2022 ADCC World Championship

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• ▸ Across 111 recorded matchups at the 2022 ADCC World Championship, points decided the most matches at 46, ahead of 40 by submission. For an event with the reputation this one carries, that says a lot about how tight the top-level scrambles were.
• ▸ The overall submission rate was 36 percent, and when finishes did come the rear naked choke led the way with 9, followed by the armbar at 7 and the heel hook at 6. Old reliable still tops the leaderboard even in a leg-lock era.
• ▸ Kade Ruotolo went 4 wins with 4 submission wins on the way to the 77kg title, capping it by heel hooking Micael Galvão in the final. A 100 percent finishing rate at that level tells you he came to hunt, not to manage points.
• ▸ Gordon Ryan piled up 5 wins with 4 by submission, including a rear naked choke over André Galvão and a heel hook over Nick Rodriguez in the final. Two very different finishes against very different problems.
• ▸ Nicholas Meregali led all recorded competitors with 6 wins but just 1 submission win, and he ran into Yuri Simões in the Absolute final where Simões took it on points. Simões himself won 5 with 0 submissions, so that final was two very different games meeting at the top.