simões still finished with 3 wins on record, but ran into Alexander Trans in the Absolute final.
• ▸ Alexander Trans became the first European competitor to win the black belt male open weight division, closing the Absolute final with an Armbar over Yuri Simões. He logged 3 wins with 2 by submission.
• ▸ Several finals were decided on the thinnest margins, including Cláudio Calasans over Jonathan Torres in the Middleweight final by advantage. Only 2 recorded matchups came down to advantages, so a scramble there really mattered.