Cole Abate will make his ONE Championship debut against Shinya Aoki on December 6 at ONE Fight Night 26. Teenage phenom Cole Abate will soon make his much-anticipated debut in ONE Championship’s submission grappling division. On December 6, at ONE Fight Night 26, the Art of Jiu-Jitsu product will face
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Elite competitors Cole Abate and Dante Leon have signed to compete in ONE Championship’s submission grappling division. Two of grappling’s top competitors are headed to ONE Championship. On Thursday, the Singapore-based martial arts organization announced that it had signed 19-year-old phenom Cole Abate and multiple-time IBJJF no-gi world champion Dante
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Several world-class no-gi matches have been announced for WNO 24, set to go down on Thursday, June 20. The next installment of FloGrappling’s Who’s Number One (WNO) is on the calendar, and it’s already shaping up to be one of the promotion’s best cards. WNO 24 will take place on
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World-class 18-year-old competitor Cole Abate has been promoted to BJJ black belt by Guilherme Mendes. One of the most promising and talented young grapplers in the history of jiu-jitsu is now officially a black belt. Over the weekend, 18-year-old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product Cole Abate was awarded his black belt
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Elite teenage competitor won gold at the 2023 IBJJF European Championships and was promoted to brown belt. Elite jiu-jitsu competitor Cole Abate is now one step closer to becoming a black belt. On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product captured gold in the adult purple belt division at the
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He may hold wins over some of the best black belts in the world, and he may have already qualified for the 2022 ADCC World Championships, but in the eyes of the IBJJF, Cole Abate is not yet an adult competitor. That will change next week when the 17-year old
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Purple belts beware. Fresh off his first-place finish at the ADCC East Coast Trials, 16-year old jiu-jitsu phenom Cole Abate has been promoted to purple belt. Abate was promoted by Art of Jiu-Jitsu instructor by Guilherme Mendes. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) View this
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Cole Abate may be the 2021 breakout grappler of the year. Still just 16-years old and a blue belt, the Art of Jiu-Jitsu product has long been touted as one of the sport’s brightest prospect, but he fully arrived on the elite scene earlier this year when he defeated perennial
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Mayssa Bastos, Cole Abate, and Dante Leon each picked up big wins at ONE Fight Night 26. Last Friday, December 6, ONE Fight Night 26 featured a trio of high-level submission grappling bouts. The event took place at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. First, promotional newcomer Dante Leon lived
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View results and video highlights from the 2025 Brasileiros, which took place last week in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The dust has settled on another IBJJF major event, and the 2025 Brasileiros delivered plenty of thrilling moments. The event took place April 26 – May 4, with adult black belts competing
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