2019 IBJJF Long Beach International Open

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• ▸ Across 26 recorded matchups at the 2019 IBJJF Long Beach International Open, 15 ended by submission, giving the event a 58% submission rate. That is a finish-heavy tournament for an IBJJF gi event.
• ▸ Leg attacks were well represented, with the Straight Ankle Lock landing 4 times, matching the Armbar for the most common submission on record at the event. A Kneebar also showed up, so plenty of competitors were hunting the lower body.
• ▸ Ronaldo Junior was the busiest winner with 4 recorded wins, 3 of them by submission. In the Middleweight final, Ronaldo Souza Júnior beat Breno Bittencourt by injury.
• ▸ Gabriel Almeida took the Heavyweight final over Gustavo Andrade with a Reverse Triangle, one of only 2 recorded Reverse Triangle finishes at the event. He also closed a Heavyweight semi-final against Samir Abdolkader with a Kneebar.
• ▸ The Featherweight final was a submission decided by an Armbar, with Isreal Almeida beating Brandon Walensky. Both men had 2 recorded wins at the event and both got all of them by submission.