Grace Gundrum continues to impress after her Submission Of The Night win over 3X world champ Pati Fontes tonight (Oct 23) at Fight 2 Win 155. Gundrum dominated the match from the beginning and proved she deserves to be on the same stage as the best in the sport. She
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Fight 2 Win 154 last night (Oct 17th), featured three championship belts on the line. In the main event, 10th planet black belt Jon Blank defeated Manuel Ribamar via heel hook. Blank, who won 3rd at ADCC trials last year, earned the F2W No Gi belt last night. In the
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This year’s IBJJF Pans can be thought of as 2020 World Championships. The event, from Oct. 8 to 11, was the first major tournament since the pandemic started. Maybe we needed a major tournament, but it was amazing to have IBJJF majors back. Each year, IBJJF Pans take place around
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Last weekend, Oct 2nd on FloGrappling’s WNO, Nicky Ryan made short work of Tony Ramos when he won via heel hook. While fans were perplexed by the matchup of a wrestler versus a grappler in a sub only match, few were surprised by the outcome. And Ramos was no doubt
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Brown belt pans is the brown belt worlds of this Gi season. Since the pandemic hit, most athletes have been out of competition, although some have been quite active. The IBJJF Pans have arrived quickly, and it’s an opportunity to see how athletes have kept their training schedule through the
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Submission Hunter Pro (SHP), a submission-only Gi and No Gi promotion run by Garcia Promotions, just had its 58th event on Oct. 3. In the debate on which format and ruleset is best in grappling competitions, SHP sticks to the fairly incontrovertible premise that to win, one must make the
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WNO Gordon Ryan vs Matheus Diniz featured eight bouts Friday night, Oct 2nd. The card was streamed live on FloGrappling. Below is the results and the play by play action of each match. William Tackett vs Jason Rau Jason Rau immediately pulls guard. He uses an open guard to hunt
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The first ever Polaris Squads took place at Central Hall, Southampton, England on Sept 27, at 8 p.m. streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. Polaris Squads consisted of two teams of eight – Team UK & Ireland and Team Europe. There’ was also a super fight at half time between
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All hail the Queen of the Kumite! Third Coast Grappling (3CG) Kumite 7 was the last event of the series that spanned four months amidst a worldwide pandemic. Eight elite female competitors went all-in for the $10,000 prize and a title that will never be disputed. They showcased the best of
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Should inverted heel hooks be banned in the sport of Jiu Jitsu? Former UFC fighter and Bellator commentator, Josh Thomson, apparently believes so. He said this after the amazing heel hook finish by Taylor Johnson over Ed Ruth. Johnson is 6-1 in MMA and trains at Victory MMA in San
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