Rivalry · 5 recorded meetings

André Galvão vs Tarsis Humphreys

Head-to-head record

André

Tarsis

André

Tarsis

2007 → 2013, oldest first

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Galvao and Humphreys met 5 times on record, with Galvao winning 4 and Humphreys 1.
Both fighters list the armbar as their favorite submission, though Galvao has 14 armbar wins to Humphreys' 3.
Three of their 5 meetings fell in a single year, 2013, and Galvao took 2 of those 3.
Humphreys' only win over Galvao came by penalty, not by any offense of his own, in the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Professional quarter-finals.
Against common opponent Alexandre Ribeiro, Galvao sits at 5-5 while Humphreys is 0-2, and against Claudio Calasans Galvao is 3-0 to Humphreys' 0-2.

The rivalry

Andre Galvao holds a 4 to 1 edge over Tarsis Humphreys across 5 recorded meetings. Both men competed at meio pesado and shared the same era, but the ledger is one-sided once you look past the single loss. Galvao owns a much heavier overall resume on record, with 177 wins in 211 matches for an 84% win rate, against Humphreys at 49 wins in 93 for 53%.

The stylistic gap shows up in how these fights ended. Galvao finished Humphreys twice by Kimura, both in 2013, once in a semi-final and once at the 2013 IBJJF Pan Championship semi-finals. That fits the broader picture: 45% of Galvao's wins on record come by submission, compared with 22% for Humphreys. Galvao's other two wins came by injury in the final of the 2008 IBJJF Pan Championship and by decision in the round of 32 at the 2007 IBJJF World Championship.

Humphreys' one win came on penalties in the quarter-finals of the 2013 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship. So of the two decisive finishes in this rivalry, both went to Galvao by kimura, while the closer results tended to hinge on advantages and referee scoring rather than clean domination.