Origins debuted as AVA’s youth exclusive tournament, with plans to expand to 18+ in future seasons. With 66.5% of matches ending by submission in regulation and 8.1% in overtime, nearly 3 out of 4 matches ended in a finish. Remaining outcomes included fastest escape at 18.3%, with walkovers, decisions, and disqualifications each under 3%. Gi […]
Legends marked a milestone as both Canada’s and AVA’s first official masters only Jiu-Jitsu tournament. Across total matches, 75.8% ended by submission, broken down between submissions in regulation at 62.1% and submissions in overtime at 13.6%. Fastest escape in overtime at 12.9%, walkovers due to injury or no shows at 9.8%, and referee decisions were […]
Throne II is in the books, an amazing night filled with great matches. Throne II results are below. Watch the full replay on Smoothcomp PPV: https://avagrappling.smoothcomp.com/en/event/30112/watch THRONE TITLE CHAMPIONS Griffin Maathuis (Submission) x Samson Haire Kierra Cates (Submission) x Rebecca Verlaan Chizoba Louis (Submission) x Alan Chang Maria Demers (Submission) x Rebecca Verlaan GI RISE […]
Washington returned for its first event of the 2026 season and crossed the 80% mark, a first for the season. With a combined submission rate of 82.0% across regulation and overtime and 69.8% in regulation alone, it is the highest submission rate of the year by a significant margin. Throne qualifiers led all divisions with […]
Western closed out the spring leg of the AVA season with its biggest turnout yet, and the crowd came ready to finish. Of all matches on the day, 58.5% ended by submission in regulation, with overtime pushing the combined rate to 71%. Rise, Youth, and Adult divisions all landed above 60% submission in regulation, a […]
Edmonton returned for its second AVA event and delivered another strong result, with nearly three quarters of all matches ending by submission across regulation and overtime. Overall, the event had a total submission rate at 70.4%, with 60.1% coming in regulation and 10.3% in overtime. Youth divisions were the most active finishers on the day […]
Saskatoon made its AVA debut and wasted no time making an impression. With a 74.3% submission rate across regulation and overtime, they didn’t just meet the bar set by British Columbia — they cleared it. For a first-time event, that is a significant result. The Throne Qualifiers were the standout of the day. Both Gi […]
British Columbia came in strong as AVA’s second tournament of the 2026 season, with more than 7 out of every 10 matches ending by submission across regulation and overtime, totaling 71.6%. No-Gi youth led the way at 72.7% in regulation, followed by Gi youth at 59.2%. On the adult side, Gi came in at 56.1% […]
Spokane delivered an encouraging finish rate for a first-time AVA event, with a total submission rate of 69.8% across regulation and overtime. Gi youth led the way with 80% submissions in regulation, followed by nogi adults at 56.6% and nogi youth at 49.9%. Looking by category, youth produced the most submissions overall at 68.8% in […]
Season 2025 data highlights a competition environment strongly driven by submission outcomes. An overall submission rate of 70.1% indicates an exceptionally high proportion of matches resulted in submission across a full season of tournaments. When examining total submission rates by tournament, Portland recorded the highest rate at 84.9%, a notable result given it marked AVA’s […]