Fight to Win 88

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• ▸ Across 40 recorded matchups at Fight to Win 88, only 35 percent ended by submission, with 26 of the wins coming by decision and 14 by submission. That is a tournament where you had to be ready to grind out full-length matches.
• ▸ Manuel Ribamar Filho was the busiest winner on record here with 4 wins, and none of them came by submission. He worked his way to the final and beat Victor Silvério by decision to close it out.
• ▸ Gustavo Elias took both of his 2 recorded wins by submission, including an armbar over Vitor Oliveira in the 1/8 final. He was one of the few who consistently found the finish in an event dominated by decisions.
• ▸ The submission variety at Fight to Win 88 was spread thin, with the armbar the most common at just 2 and the wristlock, footlock, kneebar, flying triangle, and north south choke each showing up once. No single finish ran away with the event.
• ▸ Kaynan Duarte got past Nicholas Meregali by decision in the 1/8 final on his way to 2 recorded wins, a notable result given the level of that first-round draw.