Giancarlo Bodoni conquered a loaded eight-man bracket to win $25,000 at the first Blue Collar Fight Club event. The first-ever Blue Collar Fight Club event took place on Friday, September 1, and featured a stacked eight-man absolute tournament with a $25,000 cash purse on the line. Reigning 88kg ADCC champion
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Pedro Marinho will defend his Who’s Number One (WNO) light heavyweight title against 2022 ADCC champion Giancarlo Bodoni. A match-up between two of the world’s best light heavyweight grapplers is set for February 25. In the co-main event of WNO: Gordon Ryan vs. Felipe Pena, reigning WNO light heavyweight champion
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Pedro Marinho wants to challenge himself against the absolute best grapplers in the world. On November 11, he’ll have a chance to do just that when he defends his Who’s Number One (WNO) light heavyweight title against newly-crowned ADCC champion Giancarlo Bodoni. Marinho recently spoke to Grappling Insider about his
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FloGrappling has announced the full main card for the next Who’s Number One (WNO) event, headlined by a light heavyweight title match between current champion Pedro Marinho and challenger Giancarlo Bodoni. WNO will return on Friday, November 11 with a six-match main card featuring a number of the best no-gi
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The Eddie Bravo Invitational will return on Sunday, October 23 with a card loaded with elite talent, including the likes of Nick Rodriguez and Giancarlo Bodoni. EBI 20 is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best events in the history of the famed submission-only promotion. Currently, the
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Who’s Number One (WNO) on July 14 is now just days away, and the card has seen some shuffling. ADCC invitee Andy Varela has withdrawn from his match against fellow ADCC qualifier Jacob Rodriguez; stepping into Varela’s place will be New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representative Giancarlo Bodoni. FloGrappling announced the change
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Giancarlo Bodoni is all in for the 2022 ADCC World Championships. In October, Bodoni left the security of his full-time teaching position at Bernardo Faria Academy outside of Boston to re-locate to Austin, TX, where he trains alongside Gordon Ryan under the tutelage of John Danaher. The move came shortly
Read moreIn the above video, Freddie Conrad joins Brown Belt World Champion Giancarlo Bodoni to show some wrestling tricks for BJJ. Bodoni is a prolific competitor throughout the colored belts and currently has several DVDs or downloads available through BJJ Fanatics. It’s no secret that wrestling and BJJ are more alike
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View complete results and video highlights from the second day of CJI 2, which took place on August 31, 2025. The second installment of the Cragi Jones Invitational concluded on Sunday, and one team of elite grapplers walked away with a $1 million grand prize. Also, the final of the
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View the results and highlights from the first day of CJI 2, which took place on August 30, 2025. The Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) returned to action for its second installment this Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. CJI 2 features an eight-team Quintet-style tournament
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