Team-based grappling will return to a big stage this summer with the third installment of Polaris Squads on July 17. And for the first time, the United States will be represented to take on some of the UK and Ireland’s best grapplers. Those teams are already starting to take shape,
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YouTube star Logan Paul has been photographed with Edwin Najmi training in BJJ. Not much is known about how long he’s been training for just yet but this might not come as too much of a surprise, as Paul has been getting more and more involved with the combat sports
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Edwin Najmi faces off against Mansher ‘Munch’ Khera at Polaris 11 for the welterweight belt. We caught up with Edwin to see how prep was going for the match. Hey Edwin, what’s up? How’s England treating you?Yeah man, really good. Been here a couple of times, always good. There are
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Fight To Win 180 went down on Friday, August 6, live from Los Angeles. The main event saw former Bellator MMA middleweight champion and Fight To Win regular Rafael Lovato Jr. win a very close decision over Gabriel Arges. Lower on the card, Johnny Tama earned Submission of the Night
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Grappling and jiu-jitsu fans are likely already familiar with Kody Steele. A black belt representing Brazilian Fight Factory in Austin, TX, Steele is a frequent no-gi competitor at the highest level, competing on shows like Who’s Number One, Third Coast Grappling, and Submission Underground. Recently, Steele has started an amateur
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The biggest ADCC Trials event ever is now just a little more than a week away, and a number of additional elite competitors have been announced for the ADCC East Coast Trials on November 6-7. Earlier this week, for grapplers were announced for the 66-kg division. Now, FloGrappling has announced
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The 2021 IBJJF no-gi Worlds take place on October 7-10, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. It is arguably the most anticipated IBJJF event of the year, and with the recently-instituted leg reaping and heel hooking rules, a number of top submission-only grapplers that previously avoided IBJJF competition
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On Friday, September 10, Fight To Win will return to San Diego, CA with Fight To Win 183. The event will be headlined by BJJ and MMA veteran Baret Yoshida taking on 2001 IBJJF world champion Bernardo Pitel. Elsewhere on the card, elite competitors like Josh Hinger, Fellipe Andrew, Lucas
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Fight To Win 182 went down on Saturday, August 28 from San Francisco, CA. At the top of the card was a trio of high-level black belt matches featuring ADCC and world champion jiu-jitsu players. In the main event, Dante Leon put his name in the hat for submission of
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Black belt competitor Kody Steele has made his long awaited and successful MMA debut. Over the weekend at Fury FC 49 in San Antonio, TX, Steele won his first-ever MMA bout by TKO after dropping his opponent on the feet and following up with strikes on the ground. View this
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