2018 ADCC North American Trials

Did you know?

• ▸ Across 216 recorded matchups at the 2018 ADCC North American Trials in Bayville, NJ, submissions accounted for 53 percent of finishes. In a trials setting where a lot of guys play it safe to advance, that is a high finishing rate.
• ▸ The event produced 115 submissions, 86 wins by points, and 15 by decision on record. Even under ADCC rules with their negative-point pressure, the mat was tilted toward finishing.
• ▸ Jason Rau and Keith Kirkorian each went 5 wins with 5 submission wins, meaning every recorded win came by finish. That is the kind of run that gets you noticed regardless of the bracket.
• ▸ Tim Spriggs also went 5 wins deep but with only 1 submission win, and he closed out the -99kgs final over Mario Gonzalez on points. Two very different roads to the same 5 wins.
• ▸ Ethan Crelinsten took the -66kgs final over Keith Krikorian on points, notable given Krikorian finished every one of his other recorded wins by submission. When two finishers meet, sometimes it comes down to the scoreboard.