Watch video of Craig Jones and Joao Miyao winning by submission at Karate Combat’s Pit Submission Series 2. Karate Combat held the second iteration of its Pit Submission Series on Friday, February 23, live from Mexico City. In addition to the typical slate of striking-only contests, the event featured a
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Top BJJ stars Craig Jones and Joao Miyao will compete at Karate Combat’s Pit Submission Series 2 on February 23. Karate Combat’s foray into the world of submission grappling is well underway. The promotion recently announced a pair of Pit Submission Series matches, each featuring top BJJ talent. On Friday,
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On Friday, June 11, Fight to Win returns to action in Dallas, TX for the second consecutive week. In the main event of Fight to Win 173, veteran black belt competitor Paulo Miyao will take on Lucas Pinheiro. Lower on the card, Miyao’s twin brother Joao is also in action,
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Two of the most successful black belt competitors of the past decade will compete at Fight to Win 173 on June 11. The promotion has recently announced that both Miyao brothers — Paulo and Joao — have matches scheduled for the event. Paulo Miyao will square off with Lucas Pinheiro,
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Joao Miyao breezed past one of his biggest challenges in the Featherweight division as he met Richard Alarcon in the first round. This set up his semi-final match against Anthony Guy De Oliviera after he got past Suraj Kumar Budhram. Miyao sat to guard and got to work the moment
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After a fantastic day yesterday, one of the first matches on was an unmissable war. Richard Alarcon was coming straight off his loss to Ashley Williams at Polaris 12, into meeting Joao Miyao in the quarter-finals of No Gi Worlds today. This added some intrigue as Miyao was originally scheduled
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Everybody loves a good rematch. After their scintillating match at match at Kasai Pro 6, many thought Ash deserved the victory over Miyao, but it was ruled a draw, which meant Miyao proceeded from his group and eventually took home the tournament championship. Ashley Williams is the reigning Polaris Lightweight
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The new school, Studio 1908, is named in homage to the brothers’ Japanese-Brazilian heritage.
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One of the best Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors of the past decade will now coach one of the best jiu-jitsu teams in the world. On Monday, the Sao Paulo-based team Dream Art announced that Paulo Miyao will now be the squad’s head coach. View this post on Instagram A post shared
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Elite grapplers Paulo Miyao and AJ Agazarm both competed at Polaris 18 on November 27. After the event, Miyao and Agazarm took the opportunity to train and roll together, bringing together two unlikely training partners from different sides of the country. Luckily, a camera was on hand to catch the
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