2017 FIVE Grappling Heavyweight Tournament

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• ▸ The first FIVE Grappling Heavyweight Tournament ran on a submission-only style platform, but across 24 recorded matchups only 33 percent ended by submission. Decision was the deciding factor in 15 of those matches, so knowing how to win a referee decision mattered as much as hunting the finish.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa won the bracket with 3 recorded wins and 0 submission wins, including a decision over Tarsis Humphreys in the semi final. He took the title on pace and control rather than finishes.
• ▸ The most common submission on record here was the gi choke from the back, showing up 2 times. Nick Schrock used it to beat Ezra Lenon in the quarter-final and Hugo Marques used it to close out Jhonny Sousa in the prelims.
• ▸ Tarsis Humphreys handed world champion Leandro Lo a loss on this platform, but his own tournament ended on the wrong side of a footlock. Tanner Rice caught him in the 3rd place match, one of only 8 submissions recorded across the event.
• ▸ In a prelim, Kyle Bohem of 10 Planet took a referee decision over Kaynan Duarte of Atos. Decision was the workhorse method that weekend, accounting for 15 of the results.