2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Jiu-Jitsu World Tour Moscow

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• ▸ Across 50 recorded matchups in Moscow, only 8 ended by submission, a submission rate of 16 percent. If you train for the AJP ruleset, that tells you how much of the work here came down to positional control rather than finishing.
• ▸ Points decided the most matches by a wide margin, closing out 20 of the recorded bouts. Add the 6 that came down to an advantage and you get a real sense of how tight the margins were at this event.
• ▸ Victor Hugo and Diego "Pato" Oliveira Batista both went 3 wins on record here, but they got there differently. Hugo had 1 submission win while Pato recorded 0, so his path ran through decisions and control.
• ▸ The 120kgs final between Victor Hugo and Rodrigo Ribeiro came down to an advantage. When two heavyweights of that caliber cancel each other out on points, a single advantage is the whole match.
• ▸ André Luiz Cantanhede reached the -77kgs final and lost to Diego Ramalho on points. He still finished with 2 wins on record at the event, which speaks to how deep that bracket ran.