2026 Enigma Invitational: South Africa

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• ▸ Across the whole card, 17 of the 22 recorded matchups ended in submission, a 77 percent submission rate. For an invitational format, that tells you the pace stayed offensive rather than settling into points battles.
• ▸ Jason Du Randt took the men's absolute as a purple belt, submitting Kyle Lundie in the semi-final and Milan Strydom in the final. Both of his recorded wins here came by submission.
• ▸ Milan Strydom's road to the men's final showed range: he beat MJ Buys by submission earlier before running into Du Randt and losing by submission in the final.
• ▸ Hannah Griffith retained her women's absolute title, edging Cara Du-Plessis by decision in the final. Of her 3 recorded wins at the event, 2 came by submission, so the decision final was the outlier.
• ▸ The women's absolute final between Griffith and Du-Plessis was one of only 5 decisions on a card where submissions were the norm. Both title fights went the finishers' way, but only the men's crown was decided by tap.