Gordon Ryan is not shy about his accomplishments. He’s also not one to keep his jiu-jitsu techniques and strategies a secret, often giving detailed explanations of exactly how he won many of his biggest matches. In a recent Instagram post, Ryan broke down how he was able to secure a
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Earlier this year, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim spearheaded an effort to investigate and bring to light allegations of sexual abuse perpetrated by former Fight Sports black belt and instructor Marcel Goncalves. Jassim alleged that Fight Sports owner Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu had created a culture that allowed such abuse to
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The 2021 IBJJF no-gi Worlds take place on October 7-10, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. The men’s ultra-heavyweight division is the smallest adult black belt division, but potentially includes one of the events most anticipated matches. After going 1-1 against each other at the 2019 no-gi Worlds,
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On Tuesday, Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu announced new guidelines for addressing misconduct within his affiliation, Fight Sports. The announcement comes weeks after news came to light regarding the sexual assault case of former Fight Sports black belt Marcel Goncalvez. Abreu had previously announced a plan to deal with instances of misconduct
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Earlier this week, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim caused a stir in the jiu-jitsu community by accusing Fight Sports leader Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu of mishandling the situation involving Fight Sports black belt Marcel Goncalves. Details on those allegations can be found here. In short, in 2018, Goncalves was arrested and
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In March 2018, jiu-jitsu black belt and former Fight Sports affiliate instructor Marcel Goncalves was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations that the then 31-year old Goncalves had had intercourse multiple times with a 17-year old student. Recently, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim released
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Now just days removed from receiving his black belt, 19-year old jiu-jitsu phenom William Tackett is already one of the top competitors in the world. On the other end of the spectrum, 40-year old Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is one of the most accomplished competitors ever (and is still active at
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On Friday, January 22, Fight to Win BJJ will return to Miami for a night of gi and no-gi grappling. In the main event, takedown and guard passing specialist Tim Spriggs will try to spring the upset against the legend Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu in Abreu’s adopted hometown. Although he is
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Fight 2 Win is wasting absolutely no time in getting back on the horse after a temporary time away from matchmaking and has already managed to book some big name matches despite being only a handful of days removed from the initial announcement of their upcoming event dates. This was
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Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu edged out Devhonte Johnson with a judges decision to secure his spot in the Openweight finals of No Gi Worlds 2019. Although Cyborg Abreu is a legend of the sport and a dynamic grappler, he is also a seasoned competitor. This means that he is ready to
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