Joao Soares

Did you know?

• ▸ Soares has recorded matches spanning from 2003 to 2021, a long stretch on record for someone with 15 total matches logged.
• ▸ Every one of his 15 recorded matches came in the gi, so there is no nogi footprint to speak of here.
• ▸ His lone submission win came by triangle choke, against Aaron Johnson at the 2016 IBJJF Boston Spring Open.
• ▸ His submission win rate sits at 25 percent on record, below the 40 percent site average, and 4 of his 11 losses came by submission as well.
• ▸ 2016 was his busiest year with 7 matches, and it is also where all three of his standout wins landed, over Aaron Johnson, Kenneth Brown, and Lincoln Pereira across the Boston, Atlanta, and New York Opens.