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John Combs - No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Athlete from USA | Nogipedia
John Combs

John Combs

Black black belt Welterweight #24
Country: USA
Team: Easton Training Center
Former Teams: -
Wins
89
Losses
43
Draws
3
Win %
65.93%
Wins by Sub
62
Sub Win %
69.66%
Losses by Sub
25
Sub Loss %
58.14%
Current Win Streak
0
Longest Win Streak
10

Biography

John Combs is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt known for his aggressive, high-paced style that blends elite wrestling with strong positional control and submission grappling. A former collegiate wrestler, Combs brings constant forward pressure to his matches and is widely regarded as a true veteran of the modern no-gi scene, having competed at a high level for well over a decade.

His game is built around wrestling-based takedowns, top pressure, and front headlock control. Combs is especially known for his guillotine strangle, which he frequently applies from front headlock situations during scrambles, takedown exchanges, and positional transitions. He is considered one of the most effective guillotine finishers in professional grappling.

Combs won the 2019 West Coast ADCC Trials and has competed at ADCC as well as numerous other elite events including F2W and KASAI. In addition to competing, he is a respected instructor known for his technical approach and emphasis on real competition experience.

Personal

Age
34
Birthday
1991-04-07
Weight
Welterweight
Sex
Male
Belt Given By
Amal Easton
Legend Status
No
Social Media

* Legend status is reserved for retired athletes with outstanding achievements and a lasting impact on the sport.

Rankings

P4P Ranking
—
Weight Class Ranking
24 (Welterweight)
Legend Ranking
—
Coach Ranking
—
Points
1056
Rating
1270.64

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Submissions Breakdown

Wins

    Losses

      Submission Wins Losses
      Guillotine 24 4
      Rear naked 20 1
      Arm-in guillotine 4 0
      Triangle 4 1
      Darce 2 0
      Kimura 2 1
      Kata gatame 2 0
      Armbar 2 1
      Rear triangle 1 0
      Inside heel hook 1 8
      Straight ankle lock 0 3
      Aoki lock 0 3
      Cross face 0 1
      Kneebar 0 1
      Hindulotine 0 1
      JOHN COMBS'S 135 MATCHES
      Opponent Result Date Event Method Weight Round Points
      Achilles Rocha Loss 11/16/2025 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Points: 11-0 99KG Semi-Finals —
      Henry Zachary Win 11/16/2025 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Guillotine 99KG Quarter-Finals 16 -34% Elo
      Jack Bidwell Win 11/16/2025 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Rear naked 99KG 16 10 -34% Elo
      Declan Morissey Win 11/16/2025 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Rear naked 99KG 32 8 -34% Elo
      Gabriel Almeida Loss 2025 TLC Grappling Tournament Points: 2-0 Absolute Semi-Finals —
      Rocco Malpeli Win 2025 TLC Grappling Tournament Unknown Absolute Quarter-Finals 1 -34% Elo
      Jordan Pederson Win 2025 TLC Grappling Tournament Unknown Absolute 16 1 -34% Elo
      Jett Thompson Loss 12/14/2024 EBI 22 Straight ankle lock Welterweight 16 —
      Kaua Barbosa Loss 2024 Sapateiro Points: 2-0 N/A — —
      Lucas Brito Win 2024 ADCC Open Miami Guillotine 83KG Finals 1 -3% decay
      Enrique March Win 2024 ADCC Open Miami Points: 2-0 83KG Semi-Finals 1 -3% decay
      Yohan Mejia Win 2024 ADCC Open Miami Rear naked 83KG Quarter-Finals 1 -3% decay
      Jeremy Skinner Loss 2024 Enigma Inside heel hook 84KG Quarter-Finals —
      Max Weslei Win 2024 Enigma Points: 9-2 84KG 16 12 -3% decay
      Anthony Robinson Win 2024 ADCC Open Atlantic City Penalty 83KG — 1 -3% decay
      Cameron Hurd Win 2024 ADCC Open Atlantic City Guillotine 83KG — 1 -3% decay
      Jacob Bornemann Win 2024 ADCC Open Atlantic City Guillotine 83KG — 1 -3% decay
      Joseph Barrocas Win 2024 ADCC Open Atlantic City Guillotine 83KG — 1 -3% decay
      Andy Varela Loss 2024 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America DQ 77KG Quarter-Finals —
      Robert Winther Win 2024 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Rear naked 77KG 16 10 -34% Elo -3% decay
      Alan Sanchez Win 2024 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Points: 3-0 77KG 32 16 +35% Elo -3% decay
      Ethan Vistro Win 2024 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Points: 6-0 77KG 64 5 -34% Elo -3% decay
      Jayden Groner Win 2024 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Points: 12-0 77KG 128 5 -34% Elo -3% decay
      Jett Thompson Loss 04/2024 PGF 6 Aoki lock 175 lbs — —
      Cameron Hurd Draw 04/2024 PGF 6 N/A 175 lbs — 13 -34% Elo -3% decay
      PJ Barch Draw 04/2024 PGF 6 N/A 175 lbs — 27 +35% Elo -3% decay
      Nathan Haddad Draw 04/2024 PGF 6 N/A 175 lbs — 13 -34% Elo -3% decay
      Oliver Taza Loss 2023 ADCC Open Ocean County Aoki lock 83KG — —
      Ben Eddy Loss 2023 ADCC Open Florida Hindulotine 83KG — —
      D. Gonzales Win 2023 ADCC Open Florida Unknown 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Steve Perez Win 2023 ADCC Open Florida Rear naked 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Enrico Said Loss 2023 ADCC Open Florida Unknown 83KG — —
      Kieran Kichuk Loss 2023 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Inside heel hook 77KG 16 —
      Sam Senuk Win 2023 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Rear naked 77KG 32 7 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Jon Wilson Win 2023 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Guillotine 77KG 64 5 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Max Hanson Loss 2023 Enigma Rear naked 77KG Semi-Finals —
      Sam Kilmer Win 2023 Enigma Points: 5-0 77KG Quarter-Finals 16 -10% decay
      Michael Medeiros Win 2023 Enigma Armbar 77KG 16 11 -10% decay
      Nathan Haddad Win 2023 ADCC Open Chicago Points: 5-2 83KG Finals 1 -10% decay
      Cameron Hurd Win 2023 ADCC Open Chicago Guillotine 83KG Semi-Finals 1 -10% decay
      Ernesto Rivera Win 2023 ADCC Open Chicago Decision 83KG Quarter-Finals 1 -10% decay
      Brandon Wilson Win 2023 ADCC Open Chicago Rear naked 83KG 16 1 -10% decay
      Sam Kilmer Win 2023 ADCC Open Dallas Points: 3-0 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      D. Smith Win 2023 ADCC Open Dallas Guillotine 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      James Nakashima Win 2023 ADCC Open Dallas Guillotine 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Anthony Robinson Win 2023 ADCC Open Dallas Guillotine 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Oliver Taza Loss 2023 ADCC Open Dallas Kneebar 83KG Finals —
      Mohamed Ibrahim Win 2023 ADCC Open Denver Inside heel hook 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Oliver Vickery Win 2023 ADCC Open Denver Guillotine 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Clayton Wimer Win 2023 ADCC Open Denver Points: 6-0 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Daniel Fu Win 2023 ADCC Open Denver Rear naked 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Davis Asare Win 2023 ADCC Open Denver Triangle 83KG 3rd Place 1 -10% decay
      Davis Asare Loss 2023 ADCC Open Denver Straight ankle lock 83KG Quarter-Finals —
      Oliver Taza Loss 2023 ADCC Open Orange County Aoki lock 83KG — —
      Kade Moffitt Win 2023 ADCC Open Orange County Points: 3-2 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Jesus Romero Win 2023 ADCC Open Orange County Rear naked 83KG — 1 -10% decay
      Ethan Vistro Loss 2023 ADCC Open Orange County Inside heel hook 83KG — —
      Jon Blank Loss 2023 No-Gi Worlds Straight ankle lock 79KG 16 —
      Jon Blank Loss 2023 Tampa No-Gi Triangle 85KG Finals —
      Enrique March Win 2023 Tampa No-Gi Rear naked 85KG Semi-Finals 1 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Michael Delavega Win 2023 Tampa No-Gi Guillotine 85KG Quarter-Finals 1 -34% Elo -10% decay
      PJ Barch Loss 2022 SOS 7 Cross face 77KG Semi-Finals —
      Igor Feliz Loss 2022 No-Gi Worlds Points: 4-0 79KG Semi-Finals —
      Francisco Cuneo Win 2022 No-Gi Worlds Rear naked 79KG Quarter-Finals 47 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Kevin Crane Loss 2022 ADCC Open Vegas Unknown Absolute 16 —
      David Porter Loss 2022 ADCC Open Vegas Inside heel hook 83KG 32 —
      Sebastian Rodriguez Loss 2022 Elevated Grapplers Guillotine Absolute — —
      Jim Alers Win 2022 Sapateiro Invitational Rear triangle 93KG — 14 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Michael Salazar Win 2022 Sub Only Series 7 EBI Overtime 77KG Quarter-Finals 1 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Mike Flach Win 2022 Sub Only Series 7 Kimura 77KG 16 1 -34% Elo -10% decay
      AJ Agazarm Loss 2022 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Decision 77KG 32 —
      David Lohrey Win 2022 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Guillotine 77KG 64 5 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Drew Palomo Win 2022 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Rear naked 77KG 128 5 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Bill Cooper Win 2022 F2W 196 Guillotine 83KG — 14 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Sam Barboza Win 2022 Sapateiro Guillotine Absolute Finals 66 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Adrian Nez Win 2022 Sapateiro Armbar Absolute Semi-Finals 43 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Emilio Pereira Win 2022 Sapateiro Kata gatame Absolute Quarter-Finals 14 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Alan Sanchez Loss 2022 EBI 19 Armbar 77KG Quarter-Finals —
      Ivan Leyva Win 2022 EBI 19 Guillotine 77KG 16 35 -34% Elo -10% decay
      Brendan Barry Win 2021 BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix Guillotine 82KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Bobby Malof Win 2021 Kumite Decision 75KG Finals 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Mica Galvao Loss 2021 3CG Middleweight Grand Prix Guillotine 85KG Quarter-Finals —
      JM Holland Win 2021 Subversiv 5 Kata gatame 81KG Quarter-Finals 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      PJ Barch Loss 2021 Emerald City Inside heel hook 84KG Semi-Finals —
      JM Holland Win 2021 Emerald City Guillotine 84KG Quarter-Finals 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Danny Stolfi Win 2021 Emerald City EBI Overtime 84KG 16 8 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Andy Cordova Win 2021 3CG 6 Rear naked 85KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      William Tackett Loss 2021 F2W 160 Decision 84KG — —
      Andrew Wiltse Loss 2021 No-Gi Pans Advantage 85KG Semi-Finals —
      Valdir Araujo Win 2021 No-Gi Pans Points: 6-2 85KG Quarter-Finals 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Stanley Rosa Win 2021 No-Gi Pans Points: 37-2 85KG 16 8 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Alan Sanchez Loss 2021 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Guillotine 77KG 32 —
      Nick Newell Win 2021 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Guillotine 77KG 64 4 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Ezekiel Broughard Win 2021 ADCC Trials - East Coast North America Triangle 77KG 128 4 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Kody Steele Win 2020 JitzKing Rear naked 82KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Valdir Araujo Loss 2020 JitzKing Points: 4-2 84KG Quarter-Finals —
      Jake Watson Win 2020 JitzKing Guillotine 84KG 16 8 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Pedro Marinho Win 2020 3CG 5 Points 88KG — 24 +35% Elo -25% decay
      Carlos Souza Win 2020 No-Gi America Darce 79KG Finals 55 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Saul Viayra Win 2020 No-Gi America Rear naked 79KG Semi-Finals 35 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Nick Ronan Win 2020 Subversiv 4 Decision 81KG Finals 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Kody Steele Win 2020 Subversiv 4 Decision 81KG Semi-Finals 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Hugo Marques Win 2020 Subversiv 4 Triangle 81KG Quarter-Finals 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Tom Cellamare Win 2020 Subversiv 4 Rear naked 81KG 16 1 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Ruben Rivera Win 2020 F2W 150 Kimura 80KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Aaron Wilson Win 2020 F2W 147 Arm-in guillotine 79KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Roberto Jimenez Loss 2020 3CG Kumite III Kimura 81KG Semi-Finals —
      Pierre-Olivier Leclerc Win 2020 3CG Kumite III Points 81KG Quarter-Finals 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Oliver Taza Loss 2020 BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix Inside heel hook 77KG Semi-Finals —
      Matheus Gonzaga Win 2020 BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix Arm-in guillotine 77KG Quarter-Finals 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Pedro Rocha Win 2020 KASAI Pro 7 Arm-in guillotine 84KG — 39 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Kody Steele Win 2020 JitzKing Miami Rear naked 82KG — 12 -34% Elo -25% decay
      Andrew Wiltse Loss 2020 F2W 146 Decision 82KG — —
      DJ Jackson Loss 2019 ADCC Points: 5-0 77KG 16 —
      Dan Martinez Win 2019 JitzKing Tampa Points: 14-2 85KG — 8 -34% Elo -50% decay
      William Tackett Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Guillotine 77KG Finals 151 +35% Elo -50% decay
      Stephen Simms Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Points: 3-2 77KG Semi-Finals 47 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Max Rohskopf Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Rear naked 77KG Quarter-Finals 8 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Ryan Fillingame Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Rear naked 77KG 16 5 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Kevin Melendrez Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Rear naked 77KG 32 4 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Tom Gallicchio Win 2019 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Triangle 77KG 64 3 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Jonnatas Gracie Loss 2019 BJJ Fanatics Grand Prix EBI Overtime Absolute — —
      Roberto Abreu Loss 2018 No-Gi Worlds Points: 4-2 Absolute — —
      Jared Dopp Win 2018 No-Gi Worlds Arm-in guillotine Absolute — 26 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Aleksandar Rajajic Win 2018 F2W Pro 74 Decision 82KG — 8 -34% Elo -50% decay
      Enrico Cocco Loss 2018 F2W 68 Inside heel hook 77KG — —
      AJ Agazarm Loss 2017 No-Gi Worlds Points: 2-0 73KG Quarter-Finals —
      Daniel Seth Win 2017 No-Gi Worlds Darce 73KG 16 16 -34% Elo -60% decay
      Luis Henrique Win 2017 No-Gi Worlds Guillotine 73KG 32 13 -34% Elo -60% decay
      Diego Ramalho Loss 2017 F2W Pro 56 Decision 82KG — —
      Gilbert Burns Loss 2017 SUG 4 EBI Overtime 88KG — —
      Ian Murray Loss 2017 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Inside heel hook 77KG 32 —
      Chris Hargett Win 2017 ADCC Trials - West Coast North America Guillotine 77KG 64 2 -34% Elo -60% decay
      DJ Jackson Loss 2016 F2W Pro 18 Guillotine 82KG — —
      Hayward Charles Win 2016 F2W 7 Guillotine 82KG — 7 -34% Elo -60% decay