2015 IBJJF World Championship

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• ▸ Across 243 recorded matches at the 2015 Worlds, 92 ended by submission, good for a 38 percent submission rate. Points still edged it out as the most common result with 98 matches decided on the scoreboard.
• ▸ When people did get finished, the armbar led the way with 17 recorded submissions, well ahead of the next most common, the gi choke from back at 8. Old reliable still works at the highest level.
• ▸ Bruno Malfacine put up 16 wins on record at this event, 14 of them by submission. That is a finishing rate almost nobody else near the top of the podium came close to matching.
• ▸ In the 57KG final Malfacine met João Miyao in a match that ended 8-8, with Malfacine taking it 2-1 on advantages. At that weight a single advantage decides gold.
• ▸ Two black belt finals on record ended by gentlemen's agreement rather than a decisive result: Michael Langhi over Lucas Lepri at 76KG, and another Lepri final settled the same way. Something to keep in mind about how top matchups sometimes close out.