2020 IBJJF American National Jiu-Jitsu Championship

Did you know?

• ▸ Across 93 recorded matchups in Dallas, 47 ended by submission, which works out to a 51 percent submission rate. That is a high finishing clip for an IBJJF gi event, and worth keeping in mind when people say points jiu-jitsu kills the finish.
• ▸ The armbar was the most common finish on record with 11, well ahead of the next known tap. If you train under IBJJF rules, that is a reminder that the classic joint lock still does more work than any single choke here.
• ▸ Gabriel Almeida led all competitors with 10 recorded wins, 7 of them by submission. Getting to double digit wins across a weekend means stacking a full bracket plus the absolute.
• ▸ Gabriel Almeida and Joao Gabriel Rocha met in an Absolute Division final, and Rocha took it by armbar. Rocha finished 5 of his 6 recorded wins by submission, so the armbar fit his pattern of hunting for the tap rather than riding points.
• ▸ Rida Haisam went a perfect 5 wins with 5 submission wins on record, so every one of his recorded victories ended in a finish. That kind of clean submission run is rare in a full bracket.