Rivalry · 5 recorded meetings

Emilio Hernandez vs Gianni Grippo

Head-to-head record

Emilio

Gianni

Emilio

Gianni

2019 → 2025, oldest first

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Grippo holds a 4 to 1 edge over Hernandez across 5 meetings, with no draws.
Three of their five matches happened in 2019 alone, including a semi-final, a quarter-final, and a final.
Two of Grippo's wins in the series came by rear naked choke, at the 2019 IBJJF Las Vegas Open No-Gi final and the 2025 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship.
Hernandez has a higher submission rate of wins at 63% against Grippo's 27%, but Grippo was the one who finished this rivalry when it went to a submission.
Both compete at Peso Pena, roughly 70 kg, Hernandez out of Zenith BJJ and Grippo out of Alliance.

The rivalry

Gianni Grippo leads Emilio Hernandez 4 to 1 across 5 recorded meetings. Their series started in 2019 with three matches inside a single year, then continued at the 2020 Atlanta International Open IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship and again at the 2025 IBJJF World No-Gi Championship, so this is a rivalry that has spanned both gi and no-gi over multiple seasons. Hernandez took his only win at the 2019 Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship semi-finals. Grippo answered with wins by points, by submission, and again by submission across the other four.

The styles read differently on paper. Grippo carries a 73% win rate over 296 recorded matches, and his finishing tends toward the back, with the Gi Choke From Back as his most frequent submission at 15 wins. Hernandez sits at a 52% win rate over 100 recorded matches with a higher submission rate of wins at 63%, and his most common finish is the Kneebar with 8 wins.

What decided the meetings was Grippo's back attack. Two of his four wins in this series came by Rear Naked Choke, one by the Gi Choke From Back, and one on points. When the matches reached a finish, Grippo was the one applying it.