Andre Galvao and Leandro Lo met 4 times on record, and Lo took 3 of those meetings to Galvao's 1. The margins tell you most of what you need to know about how close this was. Three of the four were decided by narrow scoring, with two going to Lo on advantages and one on points. The only Galvao win, in the 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship final, also came down to an advantage. None of these matches ended by submission.

The two came at grappling from different directions. Galvao finishes a good share of his wins, with 43% of his recorded wins coming by submission and his Gi Choke From Back leading the way at 14. Lo built his game around pressure passing and positional scoring, with a lower 21% submission rate on his wins and his Cross Collar Choke as his most common finish at 15. Against each other, though, the finishing threat rarely mattered. These were tight positional battles settled by who edged ahead on the scoreboard.

Both held long careers at a high level. Galvao holds an 85% win rate across 190 recorded matches, and Lo an 84% win rate across 296 recorded matches. The head to head landed in Lo's favor, but the four meetings were consistently close rather than one-sided.