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The B-Team’s Dorian Olivarez becomes youngest-ever CJJ world champion

Ben Coate

Teenage standout Dorian Olivarez of The B-Team won gold at the Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Bantamweights.

The Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Bantamweights took place on Sunday, July 30, and 17-year-old standout Dorian Olivarez took home the tournament title after an outstanding, four-win performance.

A decorated high school wrestler and BJJ blue belt training out of Austin’s B-Team, Olivarez is now the youngest-ever CJJ world champion.

Olivarez scored a pair of rear-naked choke victories to open the tournament, submitting Manuel Priego and Yuki Takahashi in the first two rounds.

In the semifinals, Olivarez ran into former CJJ world champion Richard Alarcon. A talented wrestler in his own right and an accomplished BJJ black belt, Alarcon represented perhaps the stiffest test of Olivarez’s young career thus far. But after a competitive regulation period, Olivarez secured the rear-naked choke in overtime to punch his ticket to the tournament final.

There, he squared off with Robert Drysdale black belt Zack Schneider, who had scored three straight rear-naked chokes in overtime to score his spot in the final. 

Once again, Olivarez’s aggressive back-taking skills proved to be too much as he secured the rear-naked choke in regulation to claim the bantamweight CJJ world title.

Check out the full tournament results from the CJJ Worlds: The Bantamweights below:

First round

  • Richard Alarcon def. Hunter Clagett via submission (rear-naked choke)
  • David Weintraub def. Geoff Real via submission (armbar)
  • Yuki Takahashi def. Lucas Canto via rear-naked choke in OT
  • Dorian Olivarez def. Manuel Priego via submission (rear-naked choke)
  • Manny Vazquez def. Joseph Morales via submission  (dead Orchard)
  • Gabriel Austin Daffron def. Sam Micale via submission (heel hook)
  • Suraj Budhram def. Marcelo Cohen via submission (ankle lock)
  • Zack Schneider def. Isaac Cordova via rear-naked choke in OT

Quarterfinals

  • Richard Alarcon def. David Weintraub via submission (armbar)
  • Dorian Olivarez def. Yuki Takahashi via submission (rear-naked choke)
  • Gabriel Austin Daffron def. Manny Vazquez via rear-naked choke in OT
  • Zack Schneider def. Suraj Budhram via rear-naked choke in OT

Semifinals

  • Dorian Olivarez def. Richard Alarcon via rear-naked choke in OT
  • Zack Schneider def. Gabriel Austin Daffron via rear-naked choke in OT

Final

  • Dorian Olivarez def. Zack Schneider via submission (rear-naked choke)

Ben Coate

Ben has been involved with grappling, whether through wrestling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu, essentially his entire life. After wrestling throughout his childhood, Ben found Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a young adult and quickly fell in love. He has been training for over ten years and currently holds the rank of brown belt, and remains involved in both the MMA and BJJ scene. Ben has been writing about combat sports since 2017. He has interviewed and profiled some of MMA's biggest stars, including multiple UFC champions.

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