One of jiu-jitsu’s most accomplished active competitors is set to make her MMA debut in July. Multiple-time IBJJF world champion Talita Alencar will compete in MMA for the first time when she meets Staci Vega in a strawweight bout at Titan FC 70 on Friday, July 2. Alencar “is posed
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Fight to Win returned to Miami on Friday for its first-ever all-female card. In the main event, Team Atos representative Rafaela Guedes edged three-time IBJJF world champion Ana Carolina Vieira to earn the Fight to Win no-gi lightweight belt. The rest of the card was filled with top-tier world champions,
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Polaris have just announced Ffion Davies will be defending her u55 kg belt against Talita Alencar in the main event of Polaris 11. Ffion Davies is still in her first year as a black belt, having received it in November 2018, yet is tearing up the competition scene. She has
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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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Join us today (August, 31st) for live updates on Polaris 11 from Manchester, England. Polaris 11
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Ffion Davies’ main event credentials will be tested as she takes on multiple time world champion Talita Alencar at the Manchester Bridgewater Hall.
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High Rollerz might be the most unique jiu-jitsu promotion in the world. The cannabis-focused events see grapplers smoking marijuana immediately prior to competing, with winners taking home up to a pound of legal weed as a prize. Recently, High Rollerz announced a new type of event: cops versus smokers. The
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On Saturday, April 24, Fight to Win will return to Miami, FL for a card filled with submission-only action. The promotion has announced a pair of title matches for the event, as Amanda “Tubby” Alequin and Gabi McComb will square off for the flyweight no-gi championship, and Junny Ocasio will
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Less than a month after its first all-female grappling event, Fight to Win will return to action with Fight to Win 165: Female Fight Night 2 on February 27. The event will take place in Dallas, TX and air live on Flo Grappling. Fight to Win has already announced a
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Women have taken a powerful position in the BJJ community and this will be on full display on Oct. 10-11 at the 2020 IBJJF Pans. The female divisions are stacked with talent from top to bottom. Even though the number of participants in each weight class is not quite as
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