2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Abu Dhabi

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• ▸ Across 85 recorded matchups at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, points were the most common path to victory with 38, well ahead of the 24 finishes by submission.
• ▸ The submission rate at this event sat at 28 percent, which tracks with the AJP ruleset rewarding positional control and points as much as the finish.
• ▸ Several finals came down to the thinnest margin. Erberth Santos over Ricardo Evangelista at 110kgs, Adam Wardziński over Renato Cardoso at 94kgs, Diego Ramalho over Levi Jones-Leary at -77kgs, and Hiago George over João Miyao at 62kgs were all decided by advantage.
• ▸ Matheus Godoy led all competitors with 4 recorded wins at the event, and notably logged 0 of them by submission, grinding out results the way AJP rewards.
• ▸ Paulo Miyao took the 69kgs final over Tiago Bravo by submission and finished 2 of his 3 recorded wins that way, one of the few top performers here leaning on the finish.