2018 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship

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• ▸ Across 36 recorded matchups, 17 ended in submission for a submission rate of 47 percent. That is a healthy split for an IBJJF gi event, where points and advantages often decide things.
• ▸ The armbar led all finishes with 5 recorded, ahead of the rear naked choke at 3. If you train the gi, that tracks with how open the arm becomes off attacks from guard and mount.
• ▸ Horlando Monteiro was the workhorse of the event with 8 recorded wins, 4 of them by submission. He took finals in the Absolute Division and Heavyweight, so he was carrying a full bracket load.
• ▸ Monteiro closed out the Absolute Division final over Manuel Ribamar with a triangle armbar, then beat James Puopolo on points in another Absolute final. Two very different paths to the same result.
• ▸ James Puopolo went 3 recorded wins for 3 submissions, a perfect finishing ratio including a submission over Wellington Peroto in the Super Heavyweight final. When he got the win, he got the tap.