2019 IBJJF Brazilian Nationals

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• ▸ Across 43 recorded matchups at the 2019 Brazilian Nationals, 19 ended by submission, giving the event a 44 percent submission rate. That is a high finishing rate for a major IBJJF gi tournament with this much talent in the brackets.
• ▸ Leglocks stood out among the finishes on record here, with the toe hold the single most common submission at 3, ahead of the armbar at 2. Bianca Basilio even closed out her division with a toe hold on Luciane Silva in the final.
• ▸ Nicholas Meregali led all athletes with 5 recorded wins at the event, 3 of them by submission. That kind of run through a stacked field is what you would expect from someone built to submit people rather than grind out points.
• ▸ Rudson Mateus edged Eduardo Lopes in the semi-finals by 2 advantages off a 0 to 0 board. Mateus finished the event with 3 recorded wins, 2 by submission, so he could both grind and finish when he needed to.
• ▸ Not every path to gold was clean. Fellipe Andrew advanced by walkover in his quarter-final after both athletes in that second-round bout were disqualified for stalling, one of 2 disqualifications recorded at the event.