ADCC San Diego Delivers the Season’s Biggest Upset

Cody Haru Truong of Roberto Traven BJJ goes 8-0 at Newbreed Atlanta with seven of his eight wins by submission. Eight matches in one day, seven finishes. The grey belt takes gold and gains +820 Jits, but the weekend's efficiency prize belongs to him regardless of the rating math.

Graham Phillips of Different Breed MMA takes gold at NAGA Lubbock with the highest Jits gain (+1,100) among medalists. At NAGA Greensboro, Wesley Klejmont of PSBJJ Winston Salem submits Mason Gauge Pavey three times in one tournament — across gi and no-gi brackets, closing a 3,600+ Jits gap each time.

Jacinto Hernandez III of Ultimate Submission Academy sweeps Grappling Industries San Antonio with a 12-0 weekend — the highest undefeated match count this week. He jumps to 6,323 Jits and Prodigy tier on +4,760 Jits.

At GI Denver, Tayva Juhlin of Kraken BJJ matches the volume with 11-0, and Brixton Stratton grinds through six wins before a 24-win streak finally ends against Amario Montoya. Karson Cosenza and Rhys Araujo each win six straight in their San Antonio brackets.

The ADCC US Open generates the weekend's four largest upsets — all with gaps over 5,000 Jits. Charlotte "Tank" Kleintank alone absorbs two of them, falling to Mun by submission and to Christiana Siene Freeman of Atos HQ by submission on the same day.

The streak-breaking continues. Carlos Rafael Sainz III sees a 29-win streak end at the ADCC US Open when Luca Negro takes him down. Iilahnee Abiang falls at 25-0, Brixton Stratton at 24-0, and Selah Chon at 21-0. Four streaks of 20+ wins broken in a single weekend.

Art of Jiu Jitsu converts 26 of 37 medals to gold at the ADCC US Open — a 70% gold rate. That is the most efficient output of any academy this season. Ohana Academy leads in total volume with 41 medals from 29 fighters in San Antonio. Victory Combat Sports Academy runs a zero-bronze operation: 10 golds and 9 silvers from 10 fighters at NAGA Lubbock.

Aleksandra Anderson of The Sanctuary BJJ and Fitness gains +5,300 Jits on a perfect 9-0 weekend — the biggest single-weekend move across all nine tournaments. The blue belt climbs to 3,675 Jits at Elite tier.

Jacinto Hernandez III turns that 12-0 sweep in San Antonio into +4,760 Jits, reaching 6,323 at Prodigy tier. Laura Elizabeth Kotcher of Logic goes 7-0 for +4,680 Jits. On the drops side, Cael Henderson of Madhouse BJJ takes the hardest fall: -2,620 Jits on a 3-5 weekend.

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Three weekends into January and the season has already produced a 7,295-Jits upset, a 49-win streak broken, and a tournament with an 85% submission rate. The ADCC US Open confirms what the Grappling Industries circuit has been hinting: the West Coast youth divisions are deep enough to produce upsets that would be statistically rare anywhere else. When you stack 845 no-gi matches in a single venue, something breaks.