2014 IBJJF Pan Championship

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• ▸ Across 126 recorded matchups at the 2014 IBJJF Pan Championship, the submission rate was 40 percent, with 53 wins coming by points and 50 by submission. That tells you how close the margins were even at the black belt level.
• ▸ The most common submission on record was the gi choke from the back, with 8 finishes. The next closest was the armbar at 5, so the back attack was the clearest path to a tap here.
• ▸ Andre Galvao and Leandro Lo both led the event with 8 wins each. Lo backed it up by reaching the open weight final on top of his division run, matching his standing as the lightweight world champion at the time.
• ▸ Michael Langhi went 5 wins with 4 by submission, the highest submission count among the top performers. In an event where points decided so many matches, closing out that often is worth noting.
• ▸ The kneebar showed up 4 times as a finish, more than the omoplata at 2. That is a leglock leaving a real mark under IBJJF rules where lower body attacks are limited.