2024 ADCC World Championship

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• ▸ Across 113 recorded matchups at the 2024 ADCC World Championship, submissions accounted for 41 percent of finishes. Points decided 48 of those matchups and submissions closed out 46, so on the whole this event stayed close on the scorecards as often as it ended on the mat.
• ▸ When athletes did finish, the rear naked choke led the way with 15 recorded, well ahead of the armbar at 4. If you train submission grappling, that is a reminder that back control still pays the bills at the top level.
• ▸ Kaynan Duarte was the workhorse of the event with 7 wins, 6 of them by submission. He capped his run with a rear naked choke over Rafael Lovato Jr in the -99kgs final and an arm-in guillotine over Roberto Abreu in the Absolute final.
• ▸ Not every deep run needs finishes. Roberto Abreu reached the Absolute final on 5 wins with 0 submissions on record, while Giancarlo Bodoni took 6 wins with just 2 subs, including a points win over Jacob Rodriguez in the -88kgs final.
• ▸ Gordon Ryan handled two of the sport's toughest names in matchup bouts, beating Yuri Simões and Felipe Pena on points. Both went the distance rather than ending in a submission, which tells you something about the level of the opposition.