The 2022 ADCC World Championships have already been hit by the injury bug. Heavyweight Brazilian Trials winner Gutemberg Pereira has been forced out the competition due to injury and will be replaced by his GF Team teammate and 2019 ADCC veteran, Max Gimenis. The ADCC announced the change on Instagram.
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BJJ Stars returned to action on Saturday night with gi and no-gi superfights and a star-studded eight-man heavyweight grand prix. At the end of the night, Felipe Pena walked away the grand prix champion, but underdog Gutemberg Pereira was the story of the night as he shocked Nicholas Meregali in
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Check out the full tournament line-up for the IBJJF Absolute GP, featuring Nicholas Meregali and Victor Hugo. This Friday, September 1, eight elite gi jiu-jitsu competitors will square off in the IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix with a $40,000 cash purse on the line. Competing in the tournament will be reigning
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Check out the full line-up for the 16-man openweight tournament at BJJ Stars 10 on April 22. Brazil’s premier jiu-jitsu promotion is planning a 16-man openweight tournament stacked with elite competitors. BJJ Stars 10 goes down on Saturday, April 22, and features a number of ADCC and IBJJF world champions.
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships take place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Ahead of the big tournament, Grappling Insider will be previewing each division. Read a preview of the 66 kg. division here, the 77 kg. division here, the 88 kg. division here, and the 99 kg. division here. For many
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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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It was a relatively busy weekend in competitive grappling, with major events taking place around the world. Most notably, Mica Galvao impressed at the BJJ Stars eight-man gi grand prix where he defeated three elite competitors to win the BJJ Stars middleweight title. Also, Fight To Win held its 200th
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View the full results from BJJ Stars 8, where young phenom Mica Galvao won a loaded grand prix, defeating the likes of Leandro Lo and Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa. BJJ Stars 8 took place on Saturday, April 30, and featured an eight-man gi grand prix in addition to a number of
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The 2022 IBJJF Pans took place on April 6-10, with the adult black belt divisions competing on Saturday and Sunday. It was the second major IBJJF tournament of the year, and featured a number of the world’s top gi competitors. These were the biggest winners stories coming out of the
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The Brazilian grappling BJJ Stars has announced a stacked event for April 30. BJJ Stars 8 will feature an eight-man gi grand prix, as well as a handful of ADCC-rules superfights that involve a number of the best competitors on the planet. View the current grand prix competitors below. View
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