2018 King of Mats Los Angeles

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• ▸ Across 24 recorded matchups at the 2018 King of Mats Los Angeles, points were the deciding factor 13 times, well ahead of the 5 finishes by submission. This was a heavyweight field that mostly settled things on the scoreboard.
• ▸ The submission rate for the event sat at 21 percent, and when finishes did come, the armbar led the way with 2 on record. The wristlock accounted for 1 more.
• ▸ Erberth Santos was the standout with 6 wins recorded at the event, 2 of them by submission. No one else in the field reached more than 4.
• ▸ Rudson Mateus finished all of his work here, with 2 wins on record and both coming by submission. One of those was an armbar over Alexandro Ceconi in Group B.
• ▸ Erberth Santos and Jackson Sousa met in the final, where Santos took it by decision. Sousa had done his own damage earlier with 4 wins, including a 2 to 0 points result over Ricardo Evangelista.