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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Recent ADCC Trials champion Jozef Chen spoke to Grappling Insider about his rapid ascension in no-gi jiu-jitsu. Few no-gi competitors have seen a quicker climb to elite status than 19-year-old brown belt Jozef Chen. In September, Chen defeated three ADCC veterans – Tommy Langaker, Mateusz Szczecinski, and Oliver Taza –
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The Kazakhstan-based grappling promotion AIGA has announced that a $1 million prize will be up for grabs in its next Champions League season. The Almaty International Grappling Association has announced that a groundbreaking $1 million in prize money will be on the line for its 2024 Champions League season. View
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Check out the full tournament line-up for the IBJJF Absolute GP, featuring Nicholas Meregali and Victor Hugo. This Friday, September 1, eight elite gi jiu-jitsu competitors will square off in the IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix with a $40,000 cash purse on the line. Competing in the tournament will be reigning
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A number of ADCC veterans are set to compete for Team Modolfo at the AIGA Champion’s League quarterfinals. ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim has assembled an incredibly stacked team of grapplers to compete at the Almaty International Grappling Association (AIGA) Champion’s League. View this post on Instagram A post shared
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Top gi and no-gi competitor Diego “Pato” Oliveira has officially joined the Mendes brothers’ Art of Jiu-Jitsu. The famed Art of Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Costa Mesa, California just added another world-class competitor. Recent ADCC bronze medalist and multiple-time IBJJF black belt world champion Diego “Pato” Oliveira has joined the elite
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