IBJJF world champions Lucas Pinheiro and Thalison Soares have signed to compete in ONE Championship’s submission grappling. Singapore-based martial arts promotion ONE Championship continues to grow its roster of submission grapplers, and recently added a pair of elite black belts. On Wednesday, the organization announced that it had signed recent
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Fight To Win 195 took place on Saturday, February 26, live from Albuquerque, NM. In the main event, top Atos representative Lucas Pinheiro put on a dominant display of guard passing and control to earn a unanimous decision win over Albuquerque native Estevan Martinez. Miraculously, Martinez began the day by
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Fight To Win 195 takes place on Saturday, February 26, live from Albuquerque, NM. The main event will feature a no-gi match between world-class competitors Estevan Martinez and Lucas Pinheiro. The promotion announced the match-up on social media. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fight To Win
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Fight To Win 181 took place on Saturday, August 14, in Sacramento, CA. In the main event, ZR Team’s Gabriel Sousa extended his current Fight To Win win streak to three with a decision over Atos’ Lucas Pinheiro. And lower on the card, Fellipe Andrew continued his impressive 2021 run
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Mikey Musumeci is on a mission to establish himself as a force in the no-gi scene in 2021. After five years away from no-gi competition, the three-time IBJJF gi world champion has competed exclusively in no-gi this year, and exclusively under the Who’s Number One banner. On May 28, Musumeci
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It looks like Mikey Musumeci’s move to no-gi competition might stick. Musumeci is scheduled to face no-gi Pans champion Lucas Pinheiro at Who’s Number One (WNO) on May 28. FloGrappling announced the match. View this post on Instagram A post shared by FloGrappling (@flograppling) This match comes just a couple
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The busiest promotion in grappling returns to action on Saturday, February 26. In the main event of Fight To Win 195, no-gi world champion and recent Who’s Number One title challenger Estevan Martinez will take on top Atos representative and no-gi Pans champion Lucas Pinheiro. View the full Fight To
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Fight To Win 183 took place on Friday, September 10, and was quietly one of the promotion’s most stacked events of the year, loaded with top competitors from Atos, Alliance, and Checkmat. In the main event, veteran Baret Yoshida made quick work of Bernardo Pitel with an early anaconda choke.
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We look back at the major takeaways and standout performances from the black belt divisions at the 2023 IBJJF Worlds. The 2023 IBJJF Worlds took place last week in Long Beach, California, with black belts competing over the weekend. Now that the dust has settled on the most prestigious gi
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We look back at notable performances from Tainan Dalpra, Victor Hugo, and others at the 2023 Brasileiros. The 2023 Brasileiros – one of the four “grand slam” tournaments on the IBJJF calendar – took place last week, with adult black belts competing over the weekend. For the most part, the
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