We look back at notable performances from Tainan Dalpra, Victor Hugo, and others at the 2023 Brasileiros. The 2023 Brasileiros – one of the four “grand slam” tournaments on the IBJJF calendar – took place last week, with adult black belts competing over the weekend. For the most part, the
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The 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds take place on December 12-14 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The final major event of the IBJJF calendar year is set to go down this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. As usual, the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds will attract many of the sport’s top no-gi competitors.
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View all the black belt results and video highlights from the 2023 IBJJF Pans, which took place in Kissimmee, Florida. Over the weekend, adult black belts competed in the 2023 IBJJF Pans – the second IBJJF grand slam tournament of the year. View the full tournament results, courtesy of the
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The 2022 IBJJF Worlds take place on June 2-5, live from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA. This is the premier gi tournament, attracting the best Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the world. Adult black belts will be competing on Saturday and Sunday. The adult black belt finals of the
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The 2022 IBJJF European Championships took place on February 15-20, live from Rome, Italy. The black belt finals took place on Sunday, and a number of new European champions were crowned. Thalison Soares impressed in the final of the roosterweight division, making quick work of Welerson Da Silva. Soares quickly
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As 2021 winds down, Grappling Insider will be recognizing those athletes that made the biggest impact, had the best performances, and found the most success this year. In women’s jiu-jitsu, 2021 was a year that saw the passing of the torch from accomplished, veteran competitors to the new generation of
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Here’s the truth about BJJ Bet Brazil: It had everything to be one of the greatest events of its kind. There were two aspects that made it captivating. First, it was the introduction of a new betting method included with your pay-per-view buy. This made it possible to make money
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Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu proved that ankle locks are nothing new by finishing the 2019 ADCC champ Kaynan Duarte with an inside heel hook. The match was the main event for BJJ Bet. The show had a rocky start with a crashed site in the beginning, but ran smoothly afterward (despite
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Is this the new era of BJJ? Maybe. This is the BJJ Bet Brazil preview, where we’ll break down one of the newest betting formats within the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community. If you’ve been involved in the community for long enough, you have noticed that being able to bet on
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Abu Dhabi Queen of the Mats took place on January 17th and the first ever Heavyweight edition of the tournament delivered more than enough action. The tournament featured six of the best female grapplers available split into two groups of three. The groups followed a Round Robin format where each
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