2017 ADCC World Championship

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• ▸ Across 137 recorded matchups at the 2017 ADCC World Championship, only 27 percent ended by submission. Points decided the most fights with 57, so if you train for ADCC you are training to win exchanges, not just to finish.
• ▸ The armbar was the most common finish on record with 8, well ahead of the rear naked choke at 4. Even with the leg lock era in full swing, the classic armbar was still the highest percentage finish here.
• ▸ Marcus Almeida "Buchecha" led all competitors with 9 recorded wins, including a 4-0 points win over Roberto Abreu in the +99KG Semi-Finals and a 3-0 win over Orlando Sanchez in the Final. Grinding out close point wins at the top level is its own skill.
• ▸ Gordon Ryan posted 7 recorded wins with 5 by submission, the highest submission count among the top performers. While most of the event went to points, he was still finishing fights.
• ▸ In a Superfight, Chael Sonnen took a judge decision over Leonardo Vieira despite a score of 0x0. Two of the +99KG decision results here finished 0-0, a reminder that under ADCC rules a scoreless match still gets decided.