2019 IBJJF European Championship

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• ▸ The 2019 IBJJF European Championship ran from January 15 to 21 at the Multiusos de Odivelas in Lisbon, drawing one of the deepest international fields on the calendar.
• ▸ Across 163 recorded matchups the submission rate was only 1 percent, with just 2 wins coming by submission. This was a decision-heavy event where positional control and points did most of the work.
• ▸ Victor Hugo led all competitors with 7 recorded wins here, and notably none of them came by submission. Grinding through a bracket on control and advantages was the winning formula.
• ▸ Lucas Lepri went 6 wins deep but ran into trouble twice at the top: he lost the Lightweight final to Levi Jones-Leary and then the Absolute final to Gustavo Batista.
• ▸ Kaynan Duarte stood out against the grain of the event, taking 5 recorded wins with 2 of them by submission when almost no one else was finishing matches.