Decorated BJJ world champion and undefeated MMA star Bia Mesquita has signed to compete in the UFC. One of the best BJJ competitors ever has officially signed to compete in the UFC. On Thursday, Bia Mesquita announced that she will continue her still-young MMA career in the UFC, and her
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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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We preview the four-woman $100,000 bracket set to take place at CJI 2 on August 30-31, 2025. The second installment of the Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) will deliver the biggest cash prize in the history of women’s grappling, as four of the sport’s top athletes will lock horns in Las
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Decorated world champion Ffion Davies will be the head coach at ARMA BJJ, which opens this August in London. A luxury BJJ academy led by the planet’s top pound-for-pound female grappler is set to open up this summer in London. Ffion Davies is an ADCC and multiple-time gi and no-gi
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Reigning ADCC world champion Ana Carolina Vieira will compete in the four-woman bracket at CJI 2. Craig Jones has announced the third participant in the four-woman, $100,000 bracket set to go down at CJI 2. Current 65kg ADCC world champion Ana Carolina Vieira will be joining teen phenom Helena Crevar
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View the full card lineup and preview for UFC FPI 11, headlined by a match between Ffion Davies and Adele Fornarino. The UFC Fight Pass Invitational (UFC FPI) will return to action on Thursday, May 29, 2025, with arguably the strongest lineup in the event’s history. Ffion Davies vs. Adele
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Watch BJJ world champion Renato Canuto win his MMA debut at Tuff-N-Uff 144. Decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and submission grappling standout Renato Canuto hardly broke a sweat in his long-awaited professional MMA debut. On Thursday, May 22, 2025, at Tuff-N-Uff 144 in San Diego, California, the 28-year-old BJJ black belt needed
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