Fight 2 Win 156 took place in Philadelphia Friday night, November the 6th. In the main event, ADCC silver medalist, Kennedy Maciel faced Unity Academy Instructor, Junny Ocasio. While the match only lasted four minutes, we saw a number of high level positions on both sides and a submission finish. Below
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Fight 2 Win 156 will take place tomorrow night (Friday, Nov 6th) in Philadelphia with the main event between two F2W champions, Kennedy Maciel and Junny Ocasio. Maciel is the son of ADCC champion Rubens Charles. He won 2nd at ADCC in 2019 and won the IBJJF World No Gi
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Team Atos took the win Saturday night (Oct 31st) at Subversiv 4. The event was held in Philadelphia and featured 16 teams with three competitors per team. There were some big names on the card including Gesias Cavalcante, Tex Johnson, Kody Steele and Elisabeth Clay. Here are the results. Round
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Mason Fowler is the undisputed champ of Submission Underground. He’s taken out the likes of Kody Steele, Craig Jones (twice) and Vinny Magalhaes. He’s been strategic about it too, by working his magic in overtime, after a short five minute regulation period. He attacks from the back mount and usually
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The first set of mats I bought were cheap puzzle mats that were made for weight-lifting. I set them up in a spare room in my apartment outside of Tulsa. If I didn’t duct tape them together they’d come apart the second I touched them. I had been training martial
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Grace Gundrum continues to impress after her Submission Of The Night win over 3X world champ Pati Fontes tonight (Oct 23) at Fight 2 Win 155. Gundrum dominated the match from the beginning and proved she deserves to be on the same stage as the best in the sport. She
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Fight 2 Win is back in action this Friday night (Oct 23rd) in Philadelphia. There was one big change this week. That is, Rafael Lovato Jr. is now off the card (for unknown reasons), and Matheus Luna will step in to fill his spot against Jake Watson. This will give
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18 year old Grace Gundrum will have to put her school work aside on October 23rd, when she steps onto the stage to grapple 2X world champ, Pati Fontes. “Since this is my first time competing as a black belt,” Gundrum said, “I’m hoping to at least give her a
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Fight 2 Win 154 last night (Oct 17th), featured three championship belts on the line. In the main event, 10th planet black belt Jon Blank defeated Manuel Ribamar via heel hook. Blank, who won 3rd at ADCC trials last year, earned the F2W No Gi belt last night. In the
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The grappling community is buzzing about the latest news of IBJJF confirming they will be allowing heel hooks and knee reaps in 2021. I wrote an article last week about the implications this likely will have in the sport. But I’m not the only one offering predictions on changes that
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