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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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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Check out the participants competing in the talent-stacked EBI 21: The Absolutes this Sunday, June 2 in Austin, TX. Ten years to the day of its inaugural event, the Eddie Bravo Invitational returns to its roots with a traditional EBI ruleset bracket contested in the absolute division. On June 2,
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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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Izaak Michell became the Season 1 “Who’s Next” champion when he submitted Kyle Chambers after more than two hours of grappling. On Thursday, July 14, Izaak Michell and Kyle Chambers battled in a no-time limit match for the inaugural “Who’s Next” title. The match was the culmination of FloGrappling’s new
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Gordon Ryan submitted Pedro Marinho with a rear-naked choke to win the Who’s Number One heavyweight title. On Thursday, July 14, Gordon Ryan returned to action when he took on Pedro Marinho for the vacant Who’s Number One (WNO) title at WNO: Who’s Next Finale. Ryan took advantage of his
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In an aim to spread jiu jitsu to more women and those in the cannabis community, Subversiv have teamed up with Kelly Dooley, who is the first woman to join the Subversiv Grappling Tournaments Advisory Board. As the sport continues to grow and develop, more women are taking an interest
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FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next” pits up-and-coming grapplers against each other in no time limit, submission-only matches for a chance at a $10,000 cash prize and a three-match contract with Who’s Number One. Grappling Insider will be recapping each episode after it airs. All episodes are available for
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FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next” is here. The show features up-and-coming grapplers competing in no time limit, submission-only matches for a cash prize and a three-match contract with Who’s Number One. On Wednesday, the show’s first two episodes dropped and are available free of charge without a subscription.
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The second ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials took place on Saturday, May 7, live from Poznan, Poland. Seven more athletes secured their spot at the ADCC World Championships later this year, including gi specialist Tommy Langaker and New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representatives Luke Griffith and Daniel Manasoiu. Although he
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