Fight 2 Win 311

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• ▸ Fight 2 Win 311 in Palo Alto, California produced 54 recorded matchups across gi and no-gi, a full card to work through if you want to study a range of styles in one night.
• ▸ The card split almost evenly between judges and finishes, with 27 wins by decision and 26 by submission, plus 1 stoppage by injury. That 48 percent submission rate is a coin flip on whether a match goes the distance.
• ▸ Both the main event and co-main went to the scorecards, with Benji Silva edging David Mitchell and Dom Hoskins edging Alberto Juarez, each by decision. When the top matches are this close, the details of control and pressure decide it.
• ▸ Veteran black belt Ahmed White took Submission of the Night with a spinning armbar from top against Guilherme Giglio, one of his recorded wins where he chased the finish through the defense rather than settling for position.
• ▸ Of the finishes on record here, the named submissions include a Straight Ankle Lock and a Top Armbar, while 11 went down as unknown. Worth keeping in mind that the specific technique often gets lost even when the result is clear.