Rivalry · 7 recorded meetings

Lucas Pinheiro vs Suraj Budhram

Head-to-head record

Lucas

Suraj

Lucas

Suraj

2019 → 2022, oldest first

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Pinheiro leads the series 7-0, with Budhram yet to win a recorded meeting between them.
Five of the seven meetings were finals, including bouts at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Miami and the 2019 IBJJF Las Vegas Open No-Gi.
Pinheiro finishes 44% of his wins by submission on record, while Budhram's submission rate sits at 11%.
Pinheiro's favorite finish is the gi choke from back, which he has used to win 10 recorded matches, and one of those came against Budhram at the 2019 IBJJF Houston Open.
Both men share several opponents they never beat, including Joao Miyao and Mikey Musumeci, with Pinheiro 0-2 and Budhram 0-2 against Musumeci.

The rivalry

Lucas Pinheiro holds a 7-0 lead over Suraj Budhram across their recorded meetings, and the pattern is consistent from top to bottom. Pinheiro won every one, five of them in finals. Two came by submission, two by points, and the rest by other means. This is not a back-and-forth series so much as a repeated result.

The records behind these two explain a lot. Pinheiro sits at 85 wins and 37 losses on record, a 70% win rate, with 44% of his wins coming by submission. Budhram is at 9 wins and 33 losses, a 21% win rate. The gap in finishing ability shows up in the head-to-head, where Pinheiro closed out matches with a Triangle Armbar at the 2019 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship and a Gi Choke From Back at the 2019 IBJJF Houston Open.

That gi choke from back is worth noting since it is Pinheiro's favorite finish, accounting for 10 of his wins. The matchup also crossed both gi and no-gi, so the result held up regardless of ruleset or attire.