Gordon Ryan and Vagner Rocha met 4 times on record, and the ledger is one-sided. Ryan took 3 of those meetings and the fourth, at 2016 Sapateiro 2, ended in a draw. Rocha has not beaten Ryan in any recorded meeting. All three of Ryan's wins came by submission, including a Reverse Triangle and a Triangle Choke in their two 2021 bouts at WNO 7 and the WNO matchup, plus a submission finish in the EBI 11 final back in 2017.

The style contrast shows up in the numbers. Ryan sits at a 92% win rate across 105 recorded matches with 76% of his wins coming by submission. Rocha carries a 65% win rate over 125 recorded matches with a 33% submission rate on his wins. There is also a size gap: Ryan competes at Super-Heavy while Rocha campaigns at Peso Medio, and Ryan came into these meetings finishing fights rather than grinding decisions.

What decided these meetings was Ryan's finishing. He did not need to go to the judges in any of the three wins, and the submissions came in different positions, which speaks to a game Rocha could not solve over the course of their bouts.