Another week, another loaded Fight to Win card. Fight to Win 163 will take place on Friday, February 19, live from Dallas, TX with a main event featuring Yuri Simoes and Vagner Rocha. The rest of the card is filled with elite black belt competitors like Dante Leon, Oliver Taza,
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Craig Jones is pretty much a guaranteed fixture at SUG events these days as he looks to take his promotional record to 9-0 against Vagner Rocha in the main event of Submission Underground 14 on May 31st. The last of his appearances came against Vinny Magalhaes at SUG 13, where
Read moreVagner Rocha has always been known as a particularly brutal grappler but after a recent finish using what he calls the Python Trap, that reputation was enhanced tenfold. The Python Trap is a choke from the back, finished by slowly establishing control over your opponent’s arms until they have nothing
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Things are shaping up nicely for Polaris 9. In addition to a title fight between Gezary Matuda and Ffion Davies, Polaris have just announced that Ross Nicholls will be facing off with Vagner Rocha in a welterweight title eliminator. Nicholls is coming in hot after an astonishing 2018, which included
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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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Maybe to the surprise of some, Gordon Ryan has nothing but good things to say about Roberto Jimenez. Following an injury to his younger brother Nicky Ryan, Gordon will step in on short notice to face Jimenez on February 26 at Who’s Number One. In a recent interview, Ryan praised
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In a match-up between two of jiu-jitsu’s best young talents, Nicky Ryan will square off with Roberto Jimenez at a Who’s Number One (WNO) event scheduled for February 26. The match will take place before the evening’s main event featuring Craig Jones and Ronaldo Junior. News of the match-up was
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Australian black belt and no-gi specialist Craig Jones is scheduled to square off with Team Atos representative Ronaldo Junior on February 26. The match will take place at a fan-free Who’s Number One (WNO) event in Austin, TX. News of the match was first announced by Flo Grappling and confirmed
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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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In 2020, Submission Underground (SUG) was one of the few major grappling promotions to deliver what was close to a full schedule of events. Recently, the promotion announced on social media the winners of the best male and female submissions for the year 2020, with Craig Jones and Amanda Loewen
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