Connor Simodynes Submits Ten Straight in North Carolina

Ten submissions in ten matches. Connor Simodynes does not give a single opponent at Newbreed NC State the chance to see the scoreboard. In a 385-match tournament, that kind of efficiency stands alone.

At AGF Buffalo, Elson Di Fiore runs through all seven opponents for gold. At Newbreed Springfield, Ivan Douglas posts the weekend’s largest Jits delta among MVPs at +2,160 on a 4-0 run that includes a 2,130-Jits upset.

The Grappling Industries double-header in Denver and Chicago produces six-win bracket runs by six different fighters. At Chicago, Aiden Juda of Maximus Jiu Jitsu, Julian Valtierrez of Pure BJJ, Michael Myers of Breaking Point BJJ, Gustavo Gonzalez of ACES Training Center, and Zain Yasoob of 3D Martial Arts each sweep their brackets with six straight. Five six-win runs at a single tournament.

At Denver, Rorik Burns of PRIME BJJ goes six-deep. Hudson Boyle of Dark Horse and Arabella Costello of Gracie Barra Chandler each win five straight in two separate divisions — the kind of double-bracket grind that round-robin formats reward.

The combined output: 2,169 matches across two Grappling Industries events, with eleven bracket runs of five wins or more. The round-robin format continues to produce the weekend’s deepest individual performances.

The streak-breaker story this weekend centers on Grappling Industries Denver. Tyson Marr of The Kompound (30-0) falls to Caden Ha-sang Hsu. Emiliano Alvarado of High Altitude Martial Arts (27-0) loses to Tegan Olivia Mcafoos Landers. Grayson Broyles of The Sanctuary BJJ (22-0) drops to Connor Madsen. And Kaizen Butler of Madhouse BJJ (19-0) falls to Broyles himself — the same fighter who lost his own 22-win streak earlier in the tournament.

At NAGA Cincinnati, Elizabeth Faith Acuff (18-0) loses to Olivia Acuff — an Acuff-on-Acuff upset.

SATORI NO MICHI DOJO dominates Grappling X Reno with 41 medals from 21 fighters — a 2.0 medals-per-fighter rate with 24 golds. That 59% gold rate leads all academies this weekend. 10PJJ Richmond / AFS Academy runs the most efficient medal haul: 23 medals from 11 fighters, a 2.1 medals-per-fighter rate.

Emily Katherine Van Der Hoeven of TAC Team BJJ gains +7,440 Jits on a 12-1 weekend — the biggest single-weekend move across all fourteen tournaments. Twelve wins and one loss. She climbs to Prodigy tier at 3,668 Jits.

Kuba Rafalo of Fred Lobo BJJ goes 9-0 for +7,290 Jits, jumping to Prodigy at 6,773 — the highest post-weekend rating among all risers. Carsten Baca of The Sanctuary BJJ goes 10-0 for +6,140 Jits at the same Denver event where his teammate Grayson Broyles loses a 22-win streak. On the drops side, Abby Landeros of Team Alpha BJJ takes the hardest fall: -4,820 Jits on a 2-2 weekend.

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Connor Simodynes’s 10-0 all-submission run is the kind of performance that raises questions about bracket depth. Did he face weak opposition, or is he simply that much better than his weight class? The answer matters: in a 385-match tournament, a 100% finish rate across ten matches means none of his opponents could survive to the final whistle. GOOD FIGHT’s 91% submission rate across 143 matches continues to establish the organization as the highest-finish-rate circuit in youth jiu-jitsu. Denver’s four broken streaks in one day suggests the altitude matters — or the Grappling Industries format rewards fresh legs, and by match six or seven, the favorites are tired.