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• ▸ Across 46 recorded matches, Palhares finished 4 by submission, a submission win rate of 21 percent. That sits below the site average of 40 percent, so his game leans on positional and points work rather than the finish.
• ▸ Of his 27 recorded losses, 13 came on points. That points to a pattern of tight matches decided in the scoring rather than getting caught, since only 3 losses came by submission.
• ▸ His most recorded appearances came at the 2021 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship with 5, followed by the 2020 IBJJF Pan No-Gi Championship with 4. Palhares was a regular on the IBJJF no-gi circuit.
• ▸ His busiest year on record was 2019 with 11 matches, part of a stretch that runs from 2014 to 2021. Most of his recorded work sits in the gi, with 28 gi matches to 15 no-gi.
• ▸ One of his 4 submission wins was a Triangle Choke over Gregor Gracie at the 2019 IBJJF Atlanta Winter Open. He also has a Gi Choke From Back on record against Matheus Costa at the 2018 IBJJF Orlando Open.