Just a couple of days ago, Elder Cruz might have been the best brown belt in the world. That’s not the case any more, as the elite no-gi competitor was promoted to black belt in BJJ on Monday. Cruz announced the promotion on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A
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Twin brothers Kade and Tye Ruotolo can make an argument for being the top two pound-for-pound submission grapplers on the planet. On May 20, the Ruotolo brothers will make their ONE Championship debuts in a pair of highly-anticipated submission-only grappling matches. Although the Ruotolos received their black belts from fellow
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Fight 2 Win is back in action this Friday night (Oct 23rd) in Philadelphia. There was one big change this week. That is, Rafael Lovato Jr. is now off the card (for unknown reasons), and Matheus Luna will step in to fill his spot against Jake Watson. This will give
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18 year old Grace Gundrum will have to put her school work aside on October 23rd, when she steps onto the stage to grapple 2X world champ, Pati Fontes. “Since this is my first time competing as a black belt,” Gundrum said, “I’m hoping to at least give her a
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This is a profile on Nathalie Ribeiro, part six of an eight-part series featuring each of the athletes in Third Coast Grappling Kumite 7 bracket. Eight world-class elite female black belts showcasing the best of women’s Jiu Jitsu, vying for the $10,000 prize and the title “Queen of the Kumite.”
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Today is a sad day for those anticipating a showdown between Felipe Pena and Kaynan Duarte at BJJ Stars 3. The card will still be going down on July 25th, but with a different main event, as Preguiça has pulled out due to injury. Felipe took to instagram today and
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In this article we break down the matches from BJJ Stars 3: The Return!
Read moreFight 2 Win 133 is coming to Fresno, California on December 7th as it goes head-to-head with a much younger American grappling promotion, Third Coast Grappling. While 3CG3 brings us Gordon Ryan v Bo Nickal under modified rules, Fight 2 Win is also headlined by one of the more polarizing
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