Kayali ended Tarus's 9-match run in Adelaide

Grappling Industries ADELAIDE ran on 16 August. Matstories recorded 181 athletes, 246 finished matches, and competitors linked to 33 academies. The full board is on the event page. These are a few results that change what a matchup means once you put them next to earlier Australian records.

Older coverage is still incomplete, so "first recorded" is not the same as first ever, and a recorded run is only the stretch Matstories has synced.

Kayali submitted Tarus and stopped the run

Brian Tarus of Toa BJJ came into blue-belt no-gi -185 on a 9-match recorded run, including five wins at the April Adelaide card. Laith Kayali of Atlas Martial Arts / Arruda BJJ submitted him. Same belt, same weight, same division.

Tarus still won in that round-robin, including against Ivan Heenan of Ascend Jiu Jitsu Mount Gambier, who came in with a longer recorded history. The loss to Kayali does not erase that. It just ends the run.

In the same bracket, Elliot Smith of M16/Beachside Jiu-Jitsu met Kayali twice. Kayali won one 6-0. Smith won the other by decision, with 13 recorded matches to Kayali's 27. This was also Smith's first recorded event at blue. Their head-to-head page has both results.

Seven recorded losses, then Connor Judd won

Connor Judd of Element Australia had seven finished matches on Matstories coming in, all losses: April in Adelaide, then Australian Grappling League 6 in May. 16-17 white belt.

In August he got his first recorded wins, against Moaaz Shedeed of Rafiq Jiu Jitsu & MMA in the same age and weight. They met in gi and no-gi. Connor took the first recorded wins of his index in that pair. Moaaz still won one of the no-gi meetings by submission. Both of those things can be true. This is a first recorded win after a hard start, not a claim that he had never won anywhere else.

Bansemer debuted 5-0, all finishes

Jamie Bansemer of Trinity Mixed Martial Arts had no earlier finished match in Matstories. In adult white no-gi -185 he submitted five different people and left 5-0. That is a first recorded event.

Jess Newman of South Coast BJJ finished all six of her matches by submission: blue gi -145, blue no-gi, and the women's no-gi absolute. Alannah Le of Menna Top Team BJJ also had her first recorded event, in 12-13 yellow/orange.

Matstories recorded 51 athletes with no earlier finished match, and 19 competing at a new belt in the index. Those figures only compare events currently covered.

Martin Warrick came back at blue and went 2-0

Martin Warrick of Element last appeared in the index at the November 2024 Adelaide card, at white. Twenty-two months later he was in blue no-gi -200. He beat Ben Lucas of Arruda BJJ twice, once on points and once by submission. Lucas had also been away for the same stretch, and this was his first recorded event at blue too.

Three people who won it back

Jayden Bloomfield of Element lost to Lachlan Cunningham, also of Element, in white no-gi -200 in April. In August Bloomfield submitted him. Their head-to-head page has both weekends.

Harry Maybury of 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Australia had lost the last recorded meeting with Christopher Harley of Armour Brazilian Jiujitsu at that same November 2024 card. In 10-11 grey no-gi he submitted Harley. Their Maybury vs Harley page has both meetings. Austin Harris of Garra won back a kids meeting with Sidney Gerlach of Element. The Harris vs Gerlach page has the flip.

See the full card

Element brought the largest recorded squad with 30 athletes. Armour brought 17. M16/Beachside and Complete Control Martial Arts brought 16 each. Those are attendance numbers, not a skill ranking.

Open the Adelaide event page for every recorded result. If two names in your division looked familiar, their head-to-head page is the place to check whether this one flipped.