2018 IBJJF European No-Gi Championships

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• ▸ Across the 21 recorded matchups at the 2018 IBJJF European No-Gi Championships, submissions closed out the fight 57 percent of the time. For a no-gi event, that is a high finishing rate and tells you the mats were slick enough to reward attacking grappling.
• ▸ Of the 12 submission finishes on record, the leg attacks were well represented with 2 kneebars and 1 footlock. In the no-gi format that tracks, since there is no collar or lapel to slow the scrambles into leg entanglements.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa went a perfect 3 for 3 by submission on record here, finishing every opponent he faced including Kenji Sette in the Absolute Division semi-finals. No other top performer matched that clean a submission run at the event.
• ▸ Eldar Yakuza Rafigaev capped his 2 recorded wins by submitting Jamie Hughes with a kneebar in the Ultra Heavyweight final. Both of Rafigaev's wins came by submission, so he was hunting the finish the whole way through.
• ▸ The finals showed how varied the scoring was: Darragh O'Conaill took Middleweight with a darce choke and Gabriel Marangoni took Featherweight with a triangle, while Michael Liera edged the Lightweight final on advantage and Thomas Loubersanes won Super Heavyweight by decision.