The 20-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) rising star dominated at the WNO lightweight grand prix, and won the promotion’s vacant lightweight title. Olivarez was an absolute buzzsaw once again, putting on incredible pace and pressure as he wore both of his opponents down from top control. He choked out Julian Espinosa in the opening round, then won a decision against Deandre Corbe in the finals, getting dominant position and racking up a lot of ride time against both top notch grapplers.
Corbe impressed against Max Hanson in the opening round, and did have some good moments and nice attempts in the finals, but Olivarez’s constant scrambling and top pressure was just too much.
With Gordon Ryan and John Danaher both in his corner, the Kingsway product in Olivarez won the WNO lightweight crown and continued his incredible run. In 2025, Olivarez became a two-time ADCC Trials winner, and out-grappled significantly larger BJJ champs at CJI 2 at just 19 years old.
Full results from WNO 32 are below.
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