January’s Who’s Number One (WNO) event is slowly coming together, and it just added a second title match. Current WNO middleweight champion Tye Ruotolo will look to capture his second belt when he takes on back-taking master Levi Jones-Leary for the vacant welterweight title. The event is scheduled for Friday,
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Unity Jiu-Jitsu black belt Levi Jones-Leary has undeniably one of the best berimbolo games in all of jiu-jitsu. An IBJJF Pans and European Open champion, Jones-Leary needs just the smallest of openings to enter on the berimbolo, ultimately finding his opponent’s back. In a recent video from FloGrappling, Jones-Leary detailed
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The Abu Dhabi World Pro Jiu Jitsu Championships (ADWPJJC) are well under way, as elite gi competitors went head to head in the main brackets today. Of note, 18-year old phenom Mica Galvao picked up one of the most impressive wins of his young career when he submitted accomplished Unity
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The 2022 IBJJF Pan-American Championships take place on April 6-10, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. It is the first major North American IBJJF competition of the year, and has brought out most of the world’s top gi competitors. From young talent on the rise to established champions,
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Dante Leon spoke to Grappling Insider in detail about his upcoming Who’s Number One match against Mica Galvao. On Friday, March 25, no-gi world champion and ADCC fourth-place finisher Dante Leon will take on 18-year old jiu-jitsu phenom Mica Galvao in the co-main event of Who’s Number One (WNO). While
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On Friday, January 21, Who’s Number One (WNO) returned to action for its first show of the year with a card filled with the best submission grapplers in the world and three title matches. In the main event, Pedro Marinho upset Craig Jones by unanimous decision to capture the WNO
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One of the original and longstanding submission-only promotions is making plans for its first show in nearly four years. The Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) returns on Sunday, March 13 with a tournament featuring a number of the best submission grapplers in the world, including Nicky Ryan and Tye Ruotolo. View
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On Friday, January 21, FloGrappling will host its first Who’s Number One (WNO) event of the year, live from Dallas, TX. The card will feature three WNO title matches, including the main event between ADCC silver medalist Craig Jones and 2021 IBJJF no-gi Worlds double gold medalist Pedro Marinho. The
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) event on January 21 continues to take shape, adding a pair of matches between world class competitors. ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez will take on Checkmat’s Elder Cruz, and Amanda “Tubby” Alequin will face recent ADCC Trials winner Brianna Ste-Marie. The matches were announced by
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The 2021 IBJJF Worlds take place on December 9-12 in Anaheim, CA, with black belts scheduled to compete on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to the global COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the first Worlds since 2019, making it one of the most anticipated and stacked world championships in recent memory.
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