2017 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship

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• ▸ Across 85 recorded matchups in Anaheim, 33 ended by submission for a submission rate of 39 percent. Points finishes were close behind at 30, so this event rewarded finishers and grinders in roughly equal measure.
• ▸ The most common finishes on record here were the armbar and the rear naked choke, tied at 7 each. If you train no-gi, that split between a joint lock and a back attack tells you where the finishes were coming from.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa 'Hulk' led all competitors with 7 wins, 5 of them by submission, while competing up in a higher weight class and reaching the finals in both his division and the absolute.
• ▸ Barbosa's absolute run included a semi-final win over Jackson Sousa by rear naked choke, then a points win over Joao Gabriel Rocha in the final. Rocha had reached that final with 5 wins of his own.
• ▸ Joao Miyao showed how lopsided a match can get without a submission, taking his semi-final over Joao 'Somalia' Rodrigues 14 to 0 on points. He finished the event with 4 wins.