2017 IBJJF New York Pro Championship

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• ▸ Across 21 recorded matchups at the 2017 IBJJF New York Pro Championship, 8 ended by submission for a 38% submission rate. The rest split into 7 by points, 4 by advantage, and 2 by other means, so a good chunk of these matches came down to the referee's decision on points and advantages.
• ▸ Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor was the standout of the event with 3 wins, and every one of them came by submission. That is a rare clean sheet where all your recorded victories are finishes rather than decisions.
• ▸ Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor closed out the Featherweight final over Silvio Duran with a Gi Choke From Back. Taking someone's back and finishing there fits the picture of a fighter who submitted his way through the bracket.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius and Timothy-Michael Spriggs met in the Heavyweight final, with Cornelius taking it on points. Earlier in the bracket Cornelius had submitted Matthew Leighton by Kimura, so he showed both a finish and a grind on the way to gold.
• ▸ The Ultra Heavyweight final between Joao Gabriel Rocha and Otavio Nalati was decided by a single advantage. At the top of a division you would expect to be settled by size and pressure, the margin came down to the thinnest scoring line in the ruleset.