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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Never one to shy away from conflict, Gordon Ryan has renewed a beef that kicked off in February. On Saturday, the top pound-for-pound no-gi grappler called out fellow black belt competitor Gustavo Batista for declining a match under purportedly absurd conditions offered by Ryan. In February, Ryan and Batista went
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Just a day before his match with Roberto Jimenez, Gordon Ryan spent hours engaged in an internet beef with black belt world champion Gustavo Batista. Among other conditions, Ryan offered to grapple Batista in a no-gi match with Batista starting in top mount. Things kicked off with Batista talking a
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“Hulk” Barbosa and Gustavo Batista pulled out of the Third Coast Grappling Kumite 6 card, Fellipe Trovo and Arnaldo Maidana take their places
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On Saturday, November 13 at the IBJJF’s Jiu-Jitsu Con, eight elite jiu-jitsu players — four middleweights and four heavyweights — competed in mini tournaments, each with a $20,000 purse on the line. Rookie black belt Tainan Dalpra took home the gold at middleweight, while Victor Hugo won the heavyweight division.
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The IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Con takes place from November 11-13 in Las Vegas, NV. On the final day of that event, the IBJJF will be hosting a pair of four-man tournaments, each with $20,000 in prize money on the line. The organization has previously announced the middleweight line-up (view the middleweight
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Alliance representative Fellipe Andrew further solidified his status as the top male black belt IBJJF competitor over the weekend, winning gold in the super heavyweight and absolute divisions at the Pan Championships…. stuff In the finals of the super heavyweight division, Andrew squared off with fellow Alliance representative and 2020
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On Friday, July 9, Fight To Win 176 took place from Denver, CO. In the main event, top Unity BJJ competitor Junny Ocasio earned a hard-fought decision victory over Carlos Oliveira. Lower on the card, Atos representative and underdog Gustavo Batista put on a methodical performance to defeat Tex Johnson
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On Saturday, Third Coast Grappling held its eight-man middleweight grand prix, and teenage jiu-jitsu phenom Micael Galvao put on an incredible performance, submitting elite competitors John Combs, Pedro Rocha, and Pedro Marinho to win the tournament and a $15,000 purse. Galvao’s grand prix-winning performance came just one day after he
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On Saturday, June 19, Third Coast Grappling will hold its eight-man, $15,000 middleweight grand prix. The tournament will see a mixture of young jiu-jitsu phenoms, veteran competitors, and wildcard newcomers competing up to three times in one night. There is currently no outright favorite to win the tournament, but odds-makers
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