2017 IBJJF European Championship

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• ▸ Across 114 recorded matchups at the 2017 IBJJF European Championship, points decided the most bouts with 51, while 40 ended by submission. That works out to a 35 percent submission rate, so more than half of the finishes came down to the scoreboard rather than a tap.
• ▸ The most common submissions on record were the triangle choke and the gi choke from the back, each landing 7 times, with the armbar close behind at 6. If you train the gi, that back attack and triangle threat lines up with what actually worked here.
• ▸ Leandro Lo led all competitors with 9 wins, including the Absolute Division final over Claudio Calasans on points. He closed his Heavyweight final by armbar against Tanner Rice, one of only 2 of his recorded wins that came by submission.
• ▸ Claudio Calasans and Rubens Charles each finished with 4 wins and 3 of them by submission, the highest submission counts among the top performers. Both of them tapped out three quarters of the opponents they beat on record here.