Achilles Rocha and Jasmine Rocha each walked away from the ADCC Miami Open on July 11, 2026 with two gold medals apiece, while rising 19-year-old Dorian Olivarez took the absolute division in a stacked regional field.
Reviewed by BJJ Gyms · Updated 2026-07-27
Sources: FloGrappling, ADCC News, July 2026.
The ADCC brand runs far more than just the World Championship every two years. Regional Opens like the one held in Miami on July 11, 2026 give competitors of every level, from weekend hobbyists to future Trials qualifiers, a chance to compete under ADCC rules without needing an invite. The Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition hosted a deep field that ran from Friday weigh-ins straight into a full Saturday of matches starting at 8 a.m.
Events like this matter more than casual fans realize. They are where the next wave of ADCC Trials competitors gets tested, and where established names sharpen their timing between bigger tournaments. This year's Miami card delivered exactly that mix of established talent and rising prospects.
Achilles Rocha and Jasmine Rocha each left Miami with two gold medals, a rare sibling sweep that made the event's highlight reels. Both are well known figures in the South Florida grappling scene, and Jasmine was also seen coaching her own students from VRMA at the event between her own matches, a detail that says as much about the local team culture as the results themselves.
Double-gold performances at an Open this deep are not simply a matter of talent showing up. They require winning multiple matches back to back across a single day, often against opponents who trained specifically to spoil exactly that kind of run. Pulling it off twice, in the same event, on the same day, is a genuinely strong showing.
Dorian Olivarez, still only 19, took the absolute division at the Miami Open, defeating Brandon George in the final. Olivarez has already built a reputation as one of the more dangerous young no-gi competitors in the country, having claimed the ADCC East Coast Trials as a teenager and then repeated that success in a stacked field of well over one hundred grapplers the following year.
An absolute division win means beating opponents across multiple weight classes in a single bracket, which tests conditioning and technical range in a way a same-weight bracket cannot. For a fighter as young as Olivarez, adding that kind of credential to his record ahead of ADCC 2026 in Krakow is a meaningful marker of where his career is trending.
Luccas Lira also claimed a division title at the event, contributing to a champions list that reflected the overall depth of the card rather than just a handful of standout performances.
It is easy to only pay attention to the World Championship every two years and skip past events like the Miami Open, but that misses the point of how the sport actually develops. Regional Opens are where local gym culture, coaching, and competition experience come together, and where practitioners at every level can test themselves against a real field rather than just their own training partners.
If watching a card like this makes you want to get on the mats yourself, you do not need Olivarez's résumé or the Rocha siblings' experience to start. Use the gym finder at BJJGyms.org to find a BJJ or no-gi academy near you, including 10th Planet locations if a scramble-heavy no-gi approach appeals to you. Most academies offer a free trial class for exactly this reason.
Regional Opens like this one are packed with talent. Here are the standouts worth following.
BJJ Gyms is an independent directory, not a gym. We feature 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu as our recommended no-gi system. Always take a free trial and vet any academy yourself before committing.
It is a regional grappling tournament run under ADCC rules, open to competitors of many levels, separate from the biennial ADCC World Championship. The 2026 edition ran July 11 in Miami.
Dorian Olivarez, a 19-year-old two-time ADCC Trials winner, took the absolute title, defeating Brandon George in the final.
Achilles Rocha and Jasmine Rocha are established figures in the Miami grappling scene who each captured two gold medals at this regional Open.
Regional Opens are separate from official ADCC Trials but serve as a proving ground where competitors sharpen their skills before attempting to qualify for the World Championship.