Romulo Barral and Tarsis Humphreys met 6 times on record, and the ledger could not be more even: 3 wins each, no draws. They shared the same weight class, Meio Pesado, with Barral out of Gracie Barra and Humphreys out of Alliance. Most of these meetings came at the top of the bracket, several in finals, which tells you these two were fighting for the same medals in the same era.

The styles read differently across their broader records. Barral finished 56% of his wins by submission and has a heavy cross collar choke game, while Humphreys shows a lower 24% submission rate among his wins. Interestingly, in this rivalry the finishes went the other way. Both of Humphreys' stoppage wins over Barral came from the legs, a Leg Lock in the 2010 IBJJF World Championship final and a footlock at the 2007 ADCC World Championship third place match.

Barral's 3 wins came without a submission: points at the 2011 Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship, a decision in the 2009 IBJJF World Championship final, and an advantage in the 2007 IBJJF Pan Championship final. So the pattern is clear enough. When Humphreys won, he tended to catch the finish. When Barral won, he did it on the scoreboard.