2017 Abu Dhabi World Pro Brazil Qualifier

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• ▸ Across 35 recorded matchups at the 2017 Abu Dhabi World Pro Brazil Qualifier, points decided the most bouts with 16, while 12 ended by submission. Under AJP rules that split tells you how many finals-caliber matches still went the distance on the scoreboard.
• ▸ The submission rate at this event sat at 34 percent, and the single most common finish was the gi choke from back with 4. If you drill your back attacks, this is the position that was paying off here.
• ▸ Isaque Bahiense led the event with 4 recorded wins, and he did it with 0 submission wins, taking the -77kgs final over Jhonny Loureiro on points. Sometimes control and pressure beat chasing the tap.
• ▸ Claudio Calasans and Charles Negromonte met in the 85kgs final, and Calasans closed it out with a kneebar. That was one of only 2 recorded kneebar finishes at the event.
• ▸ Erberth Santos went 3 wins on record at 110kgs, working his way through Raphael Souza in the semi-finals and Gustavo Dias Elias in the final, both on points. Only 1 of those 3 wins came by submission.