Medusa, a new female-only jiu-jitsu promotion, will hold its inaugural event on Saturday, October 2. The event will feature a pair of 8-woman brackets — one contested 135-pounds under combat jiu-jitsu rules, and one at 115-pounds under EBI rules. Appearing on the card are a number of notable competitors, including
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A pair of women’s Who’s Number One title belts will be on the line later this year. On October 20, veteran black belts Beatriz Mesquita and Luiza Monteiro will square off for the 135-pound title, while Nathalie “Tata” Ribeiro will face Ffion Davies for the 125-pound championship. View this post
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BJJ Stars has just revealed that they’ve been able to set up one of the best rematches available in women’s BJJ for their next event on April 25th, Ffion Davies v Bianca Basilio. The pair’s last encounter happened just last year in the final of the ADCC World Championships 2019.
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Ffion got out of the first round relatively unscathed after one of the more decisive victories of the day yesterday at ADCC 2019. She became the only UK representative to make it into the Quarter-Finals as she set up a rematch with Beatriz Mesquita. Mesquita was equally comfortable on her
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On Sunday, August 7, Gordon Ryan will look to defeat the one man that has twice defeated him at black belt. Ryan, the reigning ADCC 99 kg. and absolute champion, will take on longtime rival Felipe Pena in a submission-only, no-time limit match in the main event of Sunday’s Who’s
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On Saturday, March 12, Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu will return for its second event. The card will feature an eight-woman combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) tournament with some of the best no-gi grapplers in the world, including Who’s Number One (WNO) champion Ffion Davies and returning Medusa CJJ champion Brianna Ste-Marie. The promotion
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Jiu-jitsu specialist Mackenzie Dern will look to get back into the win column when she takes on fellow top-10 strawweight Tecia Torres at UFC 273. The event, which does not yet have a venue, is scheduled for Saturday, April 9. Torres announced the bout on Twitter. Dern last competed in
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On Wednesday, October 20, Who’s Number One (WNO) will hold its first-ever mid-week event with a card featuring a trio of WNO championship matches and the return of 2019 ADCC double champion Gordon Ryan. Betting odds have been released for the event and, predictably, Ryan is a massive favorite in
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On October 20, top no-gi grappler Gordon Ryan will return to competition to face current UFC welterweight fighter Philip Rowe in what is being dubbed an “exhibition match.” That event will also feature a trio of Who’s Number One (WNO) title matches, as well as an entertaining match between recent
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On Saturday, October 2, Medusa Jiu-Jitsu held its inaugural event. The card featured a pair of all-women tournaments — one at 115-pounds held under EBI rules, and one at 135-pounds held under combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) rules. View the full results and highlights from Medusa 1 below. Fatima Kline submits three
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