“Big” Dan Manasoiu recently submitted judo Olympian Javad Mahjoub in the final of the absolute division at the ADCC Open Canada. In April, the ADCC held the first of several ADCC Opens slated to go down this year across North America, and a number of elite competitors showed up to
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If size does really matter, don’t let Andrew Tackett know. On the most recent episode of FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next,” the 165-pound Tackett faced and submitted recent ADCC qualifier “Big” Dan Manasoiu. Manasoiu came into the match at a whopping 6’7″ and 275 pounds. Watch the full
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Although the Danaher Death Squad might no longer be a team, grapplers from that squad will continue to make waves. Over the weekend, Daniel Manasoui — a 19-year old grappler that had been training under John Danaher in Puerto Rico — won double gold, submitting all of his opponent at
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We’ve all seen the horrific headlines that can happen when weight-cutting goes wrong. British flyweight Jake Hadley recently revealed he got himself into big trouble before his Nashville bout with Cody Durden, saying, “I almost died during the weight cut… I actually saw God for a second, couldn’t rehydrate like normal”. Unsurprisingly
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View the results and recap from the 2023 ADCC East Coast Trials, which took place on October 14-15 in Atlantic City. Five more grapplers have officially punched their ticket to the 2024 ADCC World Championships. The ADCC East Coast Trials – the first of two North American qualifying events –
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The ADCC’s first qualifier for the 2024 World Championships, the European Trials, took place on September 16 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. The Trials saw Owen Jones (66kg), Jozef Chen (77kg), Santeri Lilius (88kg), Luke Griffith (99kg) and Heikki Jussila (99+kg) to become the first five athletes to earn their spots
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Nick Rodriguez spoke to Grappling Insider about his call-out of and beef with former teammate Gordon Ryan. Last week, at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4, the B-Team’s Nick Rodriguez put on a stellar performance, defeating Roberto Jimenez, Vagner Rocha, and “Big” Dan Manasoiu to win an eight-man EBI-rules absolute
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Nick Rodriguez called for an EBI-rules match against Gordon Ryan with USADA testing and Ryan declined. Last Thursday, at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational (“FPI”) 4, two-time ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez put on a stellar performance to win an eight-man absolute grand prix, defeating Roberto Jimenez, Vagner Rocha, and
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Nick Rodriguez and seven other elite grapplers will compete in an eight-man absolute tournament at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4. The UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4 is shaping up to be one of the most significant grappling events of the summer. In addition to a main event clash between
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View the full main card results and video highlights from Grapplefest 15. Keith Krikorian and Luke Griffith won title matches. On Saturday, April 1, Grapplefest 15 took place live from Liverpool, England. Originally slated to feature a four-man 70kg tournament, injuries and withdrawals forced the bracket to be scrapped days
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