2020 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship

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• ▸ Across 107 recorded matchups at the 2020 Pan No-Gi Championship, 40 percent ended by submission. That tells you this was a finish-hunting bracket, not one that settled into stalling.
• ▸ The rear naked choke was far and away the most common finish here with 12 submissions on record, ahead of the straight ankle lock at 5 and the armbar at 4. If you train no-gi, the back is still where matches get decided.
• ▸ Ronaldo Junior led all competitors with 6 wins but recorded 0 of them by submission. He won at Stephen Simms on advantages from a 0x0 board and edged Paulo Gabriel 2-0, so this was a grinding, positional run rather than a hunt for the tap.
• ▸ Kaynan Duarte and Lucas Barbosa each posted 5 wins, with Duarte finishing 4 by submission and Barbosa 3, including a rear naked choke over Valdir Araujo in the heavyweight quarter-finals. Both were dominant in the open weight class.
• ▸ Two of the finals were decided without a submission or points on the board. Kennedy Maciel took gold by straight ankle lock over Gabriel Sousa, while Andrew Wiltse earned his first major gold beating Pedro Rocha 0x0 on penalties.