2017 Copa Podio Grand Prix

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• ▸ Across the 23 recorded matchups at the 2017 Copa Podio Grand Prix, 11 ended by submission for a 48 percent submission rate, which is a high finishing rate for an event mixing black belts and brown belts.
• ▸ DJ Jackson took the middleweight title on the back of 5 recorded wins at the event, but not one of them came by submission. He got the job done on points and advantages, including the final over Fellipe Andrew by advantages.
• ▸ Gustavo Batista, known here as Braguinha, won 4 matches with 3 of them by submission, and he showed range doing it: an armbar on Jonnatas Gracie, a manoplata on Fellipe Trovo, and a 2x0 points win over William Dias.
• ▸ Fellipe Andrew went 3 for 3 by submission on record, finishing all of his wins rather than riding decisions, which stands out against the points-and-advantages path DJ Jackson took to the title.
• ▸ The two most common submissions logged at the event were the choke and the armbar, each appearing 2 times, while single finishes included a manoplata and a straight ankle lock.