Craig Jones and Vagner Rocha have met twice on record, and the series sits even at 1-1. Both meetings came in nogi, and both were decided in overtime rather than in regulation. Rocha took the first at EBI 11 in the 2017 semi-finals, and Jones answered at Submission Underground 14 in 2020. Neither man finished the other inside a normal match, which tells you these were close, tactical affairs.

The styles read differently once you look past the head-to-head. Jones is a leg-lock centered grappler, with the Inside Heel Hook as his most frequent finish at 14 wins, and 77% of his recorded wins come by submission. Rocha finishes less often by comparison, with a 33% submission rate among his wins and the Rear Naked Choke as his top finish at 6 wins. So the contrast is a high-submission leg attacker against a grinder who wins more often on points and position.

Overall records favor Jones on rate. He is 65-23-3 across 91 recorded matches for a 71% win rate, while Rocha is 81-38-6 across 125 recorded matches for a 65% win rate. But when they actually shared the mat, the volume gap did not matter and each walked away with one win.