Two top jiu-jitsu competitors are set to make their ONE Championship submission grappling debuts. On Friday, August 26 at ONE 160, gi and no-gi world champion Renato Canuto will take on European champion Tommy Langaker in the first contest of the night. ONE announced the match on Instagram. View this
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The 2022 IBJJF no-gi Pans took place over the weekend, live from Garland, TX. The tournament served as a showcase for many up-and-coming talents, as a number of new champions were crowned. In brown belt action, Pedigo Submission Fighting’s Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch enjoyed perhaps the best tournament performance
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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. View a preview of the men’s lightweight
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Pedro Marinho and Craig Jones will square off for the Who’s Number One light heavyweight title. Can Marinho spring the upset? On Friday, January 21, fan-favorite Craig Jones will face IBJJF no-gi world champion Pedro Marinho for the vacant Who’s Number One (WNO) light heavyweight title. Jones is undefeated in
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The 2021 IBJJF no-gi Worlds take place on October 7-10, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. It is arguably the most anticipated IBJJF event of the year, and with the recently-instituted leg reaping and heel hooking rules, a number of top submission-only grapplers that previously avoided IBJJF competition
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On Friday, July 30, Fight To Win will return to action with a submission-only grappling card in Phoenix, AZ. In the main event, Josh Cisneros and Kennedy Maciel will meet in a rematch of one of the year’s best matches so far this year. Lower on the card, top competitors
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The busiest promotion in grappling returned to action on Friday, June 4 with Fight to Win 172 from Dallas, TX. In the main event, two-time ADCC champion Yuri Simoes snapped a losing streak to defeat Devhonte Johnson. And in the co-main event, Oliver Taza bested Jaime Canuto by decision. Yuri
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Did you think we were doing an IBJJF Pans lower weight breakdown only? Well, think again. In the second edition of our IBJJF black belt Pans Breakdown: Middleweights, we are looking at the light-, middle- and medium-heavyweight divisions. As we said in the previous post, Pans are happening despite the
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A comprehensive study of the statistics behind two recent BJJ events Analyzing the stats behind grappling can often provide insight on what are the new trends, most popular moves/subs, best ruleset, and much more! We will be applying this knowledge to the Third Coast Grappling: Kumite and WNO events that
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Third Coast Grappling came back last night with their first event behind closed doors, a Kumite event featuring eight elite grapplers competing for a $10,000 prize which naturally results in some fireworks. The promotion was originally due to have made the break over the pond and co-promote their first UK
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