No-Gi · -99kg · Black belt
B-Team Jiu Jitsu · Austin, TX
Craig Jones's BJJ record is 64-19-4 with 52 submissions, meaning he finishes 81% of the matches he wins. He took ADCC silver twice, in 2019 and 2022, and holds Polaris titles at 185lbs and 205lbs. He's an Australian black belt under Lachlan Giles, promoted in 2016, and runs B-Team Jiu Jitsu in Austin, Texas. His most recent sourced win is a buggy choke over Chael Sonnen at CJI 2 in 2025.
Grappling and submission-only results. Professional MMA bouts are recorded separately and are not included in this record.
| Date | Opponent | Event | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chael Sonnen | CJI 2 · Superfight | Buggy choke | Win |
| Aug 2024 | Gabrielle Garcia | CJI · Superfight | Rear naked choke | Win |
| 2024 | Rafael Lovato | UFC FP6 · Superfight | Inside heel hook | Win |
| 2024 | Rinat Fakhretdinov | Karate Combat · Superfight | Triangle | Win |
| 2024 | Phil Rowe | Karate Kombat · Superfight | Triangle | Win |
| 2023 | Felipe Pena | UFC FPI 4 · Superfight | Decision | Win |
| 2023 | Gregor Gracie | Quintet 4 | Draw | Draw |
| 2023 | Richie Martinez | Quintet 4 | Toe hold | Win |
| 2023 | Geo Martinez | Quintet 4 | Armbar | Win |
| 2023 | Kyle Boehm | Quintet 4 | Draw | Draw |
| 2023 | Gerald Meerschaert | Polaris 26 · Superfight | Rear naked choke | Win |
| Sep 2022 | Kaynan Duarte | ADCC · Final | Points | Loss |
| Sep 2022 | Nicholas Meregali | ADCC · Semifinal | Decision | Win |
| Sep 2022 | Kyle Boehm | ADCC · Quarterfinal | Guillotine | Win |
| Sep 2022 | Joao Costa | ADCC · Round 1 | Submission | Win |
| 2022 | Pedro Marinho | WNO 11 · Superfight | Decision | Loss |
| 2022 | Eldar Savidov | AIGA · Superfight | Rear naked choke | Win |
| 2021 | Ronaldo Junior | WNO 6 · Superfight | Inside heel hook | Win |
| 2021 | Luiz Panza | WNO 9 · Superfight | Inside heel hook | Win |
| 2021 | Tye Ruotolo | WNO 10 · Superfight | Decision | Win |
87 sourced matches in total.
Lineage: Mitsuyo Maeda · Carlos Gracie · Carlson Gracie · John Will · John Simon · Lachlan Giles · Craig Jones
Jones came out of the Australian scene under Lachlan Giles, whose own ADCC run put leg locks on the map for a generation of grapplers outside the Danaher room. Giles promoted him in 2016. Jones was competing at the top of ADCC by 2017.
His record reads differently from most elite grapplers, and the difference is the point. He has 19 losses, which is a lot at this level, and 52 submissions against just 2 points wins. He isn't trying to manage a lead. Of his 64 wins, only two came on the scoreboard.
The rivalry that defines his ADCC years is with Gordon Ryan, and it isn't close: Jones is 0-3, losing by arm triangle at ADCC 2017, by decision at EBI 14 the same year, and by short choke at Quintet 3 in 2018. Both of his ADCC silvers came in brackets Ryan wasn't in.
Since 2023 his sourced matches move outside pure grappling events, into Karate Combat and UFC Fight Pass cards, then his own Craig Jones Invitational. He beat Gabi Garcia by rear naked choke at CJI in 2024 and Chael Sonnen by buggy choke at CJI 2 in 2025. Our records list him as active.
His finishing numbers are unusually balanced for a leg locker: 14 inside heel hooks and 14 rear naked chokes, then five outside heel hooks and five triangles. That split is why the leg entries work. An opponent defending the legs concedes the back, and an opponent defending the back concedes the legs.
The kneebars and guillotines in the tail are the tell of someone hunting the finish from wherever the scramble stops, rather than steering toward one position.
Our records list him as active, with sourced matches as recently as 2025, including a win over Chael Sonnen at CJI 2. His competition schedule has shifted toward events he promotes himself and toward crossover cards rather than the IBJJF and ADCC circuit.
He's a two-time ADCC silver medalist, in 2019 and 2022, with a 64-19-4 record and 52 submission wins. His 81% finish rate is among the highest of any grappler in our database with more than 50 recorded wins.
Jones is 0-3. Ryan beat him by arm triangle at ADCC 2017, by decision at EBI 14 in 2017, and by short choke at Quintet 3 in 2018. Our records show no meeting between them since.
Polaris champion at 185lbs in 2018 and 2019, and at 205lbs in 2018. At ADCC he has two silvers, 2019 and 2022, and no gold. Eight podium finishes in total across our records.
Record compiled from 87 sourced results and 8 title records across 1 source page. 15 matches carry an exact date; the remaining 72 are dated to the year only, as published by the source. Last verified 2026-08-28.