Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling will square off with Nathaniel Wood in a superfight at Polaris 25. UK-based grappling promotion Polaris has announced an intriguing matchup for the main event of its September 30 card. In addition to an eight-man grand prix, the event will feature a superfight between
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Rosa Walsh becomes the youngest female Irish BJJ black belt ever Welsh grappler and multiple-time BJJ World Champion, Ffion Davies, has promoted her close friend, Rosa Walsh, to black belt in BJJ. This was Davies’ first-ever black belt promotion. If you follow Davies on Instagram you will know she has
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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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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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View the main card lineup and preview for Polaris 24: Jed Hue vs. Mateusz Szczecinski, set to go down on June 3. Polaris – the UK’s leading submission grappling and BJJ promotion – is set to return to action this Saturday, June 3, with a card headlined by a welterweight
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View the full main card results and video highlights from Grapplefest 15. Keith Krikorian and Luke Griffith won title matches. On Saturday, April 1, Grapplefest 15 took place live from Liverpool, England. Originally slated to feature a four-man 70kg tournament, injuries and withdrawals forced the bracket to be scrapped days
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One of Britain’s most successful rappers, Tinie Tempah was recently spotted competing at a jiu jitsu tournament last weekend. We are seeing more and more celebrities joining the jiu jitsu realm and now more and more are stepping on to the competition mats such as British actor Tom Hardy and
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The two elite no-gi grapplers will clash on June 3, live from London.
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The popularity of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in the UK has been on the rise, and is making its way towards mainstream recognition in general. So much so, the sport is now becoming eligible in the GCSE PE curriculum. The move has been driven by the UKBJJA, who have been consulting
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The UK’s first all-women grappling promotion, Enyo Grappling recently held their second event, Enyo 2 on Saturday, February 25th at Central Hall in Southampton, England. The professional grappling show hosted 40 top female jiu-jitsu fighters from around the country (and in some cases, the world) in which they competed in
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