Although it’s still relatively new on the scene, Third Coast Grappling is a major player in competitive grappling. Its events regularly feature the top grapplers in the world competing in both superfights and tournaments. It’s most recent event, Third Coast Grappling 7, featured a stacked eight-man middleweight tournament that saw
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Fight to Win 164 was topped with four high-level black belt matches, and all four ended in close decision. Perhaps in response to fan questions or criticism, Fight to Win CEO Seth Daniels detailed the judging logic behind a pair of particularly close matches at the top of the card.
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Battle Grappling co-founder and CEO Lara Carter spoke to Grappling Insider about why the organization left FloGrappling. Pacific Northwest-based promotion Battle Grappling is forging its own path in the professional grappling competition scene. Battle Grappling co-founder and owner Lara Carter recently spoke to Grappling Insider about the organization’s long and
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It was a relatively busy weekend in competitive grappling, with major events taking place around the world. Most notably, Mica Galvao impressed at the BJJ Stars eight-man gi grand prix where he defeated three elite competitors to win the BJJ Stars middleweight title. Also, Fight To Win held its 200th
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The ADCC West Coast Trials are shaping up to be one of the best tournaments of the year, and arguably the most talent-rich ADCC Trials event ever. The two-day tournament is slated for April 2-3 in Las Vegas, NV. Recently, and handful of world-class competitors were announced as confirmed competitors
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Estevan Martinez is about that life, as they say. On Saturday morning, Martinez competed in and won the adult black belt roosterweight division at the IBJJF Miami Open. Not taking a moment to savor his victory, Martinez then hopped on a plane and flew across two time zones to compete
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If everything goes as planned, the 2022 ADCC Championships will feature one of the most anticipated matches in the history of competitive jiu-jitsu, as four-time ADCC superfight champion Andre Galvao has agreed to defend his superfight title against 2019 ADCC double gold medalist Gordon Ryan. Fight To Win sportsbook has
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The jiu-jitsu community has lost a black belt competitor. On Monday, 10th Planet black belt Zack Edwards passed away due to brain cancer. Edwards was a black belt under JM Holland and Zach Maslany of 10th Planet Bethlehem. He was a frequent no-gi competitor, appearing on the Fight To Win
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Reports of a backstage brawl at Fight to Win 161 from Miami are surfacing. Event coordinator Seth Daniels and the official Fight to Win Instagram account both posted messages referencing some sort of scuffle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seth Daniels (@sethdanielsf2w) View this post on
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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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