A 4,923-Jits Upset at Golden State XIII

Apollo Baca of Cascade Jiu-Jitsu does what only a handful of fighters manage all season: ten matches, ten wins, nine by submission at AGF Tri-Cities. Adam Antonio Gonzales nearly matches him at AGF Albuquerque, going 9-0 with eight submissions. Two perfect weekends at two AGF events, separated by 1,200 miles.

At JJWL Golden State XIII, Jeremy Balelo finishes all three opponents by submission and gains +2,360 Jits — the third-largest MVP gain, despite the smallest match count. Efficiency over volume.

Grappling Industries Minneapolis produces the weekend's deep bracket concentration. William Tuttle of Kato Jiu Jitsu wins five in two separate brackets — ten bracket wins across two divisions. Grace Hli Ci Yang of GF Team does the same. Carlos Trevino of Great Lakes Combatives and Sho Sato of Alliance River City BJJ each run five-win sweeps in their own divisions.

At Grappling Industries San Diego, Jacob Mhar Bagaygay of Lansang BJJ and Quinten Silas Abugan of Art of Jiu Jitsu each win five straight. And the Cinderella of the weekend: Emerson Chaffin grinds through six matches at AGF Albuquerque, ranked 217th out of 224 fighters entering.

The streak-breaking numbers from this weekend are stacked. Leonardo Castaneda's 36-win streak falls to Thiago Diaz Leon at JJWL American Open IX. Two 33-win streaks fall the same day: Atticus Vitug loses to Elijah Dennis at GS XIII NoGi, and Gabriel Weiss Gama loses to Jesse Wellen at American Open IX Gi.

Kenzo Velasco Sing (24-0) falls to Wesley Pantoja at GS XIII Gi. Jacob Charlton (23-0) loses to Samuel Oelfke at Grappling Industries Minneapolis. Three more streaks between 18 and 19 wins fall across Tri-Cities, Missouri State, and Salt Lake City.

Gracie Barra O'Fallon controls AGF Missouri State with 74 medals from 32 fighters — a 2.3 medals-per-fighter rate. Island Jiu Jitsu nearly matches it at NAGA Hawaii Kids with 71 medals from 41 fighters. LEAD BJJ runs the most efficient small-team operation: 46 medals from 17 fighters, a 2.7 medals-per-fighter rate, at AGF Albuquerque.

Gus Gloschat of Gracie Barra Utah gains +8,590 Jits on a perfect 7-0 weekend at United Grappling Salt Lake City — the biggest single-weekend move across all seventeen tournaments and the largest of the spring season so far. Apollo Baca of Cascade Jiu-Jitsu goes 10-0 for +7,630 Jits at AGF Tri-Cities. Adam Antonio Gonzales goes 9-0 for +7,280 Jits at AGF Albuquerque.

On the drops side, Cowan Nicholas Aquilino takes the hardest fall: -3,840 Jits on an 0-6 weekend.

Risers

Drops

The 4,923-Jits upset at Golden State XIII is the widest of the spring season. The 6,713 matches are the most in a single weekend. And the three 33+ win streaks falling on the same day — Castaneda (36), Vitug (33), Gama (33) — confirm what the data has been saying all spring: by mid-May, the early-season unbeaten records have been stress-tested to the breaking point.