On Saturday, March 26, top UK-based promotion Polaris returned to action with a card headlined by Magid Hage and recent ADCC Trials winner Roberto Jimenez. The event also featured a pair of Polaris title bouts, as both Ash Williams and Kendall Reusing were able to retain their belts. Like all
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Gordon Ryan looked in strong form after a year away from official competition. On Friday, March 25, Who’s Number One (WNO) returned to Dallas for a card headlined by Ryan and Daisy Fresh’s homegrown talent Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch. The main event saw Ryan utilize a stifling top game
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The second Medusa female-only jiu-jitsu event took place on Saturday, March 12. Two new champions were crowned, as Sophia Cassella captured the EBI strawweight title, and Aislinn O’Connell won the combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) bantamweight title. The card featured a pair of eight-woman tournaments — an EBI rules tournament at strawweight,
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The fourth Emerald City Invitational (ECI) was filled with upsets. On Saturday, eight elite lightweights competed at ECI 4, and underdog qualifier Kieran Kichuk walked away with the tournament title and a $10,000 purse. Kichuk defeated Josh Cisneros, ECI featherweight champion Gianni Grippo, and Adam Benayoun to capture gold. Like
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Fight To Win 196 took place on Friday, March 4, live from Denver, CO. In the main event, John Combs made quick work of longtime black belt Bill “The Grill” Cooper, securing the tap with his signature guillotine choke (AKA the “Combatine”) in just about one minute flat. View the
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Fight To Win 195 took place on Saturday, February 26, live from Albuquerque, NM. In the main event, top Atos representative Lucas Pinheiro put on a dominant display of guard passing and control to earn a unanimous decision win over Albuquerque native Estevan Martinez. Miraculously, Martinez began the day by
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The second ADCC South American Trials took place on Saturday, February 12, live from Sao Paulo. Seven athletes punched their ticket to the 2022 ADCC World Championships, among them were fan-favorites Fabricio Andrey and Roberto Jimenez, who both racked up plenty of submissions on their way to Trials gold. In
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Fight To Win 191 took place on Friday, January 14, live from Miami, FL. In the main event, 2021 IBJJF no-gi world champion Gianni Grippo suffered an upset loss to Mauricio Gomez. The co-main event also saw an upset, as Enrico Cocco lost his Fight To Win middleweight title by
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Fury Grappling 3 took place on Thursday, December 30, live from Philadelphia, PA. The card featured a number of active UFC fighters competing in submission-only matches, and in a surprising result, ADCC silver medalist Craig Jones was upset by current UFC welterweight contender Sean Brady. In the main event, top
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The Combat Jiu-Jitsu (CJJ) Worlds: The Featherweights took place on Sunday, December 19. In the main event, fan-favorite UFC veteran Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone made his CJJ debut when he took on elite submission grappler Craig Jones, also making his CJJ debut. The event also featured a 16-man CJJ featherweight tournament.
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