Quintet 3

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• ▸ Of the 24 recorded matchups at Quintet 3, 17 ended by submission, for a submission rate of 71 percent. Only 6 went to a draw and 1 ended in a DQ, so the format rewarded finishing over stalling.
• ▸ Gordon Ryan went 4 for 4 at the event, with all 4 of his recorded wins coming by submission. That kind of clean sheet is what you want to see from someone anchoring a team in a Quintet run.
• ▸ Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones met in the Absolute Division final, where Jones lost to a short choke. Jones himself had 3 recorded wins at the event, all by submission, so the final was two finishers who had gone through the bracket the same way.
• ▸ The armbar was the most common finish at Quintet 3 with 3 on record, ahead of the arm triangle choke and kimura at 2 each. Worth noting how much of the finishing was upper-body attacks rather than leg entanglements.
• ▸ Nicky Ryan submitted Hideo Tokoro by rear naked choke in a superfight, one of his recorded submission wins at the event. It is a good reminder that Quintet 3 mixed team elimination rounds with standalone superfights.