2019 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship

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• ▸ Across 130 recorded matchups at the 2019 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship, the submission rate was only 9 percent, with 12 wins coming by submission. For a no-gi event, that is a reminder how often high-level matches get decided on the referee's call rather than a finish.
• ▸ Keenan Cornelius stood out on the finishing side, with 5 recorded wins and 3 of them by submission. Most of the other top performers logged plenty of wins without a single sub, so his ratio is the outlier here.
• ▸ Pedro Marinho posted the most wins of anyone with 6 on record, and none came by submission. It is a good example of stacking up victories through control and positional dominance rather than hunting the tap.
• ▸ The Rear Naked Choke was the most common finish at the event with 3, followed by Kimura and Armbar at 2 each. Even in no-gi, the back attack stayed the highest-percentage path to a submission.
• ▸ The Absolute Division final ended in unusual fashion, with Keenan Cornelius taking the win over Felipe Cesar Silva by DQ. Only 2 matchups on record finished by disqualification, so seeing one decide an absolute title is rare.