The idea of any athletic event is to determine the winners and losers. But often, a wrench is thrown into the system, rendering the outcome inconclusive. Usually, judges or referees making judgment calls are the culprit. And on Friday night, with a controversial call in 3rd Coast Grapplings final match
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Belletor 243 Chandler vs Henderson 2, Friday night, August 7th showcased a heated battle between ADCC silver medalist A.J. Agazarm (3-2 MMA) and Gracie Barra brown belt, Cris Lencioni (7-2 MMA). The bout included an illegal head butt, physical altercations between rounds and verbal exchanges after the fight. Never one
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Garry Tonon vs Dante Leon on WNO Friday, July 31, was everything that submission-only grappling could hope to be. It was more than high-paced technical action. It was a training guide for the competitive grappler. If you’re like me, you tune in to events like these not only for entertainment,
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Third Coast Grappling is on a streak more dazzling than Comet NEOWISE, having had four stellar Kumites in a little over a month. Third Coast Grappling: Kumite IV, the latest installment, had the same eight-man tournament with updated rules,* seven superfights, a charity exhibition match involving Gordon Ryan, and a rambunctious pack of kids in a “Grapple Royale” a la “Royal Rumble.” Not even a near-melee** mellowed the mood as the firecracker of a show refused to fizzle out, ending the action-packed night with a grappling legend becoming ten grand richer.
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The Polaris UK Grand Prix has finished and crowned a champion who can claim through hard-earned results to be the presumptive king of British grappling. It was an interesting night and certainly packed with action, a lot more than the results might indicate given how many of the tournament matches
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Grapplefest 9 was the first professional grappling event to be held on UK soil since the Coronavirus outbreak caused the cancellation of every event and it quickly became apparent that the athletes taking part were eager to get back to action, full results can be found at the end of
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As expected, Third Coast Grappling Kumite 3 was exhilarating. Competitors from both the tournament bracket and the undercard provided matches that thrilled spectators. One reason for this was Third Coast Grappling’s innovative ruleset. An athlete can win their match by submission or being the first to score 11 points. If
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UFC On ESPN 12 marks the ninth consecutive UFC event to take place without a crowd and the promotion is really getting into the swing of things now, especially with the first four Fight Island events right around the corner now. They’ve had to make use of an incredibly strict
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Fight 2 Win 145 took place in Dallas Texas as the promotion continued it’s fantastic run of recent results in the lone star state. Before the main event, Garry Tonon made a welcome return to the F2W stage as he made short work of Osvaldo Quexinho Moizinho with a slick
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Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground 15 finished off the first truly packed weekend of professional grappling in months with the first results coming in for Fight 2 Win 144 as Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa defeated Rafael Lovato Jr. It was only twenty four hours later when Third Coast Grappling Kumite 2 took
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