Three Win Streaks Over 25 Fall in a Single Weekend

The weekend’s biggest Jits gain among gold medalists belongs to Amir Nanjee, a blue belt out of Rooster Grappling Arts who submits both opponents at the JJWL’s Dallas XIII Gi Youth. Two matches, two taps, +3,280 Jits. In a field of 677 competitors, that efficiency stands out.

In Duncanville, Haidynn Garza goes 3-1 with three submissions at the AGF Texas State Championships — a tournament that ran 918 matches, the largest field of the weekend. Her upset over Nora Thompson of The Forge BJJ covers a 2,120-Jits gap. On the East Coast, Pedro Carapina runs the table at NAGA Connecticut with a 4-0 mix of submissions and points decisions.

Grappling Industries Denver owns the deep bracket story this weekend. Three youth fighters — Vincent Wang of Easton Training Center Longmont, Ryla Jaye Knight of Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu, and Sarah Phyllis Huang of Easton BJJ — each win six straight in their divisions. Knight enters rated at 9,587 Jits, the highest-rated fighter among the six-win group. Wang doubles up, adding a five-win run in his second division for 11 total bracket victories on the day.

In Austin, Maximus Soares of Dream Art San Antonio matches them with six wins in the grey belt 8-9 year old gi bracket. Leo Xavier Stanger of Easton BJJ puts together back-to-back five-win divisions in Denver, running through 10 opponents across gi and no-gi. The Grappling Industries round-robin format rewards durability as much as skill — and the Easton network has both.

Na’sir Hankerson of TEAM ROC delivers the Cinderella story of the weekend at Newbreed Fayetteville. Ranked 236th out of 259 fighters entering, he wins four straight to grab a medal.

The streak-breaking numbers this weekend are staggering. Beyond Hartwig (32), Pertaia (28), and Broughton (27), the casualties include Aaron Hill (17-0, broken at AGF Texas State), Emily Lazo (17-0, same tournament), and Abigail Cummings (17-0, also AGF Texas State). Three 17-win streaks fall at the same event. Gage Gagliardi (18-0) drops at Newbreed Oklahoma City to Ax Silva. Ezra Hicks (15-0) falls at Newbreed Fayetteville.

Adriana Hogan deserves a second mention. She submits Roy Mason twice in one tournament — both times as the heavy underdog. A grey belt beating a rated white belt by submission in two different formats is not a fluke. That is a matchup problem.

All American MMA leads all academies with 46 medals from 39 fighters across the JJWL Dallas double-header. Zev Martial Arts runs the most efficient operation: 35 medals from just 17 fighters, a 2.1 medals-per-fighter rate at AGF Texas State. Musquiz Jiu Jitsu matches that rate at NAGA San Antonio II — 32 medals from 17 fighters with a gold-heavy 15-10-7 split.

Holden Ralph of Easton Training Center Castle Rock gains +10,430 Jits on a perfect 9-0 weekend at Grappling Industries Denver. Nine wins, zero losses, and a jump to 5,519 Jits — the largest single-weekend Glicko-2 move across all seventeen tournaments.

Phoebe Dimmer of MECCA MMA goes 5-0 for +8,100 Jits and reaches S-Tier at 7,942. Emanuele Surace of Pedigo Submission Fighting puts together a 5-0 weekend for +7,570 Jits. On the drops side, Abigail Cummings takes the hardest fall: -4,570 Jits on a 0-2 weekend after her 17-win streak breaks at AGF Texas State.

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Three 25-plus win streaks broke in a single weekend. Broughton ends one and loses one on the same day. The Grappling Industries round-robin format continues to produce the deepest brackets in youth jiu-jitsu, and Easton’s Colorado network is stacking the talent to exploit them. Next weekend brings another full slate across the country.