2019 IBJJF New York Spring No-Gi Open

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• ▸ Across the 26 recorded matchups at this event, only 1 ended by submission. That works out to a 4 percent submission rate, which tells you how tight the decisions were in this no-gi bracket.
• ▸ Points decided the most matches here with 12, followed by 10 in the Other category and 3 by advantage. If you were competing, you needed to be comfortable grinding out a lead rather than hunting the finish.
• ▸ Felipe Cesar Silva led all competitors with 5 wins on record at this event, and he did it without a single submission win. He capped it with a points decision over Gilvan Gomes da Costa in the Absolute Division final.
• ▸ Shane Jamil Hill-Taylor recorded 3 wins here, and 1 of them came by submission. That made him the only one of the top performers with a recorded finish at this event.
• ▸ Johnny Tama took the Middleweight bracket the hard way, winning both his semi-final over David Garmo and his final over Khalil Fadlallah on points, part of his 4 wins on record at the event.