Luke Sias Falls Twice in Frisco

The weekend’s nine-win run belongs to Evan Freetage. He sweeps the AGF Columbus field with a methodical points-heavy approach — eight of nine wins come on the scoreboard, only one by submission. That kind of consistency over nine consecutive matches is difficult to sustain. Most fighters who win nine in a day lean on submissions to shorten the later rounds. Freetage grinds every one of them out.

Down in Coral Springs, Santiago Buitrago goes 5-0 at the Newbreed U.S. Championship with a three-submission, two-points split. His academy, Rilion Gracie Miami Lakes, finishes the weekend with a 73% gold rate — 19 golds from 26 total medals. That is not depth. That is control.

Grappling Industries Saratoga Springs runs 317 matches and produces three five-win bracket sweeps among kids. Colin Raner and Joachim Gonopolskiy, both grey belts from Oneonta Academy of Jiu jitsu, each win five straight in their respective 8-9 divisions. Philip Ragusa of Hamptons Jiujitsu does the same in No Gi Kids Grey 8-9 — and he enters at 8,254 Jits, making him the highest-rated fighter in the bracket by a wide margin.

At Grand Rapids, Bennett Marquard sweeps two brackets. Miles Aramburu of Unity Jiu Jitsu Grand Rapids wins four straight in Gi Kids White 6-7. Two academies from the same city producing bracket-sweeping six-year-olds. The Grand Rapids youth scene is deeper than its 194 match count suggests.

The Sias double is the story, but the streak-breaker column runs deeper. Mila Lee Buendia of Northern Tribe enters the USA Open Nogi at 24-0 and falls to Layla Nour Eljazouli, an 8,183-Jits fighter who outrates her by 1,496 Jits. Luke Segura of Marcio Andre BJJ sees his 21-win streak end at the Arizona IV Gi Youth when Liam James Canaday hands him his second career loss. And Ghael Caicedo of Gracie Barra North Phoenix drops a 19-win streak to Arthur Diniz Lionete at the same tournament. Three win streaks of 19 or more, all broken in the same weekend.

Rilion Gracie Miami Lakes matches Lotus Club and Ethos Martial Arts AZ at 26 total medals — but does it with 16 fighters instead of 51 or 20. That is a 1.63 medals per fighter rate. And 19 of those 26 medals are gold. Alliance NEBJJ leads the weekend outright with 31 medals from Grappling Industries Saratoga Springs, where they are the top academy by a comfortable margin.

Lilly Harding gains +6,610 Jits on a perfect 4-0 weekend — the largest single-weekend Glicko-2 move across all thirteen tournaments. She enters unrated and exits at 2,733 Jits. Ben Bitton of V.R.M.A / Fight Sports goes 6-0 for +6,390 Jits, and Maile Mauga of All American MMA completes a 5-0 weekend for +6,020 Jits to reach Prodigy tier at 4,401 Jits. On the drops side, Royce Cerrato of Iron Lion Team takes the hardest fall: -3,020 Jits on a 2-3 weekend, sliding from 5,223 to 2,203.

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The JJWL circuit continues next weekend with events in multiple states. AGF and NAGA keep their usual multi-city pace, while Grappling Industries and Newbreed fill in the calendar. After a 4,715-match weekend, the pipeline does not slow down. The summer season is here.