Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte are scheduled to clash in a submission-only no-gi match in the main event of WNO. On Monday, FloGrappling announced that it has scheduled a submission-only no-gi match between top competitors Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte, set for the main event of a Who’s Number One
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At BJJ Stars 10: Battlefield, Erich Munis won tournament gold and Kaynan Duarte suffered a disqualification loss against Mica Galvao. On Saturday, April 22, BJJ Stars returned to action with a loaded 16-man openweight bracket featuring some of the world’s best gi competitors at BJJ Stars 10: Battlefield. Erich Munis
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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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View results and highlights from the 2023 IBJJF European Championships. The year’s first major IBJJF tournament took place last week as Paris, France played host to the 2023 IBJJF European Championships. Black belts competed over the weekend, and a number of established champions continued their runs of dominance on the
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Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte are hoping to face each other in both gi and no-gi matches next year. Elite BJJ competitors Nicholas Meregali and Kaynan Duarte have been going at it over social media as momentum is building toward a fifth and sixth showdown between the two. In a
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It’s no secret that BJJ is a relatively niche sport and it’s difficult to make enough money in it, but what about those at the very highest levels of the game who medal at world championships? Arguably, the IBJJF and ADCC World Championships are seen as the two most prestigious
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At the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships, perhaps no competitor was more heavily-favored to win his division than heavyweight Kaynan Duarte. A 2019 ADCC world champion, the top Atos representative had lost just once in the past two years. Going into the finals of the WNO Championships, Duarte was a
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships on September 25-26 will feature five eight-person brackets with many of the best grapplers in the world competing in 15-minute submission-only matches. In the days leading up to this event, Grappling Insider will be previewing each of the five divisions. View the men’s lightweight
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships is a two-day event featuring five eight-person brackets and many of the best grapplers in the world. Recently, FloGrappling announced the full heavyweight roster for the event. You can view the other weight divisions here: men’s 155 lbs., men’s 185 lbs., women’s 115 lbs.,
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On Saturday, July 17, ADCC and FloGrappling held “The Road to ADCC,” headlined by a match-up between 2019 ADCC champions Matheus Diniz and Kaynan Duarte. In the main event, Atos black belt Duarte made quick work of Diniz with a heel hook submission in just over two minutes of action.
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