2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London

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• ▸ The 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London ran March 10 to 11 under AJP rules, with 108 recorded matchups across the weekend.
• ▸ Points decided the most matches at this event, with 52 recorded wins by points and 33 by submission. If you came in expecting the AJP scoring game to dominate, the numbers back you up.
• ▸ The submission rate landed at 31 percent, so roughly a third of matches ended in a finish. That is a healthy finishing pace for a points-heavy ruleset.
• ▸ Jaime Canuto and Max Campos each posted 4 wins to lead the event, and both did it with 2 submission wins apiece. Canuto took his -77kgs final over Marcos Paulo Costa on points.
• ▸ Paulo Miyao and Jackson Sousa both went 3 wins with 2 submissions on record here. Miyao closed out his 69kgs final over Victor Otoniel Moraes by submission, while Sousa won his 94kgs final over Paulo Jose Pinto on points.