What we learned from Nogi Worlds 2022

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Nogi worlds is back and this is the last big nogi event this year. There were a number of big names here and smaller names looking to make a name for themselves. There were a lot of good matches and a surprisingly high number of submissions. Although this didn't have the same hype as ADCC, it was a very good event. 

 




 Results

There was a good mix of veterans and new names in here this year. Hopefully this will help some of the newer athletes raise their profile.

Female Champions

Roosterweight: Jhenifer Aquino def Giulia Gregorout via advantage

Light Featherweight: Alex Nguyen def Jessie Crane via RNC

Featherweight: Tammi Musumeci def. Jasmine Rocha va RNC

Lightweight: Brianna Ste-Marie vs Nicole Sullivan via arm triangle

Middleweight: Elisabeth Clay def Vanessa Griffin

Medium Heavyweight: Amy Campo def. Mellisa Cueto via RNC

Heavyweight: Andressa Cintra def Thalyta Lima Silva via kneebar

Super Heavyweight: Luciana Mota vs Leticia Cardoso - closeout

Absolute: Elisabeth Clay def  Amy Campo via points


Male Champions

Roosterweight: Osamah Almarwai def. Roiter Lima via advantage

Light Featherweight: Lucas Pinheiro vs  Alberto "Bebeto" Oliveira via advantage

featherweight: Gianni Grippo vs Gavin Corbe via points 

Lightweight: Dante Leon vs Carlos Henrique via points 

Middleweight: Andy Murasaki def Igor Feliz via heelhook

Medium Heavyweight: Jonnatas Gracie def Sebastian Rodriguez via points

Heavyweight: Andre Porfirio & Vagner Rocha no showed 

Super Heavyweight: Henrique Ceconi def Felipe Trovo via advantage

Ultra Heavyweight: Roberto "Cyborg" Abreu def Victor Hugo via points

Absolute: Roberto Cyborg Abreu & Henrique Ceconi no showed



As I've said before, IBJJF is a pain to cover and because of their disorganization, I won't be doing full stats. That said I do have quite a bit of data on the submissions and how the matches ended. I have to admit that these stats might have some mistakes in them as they were difficult to gather. Hopefully they aren't too far off and we can get some insights on what is happening now in the nogi world. 



As you can see above there was a 45% submission rate, which I think is actually very good. The submissions keep to the same pattern we are used to seeing with chokes coming in at number one and leg attacks and arm attacks following. The amount of arm attacks seems a bit low, but that happens sometimes. Leg locks looked to be decreasing at ADCC, but they are well represented here. There has been a slight increase from 15.1% last year to 16.7% this year. Overall I'm just happy the overall submission rate seems to be increasing. 
 
As you'd expect the RNC comes out on top. This time it was followed by the inside heelhook, which was surprising, considering the ADCC stats. After that came the armbar and then the triangle. It was nice seeing a large variety of submissions and some rare subs we don't often see. I'm a bit surprised that there were 2 Texas cloverleaves, but perhaps it's getting trendy now. 

The triangle is something that is known as a fundamental BJJ technique, but in the last few years in nogi hasn't shown up as much as other chokes. Here it came roaring back and if you count the flying triangle it was the most common choke besides the RNC. 

I've included the division stats below for those that are interested. 
For the stats down below, please note that wins by advantage are included in Dec/DQ/OT.

Women's Divisions



Men's Divisions










For some strange reason there were more Texas cloverleaves than I'm used to seeing, but I think this might be due to the increased use of the saddle. It wasn't just the saddle though, 50/50 was used just as much. It's hard to say if it was used more here than in ADCC, but it was certainly more successful. This might be due to the lower level of leg lock defense among most IBJJF competitors. This also follows the trend I've been seeing with an increase in the variety of leg locks. The inside heelhook came back as one of the most common submissions however. Does this mean that that the lack of inside heelhooks was an anomaly or are the IBJJF competitors just far behind in defense.




Something they have tried to improve is the problem of people running out of bounds. They are awarding points for this now and I think it did help. There were a number of time I saw people try to stay in bounds and circle back in, even when they were caught in a technique. I also saw people punished for trying to use the boundary to escape a score or submission. That said I'd still like to see more, so people don't see that as a valid strategy anymore. I still witnessed a few times where people failed to receive points because their opponent went out of bounds.

Also it seems the 50/50 see-saw battles we saw before heelhooks were added are dead. I'm not sure I saw anyone doing that. When people entered 50/50 people were either going for heelhooks or passes. I was happy to see this go away and it made the matches much better. 50/50 became a place where you're on the edge of your seat instead of the time you use to take a bathroom break.


Finally, the false reap seems to be picking up more and more steam. I saw several people using it and it now seems to be one of the most popular saddle entries this year.




Overall

This event was much better than I expected. We got a lot of submissions and not much stalling, which surprised me. This event was definitely worth watching and although it didn't have as many stars as ADCC, it had some good names mixed in. The brown belts had some good names in it as well, so check those out if you haven't watched them(I didn't include them in these stats though). Jacob Couch finally got his black belt and surprisingly Kenta Iwamoto is still a brown belt. I think the game we are seeing at Nogi world is converging with what we see at ADCC. There are some rule differences that make strategies for Nogi worlds slightly different, however the improvements in the game we have seen based based on other promotions are carried over here. I think there pro grappling scene has made a lot of people more aggressive and submission hungry, which I believe is a good thing. I was expecting people to try to edge out point victories here, but I was happy to see that generally was not the case. 

I haven't updated the year to date stats in a while, but I'll include them in the year end wrap up. This and ADCC are the 2 biggest events and they haven't been added yet, so it will be interesting to see how they shake things up. 

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