Kasai Pro 5

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• ▸ Kasai Pro 5 ran under sub-only rules at the Manhattan Center in New York, and across 22 recorded matchups half of them ended by submission, a 50 percent submission rate that fits the no-gi format.
• ▸ Of the 11 submissions on record at the event, the armbar led the way with 3 finishes, ahead of the rear naked choke at 2. For a card built around heavyweights, the classics still did most of the work.
• ▸ Kaynan Duarte won the heavyweight Grand Prix with 4 recorded wins on the night, though only 1 of those came by submission. He built his run on control and positional dominance rather than hunting the finish.
• ▸ In the 205lbs Round Robin, Kaynan Duarte submitted Craig Jones. That is notable given Jones himself went 2 for 2 on submission wins in his recorded matches here, so nobody was tapping him easily.
• ▸ Dante Leon closed out Edwin Najmi at 175lbs with a rear naked choke, one of the 2 recorded RNC finishes on the card and a reminder that back control still pays even against slick guard players.