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Newbreed Baton Rouge Spring Championship

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Team Sportsplex · Baton Rouge, LA

15Competitors

7Academies

15 competitors from 7 academies are registered for Newbreed Baton Rouge Spring Championship on April 18, 2026 in Baton Rouge, LA.

Brackets

15 brackets · 15 competitors

youth 1- gi / 6-7 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years

white

malegi · youth 1- gi / 6-7 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years · white·lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Maddox Robles	2,786	Team Juggernaut	18-10

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 6-7 years / beginner / lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 6-7 years / beginner / lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·lightfeatherweight (45 lbs. & under)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Maddox Robles	2,786	Team Juggernaut	18-10

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- gi / 6-7 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / featherweight (46-55 lbs. ) / 7 months to 2 years

white

femalegi · youth 1- gi / 6-7 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / featherweight (46-55 lbs. ) / 7 months to 2 years · white·featherweight (46-55 lbs. )

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Mila Larmeu	—	Bayou Jiu Jitsu	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 6-7 years / beginner / featherweight (46-55lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

femalenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 6-7 years / beginner / featherweight (46-55lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·featherweight (46-55lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Mila Larmeu	—	Bayou Jiu Jitsu	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- gi / 8-9 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years

white

malegi · youth 1- gi / 8-9 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years · white·lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Joe Tanner	—	Bakersbjj	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 8-9 years / beginner / lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 8-9 years / beginner / lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·lightfeatherweight (50 lbs. & under)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Joe Tanner	—	Bakersbjj	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- gi / 8-9 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / featherweight (51-60 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years

white

malegi · youth 1- gi / 8-9 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / featherweight (51-60 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years · white·featherweight (51-60 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Owen Marino	3,801	Empire MMA and Self-defense	11-2

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 8-9 years / beginner / featherweight (51-60 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 8-9 years / beginner / featherweight (51-60 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·featherweight (51-60 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Owen Marino	3,801	Empire MMA and Self-defense	11-2

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- gi / 10-11 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years

white

malegi · youth 1- gi / 10-11 years / white or grey w/white stripe / beginner white belt (with submissions) / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years · white·lightweight (86-95 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Bo McDavid	1,242	Excelsior/bakersbjj	7-14

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / beginner / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / beginner / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·lightweight (86-95 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Bo McDavid	1,242	Excelsior/bakersbjj	7-14

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / intermediate / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 2-5 years intermediate

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / intermediate / lightweight (86-95 lbs.) / 2-5 years intermediate·lightweight (86-95 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Dalton Dupuis	—	Team Juggernaut	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / beginner / heavyweight (116-125 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner

open

malenogi · youth 1- no-gi / 10-11 years / beginner / heavyweight (116-125 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years beginner·heavyweight (116-125 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Mason Lafleur	—	Team Juggernaut	—

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 2- gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / solid grey or grey w/black / lightfeatherweight (76-85 lbs.) / 2 - 5 years

grey

malegi · youth 2- gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / solid grey or grey w/black / lightfeatherweight (76-85 lbs.) / 2 - 5 years · grey·lightfeatherweight (76-85 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Alexander Jefferson	1,606	Trujitsu/excelsior	2-0

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 2- gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / white or grey w/white / featherweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years

white

malegi · youth 2- gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / white or grey w/white / featherweight (86-95 lbs.) / 7 months to 2 years · white·featherweight (86-95 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Kaius Newsome	1,009	Nomad Jiujitsu (bejj)	0-2

1 Fighter — Must change division

youth 2- no-gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / intermediate / featherweight (86-95 lbs.) / 2 - 5 years

grey

malenogi · youth 2- no-gi co-ed division / 12-13 years / intermediate / featherweight (86-95 lbs.) / 2 - 5 years · grey·featherweight (86-95 lbs.)

#	Name	JITS	Academy	Record
1	Kaius Newsome	1,009	Nomad Jiujitsu (bejj)	0-2

1 Fighter — Must change division

Frequently Asked Questions

15 competitors from 7 academies are registered for Newbreed Baton Rouge Spring Championship.

Newbreed Baton Rouge Spring Championship is a NEWBREED tournament held at Baton Rouge, LA.

Visit the NEWBREED website to register. Check the competitor list on Jits.gg to see who else is competing.

Biggest White Belt Smurfs

2 white belts flagged

Smurfing is when a fighter stays at white belt to farm medals and submission wins by dominating true beginners.

JITS	Fighter	Academy	Record	Medals	Why
3,801	Owen Marino Top 1%	Empire MMA and Self-defense	11-2	411	Top 1%
2,786	Maddox Robles 8 golds13+ months	Team Juggernaut	18-10	831	8 golds13+ months

IBJJF has three promotion timelines, and even the slowest one moves a white belt to grey in under 12 months. Their fastest system? Five months. An active competitor who is regularly entering tournaments and winning should be promoted significantly faster — not held back to medal farm off noobs.

There is no legitimate reason for a competitive athlete with 15+ wins and multiple gold medals to still be at white belt after a year. None. If they’re good enough to win that consistently, they’re good enough to be promoted. Every gold medal they continue to win at white belt is taken from an athlete actually competing at their real level.

This is killing youth BJJ.

A kid who shows up to their first tournament and gets smashed by someone more experienced doesn’t sign up for a second one. They quit. Their parents pull them out. And the sport shrinks so that a handful of people can pad their medal counts for Instagram.

The IBJJF recognized this exact problem at the adult level in 2022 and eliminated minimum time-at-belt for dominant competitors. Youth brackets — where the damage falls on kids — have zero protection.

What you can do: If a flagged competitor is in your child’s bracket, contact the tournament organizer before the event.