2015 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across 46 recorded matchups at the 2015 Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship, submissions closed out 17 of them, good for a 37 percent submission rate. That is a healthy finishing clip for a national-level gi event.
• ▸ The Gi Choke From Back was the signature finish here with 6 recorded, ahead of the armbar at 4 and the triangle choke at 3. If you want to model your submission game after what worked at this event, back control was the place to be.
• ▸ Renato Cardoso and Luan Carvalho both posted 7 wins, but they got there different ways. Cardoso had 6 submission wins while Carvalho recorded 0, so one was hunting finishes and the other was grinding out decisions on the scoreboard.
• ▸ Cardoso met Erberth Santos in the Absolute Division final and came out on the losing end, with the match decided by Penalty. For a guy who finished 6 of his other wins, dropping the open-weight final on a penalty is a rough way to see it end.
• ▸ Erberth Santos took the Super Heavyweight final over Rodrigo Cavaca by Gi Choke From Back, then turned around and won the Absolute Division as well. Doubling up on your own weight class and the open weight is the kind of weekend that puts you on the map.