2019 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship

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• ▸ Across 129 recorded matchups at the 2019 Pan No-Gi, submissions finished only 9 percent of them. The bulk of results, 108 of the recorded matchups, came by the Other method, so most of this event was decided without a clean finish.
• ▸ When fights did finish by submission, the Rear Naked Choke led the way with 3 recorded, ahead of the Kimura and the Armbar at 2 each. Standard positional pressure, not flashy leg attacks, closed out most of the submission wins here.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius put up 5 wins with 3 of them by submission, the only top performer at the event who was finishing people at a real clip. In a tournament where most of the other leaders had 0 submission wins, that stands out.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius took the Absolute Division final by DQ over Felipe Cesar Silva, but in the Super Heavyweight final he was on the losing end against Vinícius Ferreira Gazola. Two very different finals for the same competitor at one event.
• ▸ Pedro Marinho led all competitors with 6 recorded wins, and none of them came by submission. That is a full run of decisions and points-style results carrying him through, which fits how the whole event played out.