2019 King of Mats Abu Dhabi

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• ▸ Across 25 recorded matchups at the 2019 King of Mats Abu Dhabi, only 32 percent ended by submission. Points and submission each accounted for 8 finishes, with 5 wins by advantage and 4 by decision, so a lot of these matches went the distance and got decided on the scoreboard.
• ▸ This was a tight format at the top. Gabriel Arges, Gustavo Batista, and Isaque Bahiense each recorded 5 wins, which tells you how deep the field ran through the round robin and finals.
• ▸ Gustavo Batista led the podium contenders in finishing, with 2 submission wins on record while Arges and Bahiense each had 1. His path included a Gi Choke From Back on Max Lindblad in the Medium Heavyweight semi-final and a Bow And Arrow on Diego Ramalho in the round robin.
• ▸ Isaque Bahiense reached two finals here and came up short in both, dropping the Middleweight final to Gabriel Arges on points and the Medium Heavyweight final to Gustavo Batista on points. Two finals, two decisions on the scoreboard, no submissions.
• ▸ When someone did finish from the closing round, the back was the office. Gi Choke From Back showed up 2 times among the most common submissions, including Batista's win over Bahiense in the Medium Heavyweight final.