Good Fight Alabama Posts a 90% Submission Rate
Ten tournaments, seven organizations, 3,500 matches. A 0.9% upset in Washington, a 70% sub rate in Cincinnati, and a perfect 7-0 run in Bend.
Good Fight Alabama Fall Open runs 50 matches and finishes 90% of them by submission. It is the smallest event of the weekend and the most violent. Grappling Industries Cincinnati runs 303 matches at a 70% submission rate. Two tournaments, two different scales, the same conclusion: nobody went to a decision if they could help it.
Ten tournaments across seven organizations produce 3,500 matches this weekend. JJWL Phoenix X Gi leads with 729. The weekend runs lighter than the last two — half the match volume of AGF Oklahoma City week — but the finishes are sharper.
Star Performances
Seven wins, three by submission, gold medal. Runs through the field at AGF Bend without a loss.
Six wins -- three by submission, three on points -- and gold at Newbreed Charleston. Clean sheet.
Four submissions in four matches, including a 3,570-Jits upset over Jayden Matthew Hayes. Gold medal and the largest single-tournament Jits gain among all MVPs.
Two submissions, gold medal. Breaks Emzara Oprea’s 19-win streak in the no-gi bracket, then loses her own 14-win streak to Oprea in the gi event. They split the day 1-1.
The Ramirez-Oprea exchange is the weekend's best storyline. Ayleen Ramirez breaks Emzara Oprea's 19-win streak in the Phoenix X NoGi bracket. Then Oprea comes back and breaks Ramirez's 14-win streak in the Phoenix X Gi bracket. Same two fighters, same weekend, opposite outcomes. That is youth jiu-jitsu at its best.
Avery Drljic leads the Jits gains at NAGA Washington II with four submissions in four matches, including a 3,570-Jits upset that puts him on the weekend's top upsets list.
The Deep Brackets
Grappling Industries Cincinnati and Grappling Industries Montana account for all the five-win bracket runs this weekend. In Cincinnati, Jonathan Woodward of Fuse Martial Arts, Leonidas Pierson of Functions BJJ, Ayaan Furtado-Tiwari of Purdue JiuJitsu, and Eli Weishaupt of Nishime Jiu Jitsu each win five straight.
In Montana, Izzy Olsen of Sylvio Behring USA, William Fitch, and Evelyn Gazy of Bushido Mountain Dojo all go five deep. Gazy finishes the weekend 5-0 and gains +6,920 Jits — one of the largest moves among deep bracket runners.
Upsets and Surprises
Martwick submits a fighter rated 4,110 Jits above him. Then Dougherty comes back and breaks Martwick’s 15-win streak later in the same tournament. They trade upsets on the same day.
Drljic catches a 5,450-Jits grey belt by submission en route to a 4-0, all-subs gold medal run.
Jones edges Gardner on points at Newbreed Charleston, closing a 2,640-Jits gap.
The streak-breaking list is quieter than the last two weeks but still active. Luke Segura sees a 21-win streak end at JJWL Phoenix X. Hazel Schafer (17-0) falls at Grappling Industries Montana. Clayton Joshua Kelley (17-0) drops to Rubert Figueredo at Phoenix X. The 30-plus streaks from last weekend are gone; now the teens are falling.
Academy Report
| Academy | Fighters | Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lotus Club | 57 | 54 | 23 | 25 | 6 |
| Gracie Barra Summerville | 46 | 50 | 12 | 23 | 15 |
| Montana MMA | 31 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 8 |
| Connection Rio JJ Academy | 20 | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 |
| Sylvio Behring USA | 23 | 41 | 18 | 15 | 8 |
Connection Rio Jiu Jitsu Academy runs the highest efficiency of the weekend: 46 medals from 20 fighters at AGF Bend, a 2.3 medals-per-fighter rate with 24 golds. Montana MMA controls the home field at Grappling Industries Montana with 50 medals from 31 fighters.
Tournament Scoreboard
| Tournament | Org | Matches | Sub Rate | Top Academy | Takeaway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJWL Phoenix X Gi | JJWL | 729 | 56% | Lotus Club (31) | Ramirez and Oprea swap streak-breaks |
| NAGA Washington II | NAGA | 559 | 55% | GRPL Club (28) | Drljic goes 4-0 all subs, 4,110-Jits upset leads |
| Newbreed Charleston | Newbreed | 439 | 49% | GB Summerville (50) | Plewinski goes 6-0, Summerville takes 50 medals |
| GI Montana | Grappling Industries | 415 | 62% | Montana MMA (50) | Three five-win bracket runs |
| JJWL Phoenix X NoGi | JJWL | 328 | 66% | Lotus Club (23) | 66% sub rate, Ramirez breaks Oprea's 19-win streak |
| GI Cincinnati | Grappling Industries | 303 | 70% | Honne Academy (30) | 70% sub rate, four five-win bracket runs |
| Grappling X Central Valley | Grappling X | 278 | 44% | Pacific Martial Arts (28) | Lowest sub rate of the weekend |
| AGF Houston | AGF | 241 | 55% | Revive Vidor (22) | Afable takes bronze, +840 Jits |
| AGF Bend | AGF | 158 | 65% | Connection Rio JJ (46) | Holmes goes 7-0, Connection Rio takes 46 medals |
| Good Fight Alabama | Good Fight | 50 | 90% | Valhalla JJ & MMA (10) | 90% sub rate, 45 of 50 matches end by submission |
Monday Ratings Movers
Hryhorii Klymchuk gains +7,320 Jits on a perfect 5-0 weekend, the largest single-weekend move. Eli Weishaupt follows with 7-0 and +6,960 Jits at Grappling Industries Cincinnati. Evelyn Gazy goes 5-0 at Grappling Industries Montana for +6,920 Jits.
On the drops side, Elizabeth Bobowiec takes the hardest fall: -4,350 Jits on a 0-4 weekend.
Risers
| # | Fighter | Record | Tier | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hryhorii Klymchuk | 5-0 | Prodigy | 4,080 | +7,320 |
| 2 | Eli Weishaupt | 7-0 | Prodigy | 3,520 | +6,960 |
| 3 | Evelyn Gazy | 5-0 | Elite | 3,708 | +6,920 |
| 4 | Scott Wilson | 4-0 | Elite | 3,138 | +6,410 |
| 5 | Katherine Szutz | 4-0 | Elite | 2,987 | +6,320 |
| 6 | Gabe Hunt | 7-1 | Prodigy | 4,315 | +6,160 |
| 7 | Ayaan Furtado-Tiwari | 8-0 | Elite | 3,487 | +6,140 |
| 8 | Lily Pedersen | 4-0 | Elite | 2,729 | +6,090 |
| 9 | Brett Grimes | 6-2 | Prodigy | 4,283 | +6,060 |
| 10 | Mate Khubashvili | 6-1 | Elite | 2,724 | +5,990 |
Drops
| # | Fighter | Record | Tier | Rating | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Bobowiec | 0-4 | Elite | 2,871 | -4,350 |
| 2 | Jasiah Masga | 1-1 | Elite | 3,344 | -3,720 |
| 3 | Marley Eibert | 0-4 | Elite | 2,565 | -3,460 |
| 4 | Jacob Tully | 0-2 | Advanced | 2,287 | -3,420 |
| 5 | Alexander Emard | 0-4 | Prodigy | 4,144 | -2,710 |
Looking Ahead
September closes with a quieter card after two consecutive weekends above 6,000 matches. The submission rates tell the story of this weekend: 90% at Good Fight Alabama, 70% at Cincinnati, 66% at Phoenix NoGi. Smaller fields, higher finish rates. October opens next week with the circuit returning to full volume.
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