Half-guard and an opponent who doesn't follow you to the ground was a common problem in some of the matches. The split squat, one knee down, open hand strikes to a bottom opponent in some form of half or open guard led to some pretty forceful strikes. The guy screaming before and during his match with Vagner was hilarious. The competition level was pretty uneven at times with some top tier guys for the format and some guys who were cannon fodder.
That being said, the strikes did provide the temptation in the overtime rounds to cause a couple fellas to lose position. I'd be okay with seeing an additional second overtime round implemented, but this is a minor criticism and not even that, I'm just always interested to see how guys handle the overtime positions and submission attempts vs ride time dynamic.
I like that it lures guys into the bracket that would likely normally be unwilling to do a pure EBI event. The change strikes make to the dynamic does lure in some name fishes to swim in the EBI waters.
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