Jasmine Rocha

Jasmine Rocha is a professional grappler and a jiu-jitsu black belt under Vagner Rocha, her father, who represents the Vagner Rocha Martial Arts association and team Fight Sports Miami in the sport’s international circuit. Rocha is particularly active in the no-gi jiu-jitsu ruleset where she conquered important medals of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) and Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) leagues.

Jasmine Rocha Jiu-Jitsu

Full Name: Jasmine Rocha

Nickname: N/A

Lineage: Carlos Gracie > Crolin Gracie > Jorge Popovitch > Pablo Popovitch > Vagner Rocha > Jasmine Rocha

Main Achievements:

• 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2022)
• 2nd Place IBJJF Pan Championship NOGI (2022)
• 2nd Place ADCC WC USA Trials (2022)
• 3rd Place ADCC (2024)
• 3rd Place ADCC 1ST BRA Trials (2022)
• 4th Place ADCC EC USA Trials (2021)

Main Achievements (Juvenile):

• 1st Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2017**)
• 2nd Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2018)
• 3rd Place IBJJF World Championship NOGI (2018*)

* Absolute
** Weight and Absolute

Favorite Position/Technique: Well Rounded

Weight Division: Peso Pena (58,50 kg / 129.0 lbs)

Team/Association: Vagner Rocha Martial Arts (VRMA)

Jasmine Rocha Biography

Jasmine Rocha was born on January 03, 2002, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, where she grew up.

Being the daughter of a lifelong martial artist and successful gym owner, Vagner Rocha, it didn’t take long for Jasmine to be involved with grappling under her father’s guidance. Starting at the age of 5, her involvement transcended to competition the following year.

Although most of her training was done at Vagner Rocha Martial Arts (VRMA), given her father’s close relationship with Miami’s Fight Sports team, during her development, Jasmine also trained extensively at the squad’s headquarters under the guidance of coaches Maggie Grindatti, Roberto Abreu, and Adrian Benavides.

During her high-school sophomore year, Jasmine decided to expand her grappling experience and join her school’s wrestling team, an experience that lasted for a year.

Jasmine was fully dedicated to jiu-jitsu from an early age and climbed through the ranks under her father’s guidance. Rocha’s hard work and tournament results eventually led to her black belt promotion on September 2022.

NOTE REGARDING JASMINE ROCHA’S RECORD

Traditionally BJJ Heroes has only accounted for adult black belt records as they signify an athlete’s entry into our sport’s elite ranks. Rocha, however, is a special case as she started competing in the pro-grappling circuit prior to her official promotion. This has left BJJ Heroes with a delicate predicament of defining when to start accounting for Jasmine’s match records.

Considering the level of opposition and the extensive list of professional athletes Jasmine Rocha overcame in events such as the ADCC Trials during this early stage of her career (2021 & 2022), we believed it would be beneficial to have these matches in the pro-circuit added on to Jasmine’s profile, despite them happening prior to her black belt promotion which happened on 09/2022.

Cover photo was taken by High Tier Photo (check him on Instagram, here @hightierphoto).