On Saturday at Fight To Win 182, Dante Leon submitted his entry for one of the best submissions of the year. In what was one of the biggest wins of his career, Leon was able to submit ADCC champion Davi Ramos with only one second left in the match. Watch
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J’den Cox and Gordon Ryan are two of the absolute best at what they do. Cox is a three-time NCAA Division I national champion and Olympic bronze medalist wrestler, while Ryan is a multiple-time ADCC champion and widely considered the best current no-gi pound-for-pound grappler in the world. Recently, BJJ
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Years before they were elite MMA fighters competing in the best promotions in the world, longtime MMA veterans Tim Kennedy and Diego Sanchez competed in a grappling match. Kennedy recently released on his Instagram page video of that match, which took place in the absolute division of a tournament in
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Top pound-for-pound no-gi grappler Gordon Ryan has put out some of the most sought after instructionals in jiu-jitsu. His most recent instructional deals with attack from mount, a position that Ryan has used to great success in competition, particularly recently. As a part of the release of that instruction, Ryan
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On Sunday, August 1, Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa won the BJJ Bet: Who’s Next no-gi grand prix, defeating three opponents in one night, including a submission win over Leandro Lo in the finals. It was one of the better overall competition performances of the year, and certainly Barbosa’s best showing of
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Nick Rodriguez is one of the fastest-rising talents the jiu-jitsu world has ever seen. After placing second place at the 2019 ADCC championships as a blue belt, Rodriguez has continued to compete and find success at the highest levels of the sport. Along with the notoriety that comes with a
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One of jiu-jitsu’s big personalities, FloGrappling’s “Hollywood” Mike Sears has joined the black belt club. Recently, Sears made the trip up from Austin, TX, to Chicago, IL, to receive his black belt from Carlson Gracie, Jr., and fellow black belts Heath Pedigo tagged along to video the ceremony. Watch that
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When Kade Ruotolo stepped in for an injured Andrew Wiltse to face Roberto Jimenez at The Road to ADCC, fans knew they were in for fireworks. Two of grappling’s consensus most entertaining competitors, Ruotolo and Jimenez seemed destined to put on a show, and they delivered just that. FloGrappling has
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Mikey Musumeci is on a mission to establish himself as a force in the no-gi scene in 2021. After five years away from no-gi competition, the three-time IBJJF gi world champion has competed exclusively in no-gi this year, and exclusively under the Who’s Number One banner. On May 28, Musumeci
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On April 30, former UFC title challenger Gilbert Burns took on former Bellator middleweight champion Rafael Lovato Jr. in the main event of a Who’s Number One event. What unfolded was an exciting match between two of jiu-jitsu’s top grapplers, with Burns earning a hard-fought decision on the strength of
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