What We Learned from FightPass Invitational 7 Rodriguez vs Fowler

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Fightpass has been moving forward with their events and they've been getting better and better people. I think Fightpass has finally committed to grappling and are now putting out regular FPIs which I'm happy about. Let's take a look at the results now. 


Results


 Helena Crevar def. Aurile Le Vern via  dec

 Oliver Taza def. Pedro Rocha via dec

 Pitar Frank def. Raphael Domingos via Armbar

Raquel Canuto def. Aislin O'Connell via dec 

Jonatas Gracie def. Jacob Rodriguez via points

Renato Canuto def. Aaron Wilson via Inside heelhook

Giancarlo Bodoni def. Gabriel Arges via RNC

Luke Griffin def. Kaynan Duarte via RNC

Renato Moicano def. Christian Guzman via points

Nick Rodriguez def. Mason Fowler via points


How People Won



50% of the matches were decided by points and 10% were decisions. 20% of the wins came from chokes while leglocks and arm locks each made up 10% of the wins. The rules for this event were a bit strange for those who haven't watched it before. There is a regular period of 8-10min of grappling with no points followed by an overtime period with points that is half the time of the regular period. So far it has worked well, but I'm worried that this format will cause problems in the future.


I think a 40% submission rate is fairly good and you can't really ask for much more out of an event than that. Even when people weren't submitting their opponents, they were at least trying. It was a fun watch.


Stats




The RNC came out number 1 here as usual, but we got an inside heelhook and armbar as well. These seem to be the most popular subs and it isn't a surprise that they are represented here.




The single leg and the mat return tied for 1st place here. It should be noted however that my definition of a mat return is perhaps more broad than some other people's. I define it as any takedown from the rear bodylock that isn't clearly another specific technique listed here. Here there were some trips, a broomstick and at least once where someone was just dragged down.

There were also 2 Kani basami takedowns which is a bit rare. Luckily nobody was injured in the attempts, but seeing 2 in one event is surprising. Was there something in the water?


 


The halfguard pass came out on top here although it wasn't a very high percentage option. It was followed by its cousins the 3/4 mount pass and the bodylock. There was also a float pass in there, which we don't see too often.



 


There were lots of different sweeps on display with the sub sweep coming out on top along with the 50/50 sweep. There were some rare sweeps as well such as the waiter sweep and a snapdown. I think the variety really helped make the guard more dangerous and effective for these athletes.


 


The back was the number 1 finishing position as you'd expect. None of the other positions were able to generate any finishes. 




We got an 8.8 action score and a 1.6 technique score. This compares to the average of  6.5 for 2023 and 1.68 for technique. There was a ton of action, but the actual amount of techniques completed was less than what we usually see. That happens and I guess sometimes things just don't come together. 

I also created a new category which you can see at the end there. This will likely be rename to the action score next year, but I want to keep things the same for right now. I'm looking to tweak things to most accurately show what happens in the matches. Hopefully by next year I'll have everything worked out. 



Overall


This was a good event and a nice continuation of the FPI series. The only thing I could complain about was the fact that they started to go soft on the penalties. Bring the strict stalling calls. There was a lot of action, but I think they could have squeezed out a bit more with penalties. I'm looking forward to the next event and I hope they start promoting the events more. I will say I liked what they did with the pre-match videos though. 




I really like the direction that they are going with these events. I don't know if these rules are quite right and the raised platform really needs to go, but they are doing a lot of things right. FPI has really put themselves forward and made themselves one of the premier grappling events in a short amount of time. This was a great event and one worth checking out if you haven't already. 

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