Purple belt standout Alexa Herse has made allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against Atos head coach Andre Galvao. After several days of rumors swirling, direct allegations of sexual misconduct have now been made against Atos head coach Andre Galvao. On Monday, rising young talent and recent purple belt European
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Below are results and highlights from the black belt divisions of the 2022 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds. The 2022 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds took place December 8-11, live from Anaheim, CA, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. Results and brackets from every division can be found here. The weekend saw
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The 2022 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds take place on December 8-11, live from Anaheim, CA, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. The 2022 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds are right around the corner, and there’s no shortage of intriguing potential match-ups to be had. From established veterans seeking another shot at
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The second Medusa female-only jiu-jitsu event took place on Saturday, March 12. Two new champions were crowned, as Sophia Cassella captured the EBI strawweight title, and Aislinn O’Connell won the combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) bantamweight title. The card featured a pair of eight-woman tournaments — an EBI rules tournament at strawweight,
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On Saturday, March 12, Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu will return for its second event. The card will feature an eight-woman combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) tournament with some of the best no-gi grapplers in the world, including Who’s Number One (WNO) champion Ffion Davies and returning Medusa CJJ champion Brianna Ste-Marie. The promotion
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On October 20, top no-gi grappler Gordon Ryan will return to competition to face current UFC welterweight fighter Philip Rowe in what is being dubbed an “exhibition match.” That event will also feature a trio of Who’s Number One (WNO) title matches, as well as an entertaining match between recent
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On Saturday, October 2, Medusa Jiu-Jitsu held its inaugural event. The card featured a pair of all-women tournaments — one at 115-pounds held under EBI rules, and one at 135-pounds held under combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) rules. View the full results and highlights from Medusa 1 below. Fatima Kline submits three
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The IBJJF No Gi Pans went down this past week, from Nov. 18 to 22. The event was somewhat of a closing statement for No Gi competitions from the IBJJF this year. There are no major events scheduled past Pans. Divisions were all over the place, as we mentioned in
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Fight 2 Win 153 last night, Sep 25th, featured many black belt matches. One of those in particular was what I imagine promoter Seth Daniels looks for when putting on shows. This was the match between Talita Alencar and Heather Raftery. Alencar is a multiple time IBJJF world champion out
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Fight 2 Win 137 saw one of the longest running promotions in the USA deliver yet another stacked card that featured elite grappling and action from start to finish. We sat down to make predictions for the top two matches lined up for Fight 2 Win 137 and were spot
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