On Saturday, the first Trials event leading up to the 2022 ADCC Championships took place in Poznan, Poland. Winners of the ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials punched their ticket to the ADCC Championships, scheduled for September 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. Below are the results from the finals
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Fight To Win 183 took place on Friday, September 10, and was quietly one of the promotion’s most stacked events of the year, loaded with top competitors from Atos, Alliance, and Checkmat. In the main event, veteran Baret Yoshida made quick work of Bernardo Pitel with an early anaconda choke.
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Fight To Win 182 went down on Saturday, August 28 from San Francisco, CA. At the top of the card was a trio of high-level black belt matches featuring ADCC and world champion jiu-jitsu players. In the main event, Dante Leon put his name in the hat for submission of
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Fight To Win 181 took place on Saturday, August 14, in Sacramento, CA. In the main event, ZR Team’s Gabriel Sousa extended his current Fight To Win win streak to three with a decision over Atos’ Lucas Pinheiro. And lower on the card, Fellipe Andrew continued his impressive 2021 run
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Submission Underground (SUG) 26 took place on Sunday, August 15, and was headlined by a tag team jiu-jitsu match featuring accomplished competitor Pedro Marinho. In what would be a significant upset, Marinho’s Gracie Barra tag team lost, with Marinho being the only competitor to be submitted. Lower on the card,
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Fight To Win 180 went down on Friday, August 6, live from Los Angeles. The main event saw former Bellator MMA middleweight champion and Fight To Win regular Rafael Lovato Jr. win a very close decision over Gabriel Arges. Lower on the card, Johnny Tama earned Submission of the Night
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On Saturday, August 7, 16 top 145-pound grapplers competed for $10,000 at the second Emerald City Invitational. Competing for the first time ever under EBI rules, veteran black belt Gianni Grippo defeated four competitors, including ADCC silver medalist Kennedy Maciel, to win the one-night tournament. In the opening round, Grippo
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On Saturday, August 7, Polaris held its third Squads event, this time featuring Team USA vs. Team UK/Ireland in no-gi action. The matches were fast-paced, much to the delight of the live Southampton crowd. Although there were a number of close and competitive matches, Team USA pitched a shut-out, topping
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Fight To Win 178 took place on Saturday, July 24, from Phoenix, AZ. In the main event, Ribeiro brothers black belt Victor Hugo successfully defended his heavyweight title with a win over Guilherme Augusto. Also, Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho put on a show in the co-main event with a decision win
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On Sunday, Submission Underground (SUG) 25 took place live from Portland, OR. In the main event, Pedro Marinho capped off an excellent weekend of competition with a submission win over former SUG title challenger and 10th Planet black belt Andy Varela. Marinho made his SUG debut just a few weeks
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