2015 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship

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• ▸ Matheus Diniz of Alliance took double gold at the 2015 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship, winning his weight class and the absolute division. Both of his recorded wins here came by points rather than submission, so he was grinding out decisions on the scoreboard rather than finishing.
• ▸ Across 24 recorded matchups at this event, points decided the most outcomes with 13, submissions accounted for 10, and only 1 went to decision. That is a submission rate of 42 percent, which tells you a lot of these matches were won by control and positional scoring.
• ▸ The rear naked choke was by far the most common finish here with 5, while the north south choke, armbar, arm triangle choke, and anaconda choke each showed up just once. If you want to model your no-gi finishing game on what actually worked, the back is the place to invest.
• ▸ Garry Tonon led the event with 3 wins, but only 1 of those came by submission. Even a finisher of his reputation was winning most of his matches on points at this tournament, including a semi-final over Gianni Grippo in the absolute division.
• ▸ In the 94KG final, Roberto Torralbas beat Neiman Gracie on points. Torralbas finished with 2 recorded wins on the day, 1 of them by submission.