Garry Tonon and Vagner Rocha met 3 times on record, all no-gi, with Tonon holding a 2 to 1 edge. They first crossed at the 2013 ADCC US Trials final, where Tonon took it on points, then again at EBI 13 in 2017, where he closed the match with an Inside Heel Hook. Rocha got his one back later in 2017 at the 2017 ADCC World Championship third place match, winning on points.

The styles line up with how those meetings went. Tonon is the submission hunter, with 63% of his recorded wins coming by submission and 14 of them by Heel Hook. Rocha leans more positional, with a 33% submission rate across his wins and his most frequent finish being the Rear Naked Choke at 6. When Tonon got the finish, it was on his terms with a leg attack. When the match stayed positional and went to points, it split one apiece.

Both are experienced no-gi competitors with deep records, Tonon at 78 wins against 28 losses and Rocha at 81 wins against 38 losses. The gap between them in this rivalry was narrow, decided across three matches by a single scramble and a single finish rather than any clear dominance.