On record this is a one-sided series. Gianni Grippo and Isaque Paiva met 7 times, and Grippo won all 7. Every meeting happened in the gi, and every one went to the judges rather than a finish. Six were decided on points and one, the 2015 final, came down to advantages. These were not blowouts by submission, they were tight scorecards that consistently fell Grippo's way.

The styles help explain the pattern. Grippo built his name in the lighter divisions as part of the guard-based 'Berimbolo Generation', and his recorded win rate sits at 72% across 308 matches, with only 26% of those wins coming by submission. Paiva, out of the Saikoo Academy, is the higher-percentage finisher, with 49% of his recorded wins by submission on a 66% win rate over 104 matches. Against a positional, points-oriented opponent like Grippo, Paiva never got the series into the finishing range where his game is most dangerous.

Most of these matches came in the same stretch. Five of the 7 were 2018 semi-finals across events like the 2018 European Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship, the 2018 IBJJF Brazilian Nationals, and the 2018 Abu Dhabi King of Mats. Their earliest recorded meeting was at the 2014 IBJJF Pan Championship in the quarter-finals. Note that both men share the top choke: their favorite submission on record is the Gi Choke From Back, Grippo with 14 and Paiva with 7.