2020 IBJJF Atlanta Winter Open

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• ▸ Across 28 recorded matchups at the 2020 IBJJF Atlanta Winter Open, points were the most common way to close out a match with 10, edging out the 9 finishes by submission.
• ▸ The submission rate here sat at 32 percent, and the back was the go-to position. The gi choke from back showed up 4 times, more than any other finish on record at the event.
• ▸ Gianni Grippo led the event with 5 wins but recorded 0 submission wins, a reminder that his game is built on control and passing rather than hunting the finish.
• ▸ Max Gimenis and Gianni Grippo met in the Absolute Division final, where Gimenis took it by Ezekiel choke. Gimenis went a perfect 4 for 4 on submissions at the event, all of his wins coming by finish.
• ▸ Pablo Lavaselli beat Gianni Grippo by decision in the Lightweight final, one of two finals decided that way alongside Yuta Shimada over Adam Benayoun at Featherweight.