What We Learned from FightPass Invitational 9

FPI seems to be trying to turn the page on their promotion and turn into a more consistent platform for pro grappling. They have signed Mikey Musumeci to an exclusive contract and showed they will be doing 6 shows in 2025.I'm glad to see that FightPass is focusing more on grappling and starting to put money into the sport. They're kicking off this new era with FPI 9 which was headlined by Mikey Musumeci vs Felipe Machado and there were some other good names on the card as well. I'm going keep this a bit shorter since there is so much grappling going on this week and next, but I hope you enjoy the stats. Let's look at the results below.


Results


Lavinia Barbosa def Shelby Murphy via dec


Luccas Lira def Michael Pixley via dec


Damien Anderson def Sandrey Silva via RNC


Maggie Grindatti def Giovanna Carne via inside Heelhook


Ryan Aitkin def Gabriel Almeida via points


Raquel Canuto def Michele Oliveria via RNC


Jonnatas Gracie def Kyle Chambers via Anaconda choke


Ronaldo Junior def Nick Mataya via Anaconda choke


Renato Canuto def Jason Nolf via points


Mikey Musumeci def Felipe Machado via points




How People Won 



Anytime we get more than 30% of the matches ending in submission I'm happy. Here we got 50% of them ending by sub which was great. 10% of the matches(1 match) ended with a leg lock and 40% ended via choke. People really pulled out their front headlock attacks for this event, but you can see that below. 


Stats



Overall 

I think this was a successful event and I enjoyed it. I think having the first and last 2 matches end without subs made the event look worse than it was. A 50% sub rate is higher than you can expect and I don't think any of the matches were bad. We also got a wide variety of styles and we could see guard work, passing, takedowns, etc. I liked the match making FPI did and I'm looking forward to the 6 events next year. Also, thank you FPI for announcing when the events will be in the future. These events have been great and I don't want to miss out on them. 

Anyway, I'll have a lot more content coming out over the next week or so, so check back often. 

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