Eight Thousand Matches and a 35-Win Streak Falls

Submission artists own this weekend. Gunner Deyoung runs the table at Newbreed Greenville with six straight finishes, and Gabriel Riccioppo Asenjo matches him at AGF Orlando with seven subs in seven matches. Between them: thirteen submissions, zero decisions, and a combined +6,260 Jits.

At NAGA World, Hayden James Moccardine goes 3-0 all subs to earn gold at the weekend's largest tournament. Shane Michael Winslow does the same at AGF Colorado Springs — four fights, four submissions, +2,570 Jits. The weekend's theme is clear: if you can finish, you can climb.

NAGA World draws the deepest fields, with 1,199 matches producing the most volume of any single tournament this fall. Grappling Industries Columbus runs 772 matches with a 59% submission rate, and AZBJJL Grand Canyon Fall in Mesa adds 503 at 60%.

Jacob Silva of Ohio Academy of Jiu Jitsu posts six-win bracket runs in both Gi and No Gi at GI Columbus — the same double-division sweep that Carter Eleccion pulled last week at Washington State. Silva sits at 5,530 Jits. Benjamin Lopez adds a six-win bracket at GI Wisconsin Dells.

The JJWL Finals combine for 2,308 matches across four events. Finals SoCal Gi Youth alone runs 833 with 860 competitors — a field size that demands four or five wins just to reach the medal round.

Five long win streaks end this weekend. Aubrey Coppini (35-0) falls to Sophia Augusta Sanchez at JJWL SoCal Gi. Nickole Salem (28-0) loses to Ethan Lee Perez at Newbreed Greenville. Caleb Posey (27-0) and Dago Sandoval (26-0) both see their runs end at GI Wisconsin Dells. Noa Yamashiro (24-0) falls at FUJI BJJ Hawaii Winter Open.

The formal upset data favors the JJWL and NAGA events, where Glicko-2 ratings are densest. All four top upsets clear a 3,000-Jits gap. Talon Johnson beating his own teammate Lawson Dosser across a 3,620-Jits divide is the strangest entry — same gym, same coach, and the lower-rated fighter finds a way.

Pablo Silva BJJ leads the gold count with 31 from 41 fighters at JJWL Texas Gi Youth — a 76% gold rate that dwarfs every other academy's conversion. MMA and Sport takes the total medal lead with 53 at NAGA Baltimore, leaning heavily on silver (27). One Dojo DFW fields just 26 fighters and pulls 41 medals at NAGA World — 1.6 medals per fighter at the weekend's biggest event.

Joseph Thrasher of 360 Jiu-Jitsu HQ gains +8,700 Jits on a perfect 4-0 weekend at GI Wisconsin Dells — the biggest single-week climb across all twenty-one tournaments. A brown belt, Thrasher jumps from unrated territory to 3,416 Jits in a single card.

Michael Arrieta of Grove City BJJ Academy goes 5-0 for +7,280 Jits, and Ev Jakobsons of 360 Jiu-Jitsu HQ posts a perfect 8-0 for +6,860 Jits — two teammates from the same academy climbing at the same tournament. On the drops side, Chance Haddock takes the hardest fall: -6,220 Jits on an 0-4 weekend, dropping from 9,014 to 2,794.

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Next weekend brings another heavy slate. AGF runs the US Open plus New Orleans. NAGA hits three cities. Newbreed doubles up. FUJI BJJ keeps its multi-state presence. Good Fight returns with Sub-Only Worlds. The holiday stretch is approaching, but the tournament calendar shows no sign of slowing down.