Did you know?

• ▸ Across 46 recorded matches, Palhares finished only 4 by submission, a 21 percent submission win rate that sits well under the site average of 40 percent.
• ▸ His recorded losses lean heavily on the scoreboard, with 13 of them coming by points. If you are studying his matches, expect grinding, decision-length battles rather than early finishes.
• ▸ He competed mostly in the gi, with 28 of his recorded matches in the gi versus 15 no-gi. Worth noting given how many of his notable wins landed at IBJJF no-gi events.
• ▸ His recorded matches run from 2014 to 2021, and 2019 was his busiest stretch with 11 matches in that single year.
• ▸ His submission win over Gregor Gracie came by triangle choke at the 2019 IBJJF Atlanta Winter Open, one of just 4 submission finishes on record for him.