2016 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship

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• ▸ Across 128 recorded matchups, points decided the most bouts at 56, edging out submissions at 50, with 18 wins by advantage and 4 by decision. That points-heavy split is what you'd expect from black belt brackets where finishes get harder to come by.
• ▸ The overall submission rate sat at 39 percent, and the single most common finish was the gi choke from back with 10, ahead of the armbar at 8. If you train the back, that tells you where the finishes were coming from at this level.
• ▸ Bernardo Faria went a perfect 5 wins with all 5 coming by submission on record, capping it with an Ezekiel choke over Leandro Lo in the Absolute Division final. When every recorded win is a finish, you know the pressure game was working.
• ▸ Leandro Lo led all performers with 7 wins, only 3 of them by submission, and he took the Medium Heavyweight final over Rômulo Barral on points. That reads like the passing and positional grind Lo was known for rather than a hunt for the tap.
• ▸ Three of the eight recorded division finals were settled without a submission or a clean points margin: Yago de Souza over Vitor Oliveira at Middleweight and Paulo Miyao over Osvaldo Moixinho at Featherweight both came down to advantages. At the highest level, the smallest edges end up deciding titles.