2017 IBJJF Long Beach International Open

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• ▸ Across the 20 recorded matchups at the 2017 IBJJF Long Beach International Open, the finish rate came out to a 45 percent submission rate. Submissions and points were dead even at 9 wins apiece, with 2 more decided by advantage.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius led all competitors with 5 recorded wins, 3 of them by submission. He took the Absolute Division final over Victor Silvério on points and also won the Heavyweight final against Benjamin Lenyard on points.
• ▸ Victor Silvério put together 3 recorded wins with 0 by submission, a points-first game that carried him to the Absolute Division final before he ran into Keenan Cornelius. He also dropped the Middleweight final to Gabriel Procópio Fonseca on points.
• ▸ The most common submissions on record here were the kneebar and the armbar, each landed 2 times. Joshua Hinger closed out the Medium Heavyweight final over Wellington Dias with a kneebar, and Lucas Barbosa took the Super Heavyweight final over Diego Gamonal Nogueira by armbar.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa finished both of his 2 recorded wins by submission, a perfect finishing rate that included his Super Heavyweight final armbar over Diego Gamonal Nogueira.