Just one week removed from the ADCC World Championships, the submission grappling and jiu-jitsu competition scene isn’t slowing down one bit. Over the weekend, top UK-based promotion Polaris held its first ever “Grapple Island” event in Sardinia, Italy. And in other action, several top black belts competed at the IBJJF
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships took place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Today we look back at the breakout stars from the event. Last weekend’s ADCC World Championships produced some wild upsets, break out stars and just about everything in between. The festivities were a brutal yet
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships took place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Let’s recap the action from the world’s most prestigious submission grappling tournament. After three long years of waiting, grappling fans were treated to an action-packed, drama-filled ADCC World Championships. In the main event, rivals Andre
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On Sunday, August 7, rivals Gordon Ryan and Felipe Pena squared off for the third time in their careers. In the main event of the Who’s Number One card, Ryan retained his heavyweight belt, earning a verbal submission from Pena after nearly 45 minutes of grappling.. The match had a
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On Saturday, July 23, Submission Only Series returned to action with a 16-man welterweight grand prix featuring some of grappling’s top competitors. Recent ADCC invitee PJ Barch put on an impressive performance as he submitted each of his four opponents to win the grand prix and a $5,000 cash prize.
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The final ADCC Trials event took place over the weekend, and seven more grapplers punched their ticket to the World Championships later this year in Las Vegas. Below are the gold medalists from the ADCC Asia and Oceania Trials. Although the Asia and Oceania Trials receive considerably less fanfare than,
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The 2022 IBJJF Worlds take place on June 2-5, live from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA. This is the premier gi tournament, attracting the best Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the world. Adult black belts will be competing on Saturday and Sunday. The adult black belt finals of the
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The submission grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu world has no off season, and this weekend was no exception. A number of elite no-gi grapplers made their way to Liverpool, England to compete in Grapplefest 12, the biggest event of the weekend. And in IBJJF action, the Houston Open featured several top
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Liverpool-based submission grappling promotion Grapplefest returned to action on Saturday with a card featuring a number of world-class competitors. In the main event of Grapplefest 12, 80 kg. champion and promotional mainstay Dante Leon suffered a decision loss to 10th Planet standout PJ Barch. Lower on the card, ADCC qualifiers
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The second ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials took place on Saturday, May 7, live from Poznan, Poland. Seven more athletes secured their spot at the ADCC World Championships later this year, including gi specialist Tommy Langaker and New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representatives Luke Griffith and Daniel Manasoiu. Although he
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