2018 European Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship

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• ▸ The 2018 European Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship ran from January 16 to January 21 at Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon, with 120 recorded matchups across the bracket.
• ▸ Of the recorded finishes at the event, points decided 49 matches while submissions accounted for 46, putting the submission rate at 38 percent. If you train mostly for the finish, that split is a reminder how often European finals come down to positional scoring.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius led all competitors with 9 wins on record here, 6 of them by submission, a finishing pace that stood out among the top performers.
• ▸ Leandro Lo went 6 wins with only 1 by submission on record, and he closed both his Heavyweight final over Tanner Rice and his Absolute final over Gutemberg Pereira on points. That is the pressure passing and positional game he is known for.
• ▸ The two most common submissions at the event were the armbar and the gi choke from back, tied at 9 each. Cornelius himself capped his 94kgs final over Helton Junior with a gi choke from back.