The JJWL Finals Come East and West

Myles Khuu headlines a weekend where the biggest gains came from submission artists. His 2-0 run at JJWL Finals Norcal Gi Youth includes two submissions over fighters rated well above him — including a 3,650-Jits upset that registers as the weekend's widest gap at 1.5% win probability.

On the other side of the country, Robyn Marie Gonzalez goes 2-0 at The Finals East NoGi Youth to take gold, beating Valentina Flores of Pablo Silva BJJ by decision. She had beaten the same opponent earlier at the Gi event by submission. Two formats, same result.

Lynley McCasland runs the cleanest card of the weekend at Newbreed Tulsa: four fights, four submissions, gold. No points wins, no decisions. Every match ends early.

The JJWL Finals produce the deepest fields of the weekend, with Finals Norcal Gi Youth drawing 1,089 competitors across 1,108 matches. Nikolai Hynson of The Forge BJJ grinds through eight matches at the AGF Jackson Open, starting ranked 130th out of 175. He enters at 3,290 Jits and exits with the same rating — the deep bracket is its own reward.

At Newbreed Louisville, Soren Jorgensen of Core Combat Sports runs four matches as the 57th seed in a 79-fighter field, gaining +330 Jits. And Davi Marinke Zimmermann Dos Santos enters NAGA North American ranked 391st out of 406 fighters and fights five times. The rank says underdog. The effort says competitor.

The weekend's biggest streak story belongs to no upset at all — it belongs to a loss. John Sheppard of BPi Fighting Systems carries a 43-win streak into Grappling Industries Washington State. Scott James Tae Jun Kim ends it, dropping Sheppard to 43-3. Kim also snaps Lincoln Juneau's 15-0 run at the same tournament.

Four more double-digit streaks fall this weekend. Mason Lux (20-0) loses to Joshua Williams at Washington State. Brielle Aguirre (15-0) falls to Liam Moore at GI San Diego. Aymet Otchiyev (15-0) and Ziho Kim (15-0) both see their streaks end at Connecticut and Brooklyn respectively.

Elite Team International leads the weekend medal count with 47 medals from 46 fighters at the JJWL Finals Norcal events in Stockton. SATORI NO MICHI DOJO matches Aspire to Inspire at 43 medals but does it with half the roster — 26 fighters to 56 — giving them the most efficient per-fighter rate among the top five. Anthony Mitchell Jiu Jitsu Studio runs the tightest operation: 15 fighters, 34 medals, a 2.3-per-fighter rate at the AGF Jackson Open.

Jett Sorensen of Rolling Oak Jiu Jitsu gains +6,480 Jits on a perfect 4-0 weekend — the biggest single-week climb across all twelve tournaments. Jameson Medlin of Pursuit Jiu Jitsu goes 5-0 for +6,260 Jits, and Tommy Cisco of Essential Jiu-Jitsu posts 5-1 for +5,980 Jits.

On the drops side, Bree Carter takes the hardest fall: -4,760 Jits on a 2-2 weekend, dropping from Prodigy tier. Mila Anjan Patel loses all four matches for -3,570 Jits.

Risers

Drops

The JJWL Finals circuit continues its cross-country swing. Grappling Industries keeps its multi-city Saturday format. The Thanksgiving holiday weekend typically thins the schedule, but the organizations that do run tend to draw deeper fields from families traveling for the break.