On December 3rd 2022, hosted at Fusion nightclub in Liverpool, England, one of Europe’s biggest submission grappling events, Grapplefest came back for their 14th edition with another absolutely stacked fight card. Amongst the 31 matches were three title fights, nine other main card matches, and 19 preliminary matches. Out of
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View full results and video highlights from Who’s Number One (WNO): Brianna Ste-Marie vs. Mayssa Bastos On Friday, November 11, WNO returned to action with the first women’s main event in the promotion’s history, as recent ADCC silver medalist Brianna Ste-Marie took on multiple-time IBJJF world champion Mayssa Bastos. The
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We take a look at all the major happenings over the weekend in the BJJ and submission grappling competition scenes. Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling have no off-season. Over the weekend, a number of elite competitors were in action under a variety of rulesets. From a middleweight grand prix at
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Below are results and video highlights from Polaris 22, featuring an eight-man middleweight grand prix. Roberto Jimenez is now a Polaris champion. On Saturday, November 5, the Ecuadorian black belt won the eight-man middleweight grand prix at Polaris 22 from Southampton, England. Jimenez defeated Shane Fishman, Hunter Colvin, and Jed
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View results and video highlights from the IBJJF FloGrappling Grand Prix, which featured two grand prix brackets and three superfights. The first-ever IBJJF FloGrappling Grand Prix took place on Friday, October 28, live from Austin, TX, drawing a number of jiu-jitsu’s top gi competitors. In the men’s medium-heavy bracket, Dream
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View results and video highlights from BJJ Stars 9. Matheus Gabriel won the eight-man lightweight grand prix. BJJ Stars 9 went down on Friday night, showcasing a number of the world’s top jiu-jitsu competitors. Checkmat’s Matheus Gabriel walked away the winner of a loaded lightweight grand prix, and in superfight
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View results and highlights from EBI 20. The B-Team’s Nick Rodriguez walked away with four submissions and tournament gold. On Sunday, the Eddie Bravo Invitational (EBI) returned to action with EBI 20: The Absolutes. In one of the most talent-rich EBI brackets in recent memory, The B-Team’s Nick Rodriguez came
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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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