2017 IBJJF European No-Gi Championships

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• ▸ Across the 25 recorded matchups at the 2017 IBJJF European No-Gi Championships, only 28 percent ended by submission. Points decided 12 of them, so if you were training for this bracket you needed a solid passing and control game, not just a hunt for the finish.
• ▸ Mahamed Aly led all competitors on record with 5 wins, and he closed out both his Super Heavyweight final over Riku Urholin and the Absolute final over AJ Agazarm on points. Big man, methodical scoring rather than scrambles.
• ▸ Darragh O'Conaill went 2 for 2 by submission in his recorded matches here, the only top performer whose every win came by finish. AJ Agazarm posted 4 wins with just 1 submission, a reminder that at this event volume of wins and finishing rate were separate stories.
• ▸ The submissions that did land were spread thin, with no repeats among the recorded finishes. A Guillotine, a Rear Naked Choke, an Anaconda, a Flying Triangle and a Triangle each showed up exactly 1 time, so nobody was running one signature attack through the bracket.
• ▸ AJ Agazarm reached the Absolute final by way of a Semi-Finals win over Muslim Patsarigov that came by DQ, the only DQ among the recorded matchups. He then took gold at Lightweight over Ashley Williams on points before losing the Absolute final to Mahamed Aly.