2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London

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• ▸ Across the 71 recorded matchups at the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam London, points decided the majority of them with 46, while 20 ended by submission. If you train under AJP rules, that split is a good reminder that positional control and points awareness carry most matches here.
• ▸ The event ran a 28 percent submission rate on record. That leaves a lot of finishes on the table for anyone who can sharpen their finishing game under AJP scoring.
• ▸ Tommy Langaker led all competitors with 4 recorded wins, capped by a points victory over Uanderson Ferreira in the 85kgs final. Only 1 of his wins came by submission, so he was grinding out results on the scoreboard.
• ▸ Gabrieli Pessanha and Fabricio Junior each posted 3 wins with 2 of them by submission, the highest submission share among the top performers. When most of the bracket was going to points, they were still hunting finishes.
• ▸ Wallace Costa went through Igor Silva in the 120kgs semi-final and then beat Gutemberg Pereira in the final, both on points. Pereira had submitted Bjorn Wallat to reach that final, so Costa stopped one of the few heavyweights actively finishing fights.