Tavarez Submits All Eight at Midland, Gonzalez Beats Vela Jr Twice
Seven tournaments, 4,137 matches, four organizations. Grappling Industries DMV produces eight six-win bracket runs. Ruben Gonzalez III beats the same 6,204-Jits fighter twice.
Ruben Gonzalez III of Renzo Gracie McAllen beats Jonathon Alexander Vela Jr twice at NAGA San Antonio. The first time, Gonzalez enters rated at 1,170 Jits against Vela Jr's 6,204 — a 5,034-Jits gap with a 0.3% win probability. He wins on points. The second time he closes a 3,924-Jits gap. Same fighter, same opponent, same tournament, two wins.
Seven tournaments across four organizations produce 4,137 matches this weekend. Grappling Industries DMV leads with 1,305. NAGA San Antonio follows at 690. AGF Kansas City runs 648.
Star Performances
Eight matches, eight submissions. Gold medal at AGF Midland with a 100% finish rate. Breaks Madden Lee Green’s 14-win streak along the way.
Six submissions and a points win for the gold medal at NAGA Baltimore. Seven wins on a 7-1 card.
Gold medal on a 3-1 record with a submission and two points wins. The quality of opponent drives the Jits gain.
Adrian Tavarez of Vagabond Brazilian Jiu Jitsu does what Charlotte "Tank" Kleintank did four weeks ago in San Diego: submits every opponent on the card. Eight matches, eight submissions, zero points wins at AGF Midland. He also ends Madden Lee Green’s 14-win streak — a result that earns its own line in the streak-breaker column.
Drew Burks of Round Table BJJ puts together a similar clinic at NAGA Baltimore: 7-1 with six submissions. His academy finishes the weekend with 38 medals from 26 fighters.
The Deep Brackets
Ten matches, ten wins. The weekend’s biggest riser at +5,770 Jits. Enters unrated and exits Elite tier.
Ten wins, zero losses. Jumps to Prodigy tier at 4,304 Jits alongside Hixson as one of two 10-0 fighters at GI DMV.
Grappling Industries DMV produces eight separate six-win bracket runs — the most at any single tournament this season. Vincent Kahng of Fifty/50 Martial Arts, Tristan Julian Simms of Ares BJJ, Jason Sciacca of Big Brothers, Sawyer Silveria-Snow of Checkmat Gulf Breeze, Lukas P Hanes of Renzo Gracie, Terran Sarmiento of Round Table BJJ, and Aidan Karamanov of Double Phoenix all win six straight in their divisions.
Silveria-Snow enters at 6,673 Jits — the second-highest rated fighter in any deep bracket this weekend behind Sarmiento at 6,104. Two weeks ago Silveria-Snow went 10-0 at AGF Columbus. The pattern holds: deep brackets, clean sweeps, different tournaments.
Upsets and Surprises
Gonzalez beats Vela Jr on points. Then does it again later in the tournament, closing a 3,924-Jits gap on the second meeting.
Villarreal upsets a 5,011-Jits grey belt from the tournament’s top academy.
Schmitz wins on points at AGF Kansas City. The grey belt beats a white belt with nearly three times her rating.
NAGA San Antonio produces the two widest upsets of the weekend, both involving the same loser. Jonathon Alexander Vela Jr enters at 6,204 Jits and loses twice to Ruben Gonzalez III. Combined gap across the two results: nearly 9,000 Jits. Both wins come on points.
The streak-breaker count stays high. Sarah Alison Sanderson (23-0) of High Rollers falls to Ivan Leon at Grappling X Las Vegas. Yestemir Nameth (22-0) of Abmar Barbosa loses to Terran Sarmiento at GI DMV. Tori Mock (20-0) of Ground Control BJJ falls to Isa Ludlum at NAGA Baltimore.
Academy Report
| Academy | Fighters | Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vagabond BJJ | 30 | 60 | 21 | 26 | 13 |
| LEAD BJJ | 23 | 53 | 17 | 23 | 13 |
| Yamasaki Academy | 35 | 46 | 11 | 21 | 14 |
| Round Table BJJ | 26 | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 |
| Crazy 88 | 21 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 6 |
| GB O'Fallon | 11 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 10 |
| Caio Terra Academy Alexandria | 24 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 |
| GB Washington | 13 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
| Mushin BJJ Academy | 16 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 2 |
| Ruffhouse MMA | 12 | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 |
Vagabond Brazilian Jiu Jitsu leads the weekend with 60 medals from 30 fighters at AGF Midland — exactly 2.0 medals per fighter. Crazy 88 runs the highest gold rate: 20 golds from 21 fighters at NAGA Baltimore, a 95% gold-per-fighter rate. Gracie Barra O'Fallon posts the most efficient operation: 31 medals from 11 fighters, a 2.82 medals-per-fighter rate at AGF Kansas City.
Tournament Scoreboard
| Tournament | Org | Matches | Sub Rate | Top Academy | Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI DMV | GI | 1,305 | 55% | Yamasaki Academy (46) | Eight 6-win bracket runs, biggest field of the weekend |
| NAGA San Antonio | NAGA | 690 | 50% | Mushin BJJ (28) | Gonzalez beats Vela Jr twice, 5,034-Jits gap on the first |
| AGF Kansas City | AGF | 648 | 52% | GB O'Fallon (31) | GB O'Fallon gets 31 medals from 11 fighters |
| AGF Midland | AGF | 459 | 49% | Vagabond BJJ (60) | Tavarez goes 8-0 with all submissions |
| NAGA Baltimore | NAGA | 413 | 50% | Crazy 88 (35) | Burks goes 7-1, Mock (20-0) streak falls |
| GI Knoxville | GI | 343 | 52% | Lucas Lepri Knoxville (22) | Meyer (16-0) streak broken by Hartman |
| Grappling X Las Vegas | GRAPPLING X | 279 | 61% | Cascao Jiu-Jitsu (23) | 61% sub rate, Sanderson (23-0) streak ends |
Monday Ratings Movers
Chrystian E. Hixson of Veneration Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Kenosha gains +5,770 Jits on a perfect 10-0 weekend at Grappling Industries DMV — the biggest single-weekend Glicko-2 move across all seven tournaments. The grey belt enters unrated and exits at 3,041 Jits, Elite tier.
George Bechara of Standard Jiu Jitsu goes 5-0 for +5,280 Jits. Adrian Tavarez of Vagabond BJJ pairs his 8-0 all-submission run with +5,150 Jits at AGF Midland. On the drops side, Tristan Haynes of RDA Fitness & MMA takes the hardest fall: -2,430 Jits on a 3-2 weekend. Jonesy Jones of Big Brothers drops -2,030 Jits on a 0-4 day at GI DMV.
Risers
| # | Fighter | Record | Tier | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chrystian E. Hixson | 10-0 | Elite | 3,041 | +5,770 |
| 2 | George Bechara | 5-0 | Elite | 3,024 | +5,280 |
| 3 | Adrian Tavarez | 8-0 | Advanced | 2,993 | +5,150 |
| 4 | Abhinav Ravichandran | 7-0 | Elite | 2,962 | +4,620 |
| 5 | Jose Aguilar Jr | 3-1 | Elite | 3,246 | +4,560 |
| 6 | Liam Jack Dean | 8-0 | S-Tier | 6,454 | +4,480 |
| 7 | Jude Sumner | 10-0 | Prodigy | 4,304 | +4,430 |
| 8 | Asia Rogina | 7-1 | Elite | 3,410 | +4,390 |
Drops
| # | Fighter | Record | Tier | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tristan Haynes | 3-2 | Advanced | 2,098 | -2,430 |
| 2 | Noah M Garcia | 1-5 | Elite | 2,385 | -2,150 |
| 3 | Jonesy Jones | 0-4 | Prodigy | 4,111 | -2,030 |
| 4 | Easton Smith | 0-6 | Advanced | 2,557 | -1,810 |
| 5 | Eddie Kauka Opua Matthews | 0-4 | Elite | 2,891 | -1,810 |
Looking Ahead
Grappling Industries DMV's eight six-win bracket runs set a single-event record for the season. The DMV field — 1,305 matches, seven organizations' worth of competitors in one building — is the kind of density that produces deep brackets, long days, and the ratings movement to match. The circuit continues next Saturday.
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