2022 IBJJF Denver Open

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• ▸ Across 30 recorded matchups at the 2022 IBJJF Denver Open, 19 ended by submission for a 63 percent submission rate. That tells you competitors here came to finish rather than manage a lead.
• ▸ The armbar led all finishes with 6, followed by the triangle choke with 4. Both come off the same closed guard and mount attacking lines, so if you drill those two you are covering the most common ways matches ended here.
• ▸ Pedro Machado went 4 wins with all 4 coming by submission on record at this event. Winning every match by finish through a bracket is a hard thing to pull off under IBJJF rules.
• ▸ Danilo Moreira posted 3 wins with 3 by submission, capping his run with an armbar over Joao Machado in the 76kgs final. A perfect finishing rate through a division is worth studying.
• ▸ Fellipe Trovo and Jonata Gomes met in the Absolute Division semi-finals, with Trovo taking it by decision. Both were among the top performers with 3 recorded wins each, which made that a close read for the judges.