2019 BJJ Fanatics Submission Only Grand Prix

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• ▸ Across 26 recorded matchups at the 2019 BJJ Fanatics Submission Only Grand Prix in Beverly, MA, 23 ended by submission for an 88 percent finish rate. That is what you want from a sub only format, and this bracket delivered it.
• ▸ The rear naked choke was the most common finish with 8, well ahead of the armbar at 4. Even in an event stacked with leg lockers, getting to the back and closing the deal stayed the highest percentage path.
• ▸ Leg attacks showed up in real numbers here: 3 outside heel hooks, 2 straight ankle locks, 2 footlocks, and 1 inside heel hook among the recorded finishes. That is a good snapshot of how much the lower body game had spread by 2019.
• ▸ Kyle Boehm led the field with 5 wins on his way to the Absolute Division final. Notably only 3 of those were submissions, meaning he also advanced on riding time when the finish did not come.
• ▸ Lucas Barbosa submitted Kody Steele by armbar in the Absolute Division semi-finals, then ran into Kyle Boehm in the final and lost on riding time. Two of the three riding time decisions in the whole event involved Boehm, including that title match.