Dan Reynolds, better known for singing ‘Radioactive’ as the frontman of Imagine Dragons, was recently spotted attending and partaking in a jiu-jitsu competition. The 35-year-old singer competed in the Masters 2 tournament in the 222 & Under bracket at the Jiu-Jitsu World League Worlds 2023 event at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.
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The submission grappling promotion has announced it will be hosting the 2024 edition of its World Championships at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and the event will be held during the August of 2024. The 2022 edition took place in front of 13,000 fans in attendance at the Thomas
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Grapplefest 16, hosted at its home venue in Liverpool, Fusion Nightclub, was back with a bang on its latest show on July 1st. 32 superfights took place on the show’s 16th edition, with a title match between British IBJJF World Champion black belt medalist Vanessa English and Australian ADCC trials champ
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ADCC have officially added a third weight class in the women’s division. The previous women’s weight classes were -60kg and +60kg and it has been like that since 2007; coming up to nearly 16 years. It was about time that the submission grappling promotion introduced some more weight divisions for
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WWE wrestling superstar and actor David Bautista has been promoted to brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by Cesar Gracie. Bautista began his BJJ journey back in 2010 training under Cesar Gracie. The WWE wrestler then transferred from WWE to MMA in 2011 and was soon promoted to blue belt. A
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In a fight for the ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Title, young American jiu jitsu prodigy Kade Ruotolo went up against the Norwegian renowned leg locker, Tommy Langaker. After retaining his title for the third time, during his post-fight interview, Ruotolo stated: “ I’m really looking towards MMA to be
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Polaris is one of Europe’s biggest professional grappling promotions and its most recent edition, Polaris 24, was held at Fairfield Halls in London, UK, on Saturday 3 June 2023. The full Polaris 24 main card replay is available to watch on UFC Fight Pass. Main Card Results Preliminary Results Watch
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The Welsh grappler, ADCC and IBJJF World Champion, Ffion Davies has been awarded the first degree on her black belt from Jonathan ‘JT’ Torres. Ffion Davies is arguably one of the biggest names in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, especially in Europe. The welsh grappler holds a black belt in both Judo and
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Mikey Musumeci posts proof on Instagram, that he is amongst the top-level jiu jitsu athletes who don’t take performance enhancing drugs (PED’s). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is known for being pretty relaxed towards PED’s, due to the fact it isn’t strictly regulated in the sport, and despite the sport growing – it
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On May 11, 2023 the IBJJF announced that they would posthumously be inducting Leandro Lo into the IBJJF Hall of Fame. The BJJ legend and x8 world champ has been posthumously inducted into the IBJJF hall of fame alongside other all-time greats in the industry such as: Andre Galvao, Alexandre
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