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The Rear Naked Choke is one of the most common submissions in MMA but seeing it come from a standing position is significantly less likely. The above video starts with Jan Blachowicz countering a takedown attempt by Devin Clark and reaching over his back to lock up the choke, getting
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FloGrappling has decided to bring back it’s latest brainwave, Who’s Number One, and set up a fantastic match for the main event, Gordon Ryan v Kyle Boehm. This event marks a great opportunity for Boehm to be catapulted into the forefront of submission grappling, just like Roberto Jimenez was when
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Fight 2 Win has got another two blockbuster events set up for professional grappling fans around the world after announcing some of the matches for both Fight 2 Win 141 and 142 on May 23rd and 30th respectively. The promotion’s CEO, Seth Daniels, previously announced that they would be ramping
Read moreThe Standing Guillotine is an incredibly common submission in both the UFC and MMA in general as it can commonly be used as a method of takedown defense. In many cases, just the threat of a Guillotine can be enough to deter the takedown attempt and make an opponent think
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BJJ Fanatics have done it again, offering up high quality instructionals for free to help grapplers deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, and this time it’s The Triangle Machine, courtesy of Craig Jones. It all started when Bernardo Faria decided to provide the world with a free copy of any one
Read moreEddie Bravo was in the corner for Tony Ferguson at UFC 249 as he is for most of El Cucuy’s fights and thanks to the event taking place in an entirely empty arena, we got to hear pretty much every word of his advice in the five round fight. As
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Fight 2 Win made it’s long-awaited return last night as Fight 2 Win 139 took place in Dallas, Texas. This came after two months of emptiness for all professional grappling fans across the world as Fight 2 Win cancelled all events when the Coronavirus started to rear it’s ugly head.
Read moreThis match was surprisingly the only time that two legends of the sport, Roger Gracie and Andre Galvao, actually met on the mats. The match takes place at the 2008 IBJJF Gi World Championships, in the semi-final of the Absolute Division. Earlier in the tournament, Roger Gracie had stormed to
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UFC 249 has been hit by Coronavirus again. After first being forced to cancel three events in a row, Dana White was adamant that the event would go ahead as originally planned, with the same main event that we have all been waiting for, Khabib Nurmagomedov v Tony Ferguson. Then
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The IBJJF was one of the first major grappling organisations to announce that they would be suspending all future events due to the recent Coronavirus pandemic and they have now revealed on Facebook that they’re willing to extend any paid up membership. Their reaction to suspend events came after ADCC
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