2022 IBJJF European Championship

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• ▸ Across 105 recorded matchups at the 2022 European Championship, submissions accounted for 29% of finishes. If you train expecting the gi to force taps, this event is a reminder that most bouts still get decided on points, advantages, or referee decisions.
• ▸ Chokes were the most common submission on record with 11, well ahead of the armbar at 6. The collar and lapel game is doing the heavy lifting at this level, not the joint locks.
• ▸ Fellipe Andrew led all competitors with 8 wins, taking both the Super Heavyweight final over Vinicius Ferreira Gazola and the Absolute final over Yatan Bueno, both on points. That is a big-man run through two brackets in the same week.
• ▸ Tainan Dalpra went a perfect 4 for 4 by submission in his recorded matches, capped by an armbar over Tommy Langaker in the Middleweight final. When almost everyone else was winning on points, he was hunting the finish every round.
• ▸ European athletes took roughly 37% of the medals in the adult black belt division at an event that had been relocated from its traditional home in Lisbon to Rome. Notable champions on the card included Espen Mathiesen, Bruno Lima, and Adam Wardzinski.