Rivalry · 4 recorded meetings

Gianni Grippo vs Samir Chantre

Head-to-head record

Gianni

Samir

Gianni

Samir

2014 → 2021, oldest first

Did you know?

Grippo leads the series 3 to 1 across 4 recorded meetings, with no draws.
Both of their 2014 meetings were in the gi, one in the Las Vegas Summer Open final and one in the Pan Championship semi-finals.
Chantre finishes 40% of his wins by submission compared to Grippo's 27%, but Grippo carries the higher overall win rate at 73% to 61%.
Grippo has 296 recorded matches to Chantre's 119, more than double the sample.
Against common opponent Paulo Miyao, Grippo is 2-4 and Chantre is 0-3, one of the few shared foes to give both men trouble.

The rivalry

Gianni Grippo and Samir Chantre met 4 times on record, and Grippo holds the edge at 3 wins to 1. Three of the four bouts came in the gi, with their most recent meeting at Fight to Win 182 in 2021 fought no-gi. Chantre's only win in the series came in the 2014 IBJJF Las Vegas Summer Open final, decided by advantage. Grippo took the other three, including a semi-final win on points at the 2014 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship and a split decision at Fight 2 Win Pro 25 in 2017.

The stylistic contrast shows in the numbers. Grippo, of Alliance fame in the Peso Pena division, has a 73% win rate across 296 recorded matches but finishes only 27% of his wins by submission, leaning on positional control and his Gi Choke From Back. Chantre, out of Ares JJ at Peso Pluma, sits at 61% across 119 recorded matches but finishes 40% of his wins, with the Toe Hold as his most frequent tap.

What decided these meetings was margin rather than the finish. Three of the four went to the judges or the scoreboard, by split decision, advantage, and points. Only their 2021 bout was scored by another method. Against shared opposition the pattern tracks with the head to head: Grippo went 6-0 against Rodrigo Freitas where Chantre went 2-0, and Grippo went 4-0 against Alexandre Molinaro where Chantre went 0-1.