Fight To Win 180 goes down on Friday, August 6, live from Los Angeles, CA. In the main event, former Bellator MMA middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. takes on three-time IBJJF world champion Gabriel Arges. Beyond that match, the card is stacked with elite black belt competitors, including Johnny Tama,
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Figure 4 Promotions’ GrappleFest 4 is happening this Saturday, February 23, beginning at 11:00AM ET in Liverpool, England. It will be broadcast on FloGrappling.com. In the main event, Australian grappler and BJJ black belt Craig Jones represents Absolute MMA Academy against Gabriel Arges of Gracie Barra. Arges comes fresh off
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Grapple Fest are starting their 2019 calendar with a bang. Fresh off a highly successful 2018, Grapple Fest have announced a stellar card for their show in Liverpool, England on February 23rd. Initially the promotion had booked a strong match-up between Jackson Sousa and Craig Jones, but unfortunately Souza was
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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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In the main event of The Road to ADCC on July 17, Matheus Diniz will take on Kaynan Duarte in a 20-minute ADCC rules match. Simply put, this match-up between 2019 ADCC champions represents the pinnacle of submission grappling. Although Diniz currently finds himself on a losing skid and Duarte
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Third Coast Grappling will return with its seventh event on June 19, 2021, with an eight-man middleweight tournament and a $15,000 purse going to the tournament winner. The promotion has announced a handful of competitors, and the field is already looking stacked with some of the best no-gi jiu-jitsu competitors
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Current no-gi king Gordon Ryan has never been afraid to share the knowledge and techniques behind his success. In a recent interview with Flo Grappling, Ryan explained in detail how he submitted Matheus Diniz at their October 2020 Who’s Number One match. The match-up between Ryan and Diniz was one
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On Saturday, February 6, 2021, the Brazilian-based promotion BJJ Stars will return with an eight-man, one-night heavyweight grand prix made up of some of the best gi grapplers in the world. The card also features a number of super fights featuring top competitors like Leandro Lo, Roberto Jimenez, and Bia
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In the co-main event at Fight 2 Win 151 on Friday, Aug. 12, Rafael Lavato Jr. met Aaron “Tex” Johnson. Johnson is a multiple Pans champion and former MMA fighter who is an expert with leg locks. Lavato Jr. is a world-class black belt and former Bellator champ who has
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Lucas Valente is not only a rising star in Gracie Barra, he is already counted among the elite at such a young age. His most recent accomplishment is bagging silver at the 2019 IBJJF Worlds, only yielding gold in a hotly debated match with the bemedaled veteran Lucas Lepri. We go over his evolution in the sport, training at such a young age, his mindset, goals, and long-term plans.
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