Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina): OC Fall Open 2026

Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina, Sektor BJJ) at the IBJJF Orange County Fall International Open 2026: Purple Light silver. Three matches to the final. Every position of every match, mapped as a BJJ flow chart and linked to the IBJJF stream.

Flow outline

  1. Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina) · OC Fall Open 2026

    • Jonah Medina. Three matches to the final.
    • Medals: Purple Light silver
    • • Went to guard early in two of three matches (pulled guard in the QF, sat to open guard in the final); in the semi he was taken down.
    • • Both wins came from getting up from bottom to top: a sweep in the QF and a scramble to top in the SF, each for his first points.
    • @yonah_medina · Sektor BJJ
    • Mapped from the IBJJF OC Fall Open 2026 stream (Oct 24, Costa Mesa). Each card links to its moment in the match video.

  2. Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina) vs Yoshiki Hirokawa: Purple Light Quarterfinal

  3. Pulls guard

    • After a short grip exchange on the feet he sits/pulls to guard; Hirokawa stays on top.

  4. Guard from bottom

    • Plays guard from his back for over 5 min. Hirokawa stands up in it at one point; no one scores.

  5. Sweep to top

    • Sweeps from guard and comes up on top of Hirokawa. Board shows +2 at 1:27.
    • Score: +2 sweep

  6. Top pressure

    • Chest to chest on top working past the legs. Advantage shown at 1:25.
    • Score: +1 adv
    • Read from a wide camera angle; the exact technique isn't confirmed.

  7. Pass to mount

    • Clears the legs and climbs to mount; ref signals 4. Board adds +3 (1:06) then +4 (1:04).
    • Score: +3 pass, +4 mount

  8. Hand raised

    • Won. Won on points, 9-0 (1 adv to 0), full time
    • Jonah pulled guard and spent more than five minutes on his back holding off Hirokawa at 0-0. With about 1:30 left he swept to the top, then passed and mounted to win 9-0.
    • Stays on top to the buzzer, 9-0. Ref raises his hand; into the semifinal.

  9. Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina) vs Sora Yamamoto: Purple Light Semifinal

  10. Grip fight

    • Takes grips with Sora on the feet at the start.

  11. Taken down

    • Sora shoots low and brings him to the mat.

  12. Scramble to top

    • Scrambles out and comes up on top. Sora gets an advantage and Jonah later gets 2 points.
    • Score: +2 (shown ~6:32), opp +1 adv
    • Read from a wide camera angle; the exact technique isn't confirmed.

  13. Leg entanglement

    • Sora sits back into a leg entanglement on Jonah's leg and they both go to their backs.
    • Read from a wide camera angle; the exact technique isn't confirmed.

  14. Match stopped

    • They separate. Sora stays on his back and the referee stops the clock with Jonah up 2-0.

  15. Hand raised

    • Won. Won when the referee stopped the match at 6:28 with Jonah ahead 2-0 (opp 1 adv). Reason for the stop not visible.
    • Sora took Jonah down early, but Jonah scrambled to the top and went up 2-0. After a leg entanglement about 30 seconds in, Sora stayed on the mat, the referee stopped the match and raised Jonah's hand.
    • Referee raises Jonah's hand. He advances to the final.

  16. Jonah Medina (@yonah_medina) vs Gabriel dos Santos Nágera: Purple Light Final

  17. Grip fight

    • Squares up with Nágera on the feet at the start.

  18. Open guard

    • Goes to his back and plays open guard while Nágera works on top to pass.

  19. Scramble

    • Scrambles and briefly comes up on top, but Nágera recovers top position. Nágera gets an advantage.
    • Score: opp +1 adv
    • Read from a wide camera angle; the exact technique isn't confirmed.

  20. Seated guard

    • Sits in seated guard as Nágera stands over him. Nágera picks up a penalty around 4:44.
    • Score: opp +1 pen

  21. Guard passed

    • Nágera dives in and gets past his seated guard to top position, scoring 3.
    • Score: opp +3 pass

  22. Back taken

    • As he turns away, Nágera rolls under and takes his back (advantage, then 4 points).
    • Score: opp +1 adv, +4 back

  23. Submitted from back

    • Nágera finishes from back control. Clock stops at 3:29 and Nágera is declared winner.
    • Read from a wide camera angle; the exact technique isn't confirmed.

  24. Lost

    • Lost by submission from back control with 3:29 left, trailing 0-7 (0 adv to 2, opp 1 pen)
    • Jonah played guard from the start and briefly scrambled up, but Nágera kept top pressure, passed his seated guard for 3 and took his back for 4. Jonah was submitted from the back with 3:29 left.

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