2017 SJJIF World Championships

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• ▸ Across 21 recorded matchups at the 2017 SJJIF World Championships, 13 ended by submission and 8 by points, a submission rate of 62 percent. That is a finishing-heavy event by any standard.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius led the recorded field with 5 wins, 3 of them by submission. He capped it in the Absolute Division final over Erberth Santos with a Gi Choke From Back.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa ran into tough draws, losing his Heavyweight final to Keenan Cornelius by Triangle Choke and then falling to Erberth Santos by Kneebar in the Absolute semi-finals.
• ▸ Felipe Cesar Silva went a perfect 3 for 3 on submissions in his recorded wins, closing out the Middleweight final over Yan Lucas with an Ezekiel Choke.
• ▸ The most common finishes were spread across chokes, with the Ezekiel Choke, Gi Choke From Back, and generic Choke each recorded 3 times. Leg attacks showed up too, with 1 Kneebar and 1 Toe Hold on the board.