View the full and up-to-date list of every grappler set to compete at the first-ever Craig Jones Invitational on August 16-17. In May 2024, popular Australian grappler Craig Jones made waves in the submission grappling and BJJ community by announcing plans to hold a massive, two-day tournament with million-dollar prize
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Current ADCC and ONE submission grappling champion Kade Ruotolo will make his MMA debut against Blake Cooper. Kade Ruotolo’s long-awaited MMA debut is finally on the calendar. Sports Illustrated has reported that on Friday, June 7, at ONE 167, the 21-year-old BJJ prodigy will take on Hawaii’s Blake Cooper in
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After defeating Tommy Langaker at ONE 165 in Tokyo, Japan, Kade Ruotolo spoke about his potential MMA debut. On Sunday, at ONE 165, reigning ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo successfully defended his belt against current IBJJF no-gi world champion Tommy Langaker. A rematch of the pair’s razor-close
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A superfight between Chris Weidman and Owen Livesey will join the women’s grand prix on Polaris 23. Polaris 23 on March 11 is shaping up to be one of the biggest events in the UK-based promotion’s history. In addition to the eight-woman, $20,000 grand prix, the main card will also
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Among the class of newly-promoted black belts at the 2021 IBJJF Worlds was 23-year old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product Iasmim Casser. Just four years after walking into Art of Jiu-Jitsu as a white belt, Casser is now poised to make waves, not only in the black belt competition scene, but
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Years before they were elite MMA fighters competing in the best promotions in the world, longtime MMA veterans Tim Kennedy and Diego Sanchez competed in a grappling match. Kennedy recently released on his Instagram page video of that match, which took place in the absolute division of a tournament in
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Saturday night’s UFC 261 gave fans one of the most gruesome injuries to ever happen in MMA. In the second fight of the pay-per-view main card, Uriah Hall checked a kick from former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman that instantly snapped Weidman’s shin. It was the first strike of the
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Just a few weeks after the Usman vs Masvidal negotiations fell apart it looks like Masvidal has found his way back into the mix as the headliner of UFC 251 after Gilbert Burns was dropped due to a positive Coronavirus test result. Masvidal will now have to be tested and
Read moreThe Kimura is one of the most common submission finishes in competitive BJJ and UFC statistics are not that much different. There’s even an entire system of techniques that branch off the Kimura, known collectively as the Kimura Trap System, that many BJJ competitors and even some UFC fighters have
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I feel like this is one of two pretty huge elephants in the room of competitive BJJ right now, athletes running the risk of not getting paid. The second being the general usage of steroids from the lowest levels, all the way to the best grapplers on the planet. The
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