In March 2018, jiu-jitsu black belt and former Fight Sports affiliate instructor Marcel Goncalves was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations that the then 31-year old Goncalves had had intercourse multiple times with a 17-year old student. Recently, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim released
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One of the year’s most intriguing match-ups is set to go down this Saturday at Fight to Win 171. In the main event, grappling phenom William Tackett will take on seasoned veteran Vagner Rocha in a no-gi submission-only match. The card also features a pair of title matches, as well
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One of jiu-jitsu’s most promising young competitors is scheduled to meet one of its most established veterans. At Fight to Win 170, 20-year old grappling phenom William Tackett will meet Vagner Rocha for the Fight to Win middleweight no-gi title. The event is set for April 24 and will air
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On Friday, March 26, Who’s Number One (WNO) returned to Austin, TX with another star-studded night of submission-only grappling. In the main event, despite plenty of heated trash-talk, some of which happened during the match, Gordon Ryan dominated and eventually submitted Vagner Rocha. Lower on the card, Nick Rodriguez, Mikey
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On March 26, the best pound-for-pound no-gi grappler on the planet will once again put that reputation on the line. In the main event of Who’s Number One, Gordon Ryan will face Vagner Rocha in a thirty-minute submission-only match. In advance of that event, Flo Grappling has released “The Road
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We are now one week away from Who’s Number One (WNO), headlined by a thirty-minute submission-only match between Vagner Rocha and current no-gi pound-for-pound king Gordon Ryan. It’s an intriguing match-up between one of the sport’s most physical and tough grapplers in Rocha against arguably the sport’s most precise technician
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The world’s top no-gi grappler is set for a quick turnaround. Just a few weeks after he submitted Roberto Jimenez at Who’s Number One (WNO) on February 26, Gordon Ryan will return to action on March 26 to face the streaking Vagner Rocha. The match-up was reported by Flo Grappling.
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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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