The Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships are set to take place on September 25-26, and FloGrappling has announced the full eight-man bracket for the 155-pound division. Simply put, the field is stacked with the best competitors in the world, including Mikey Musumeci, Geo Martinez, Kennedy Maciel, and more. View the
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Current Submission Underground absolute champion Mason Fowler just keeps winning. And with those wins, he’ll naturally face bigger and bigger opponents. In a recent interview, Fowler was asked if he’d have any interest in a grappling match with retired UFC and MMA legend Georges St-Pierre. “That would be amazing,” Fowler
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Geo Martinez vs Kennedy Maciel is the co-main event for WNO’s final event of the year on December 11th. Both grapplers are coming off fresh wins. Maciel recently won the No Gi Pans and also secured an arm bar victory over Junny Ocasio at Fight 2 Win 156. Martinez scored
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Richie “Boogeyman” Martinez has just been on the receiving end of a fine for “Failure to obey a public order” or more specifically, for going to his gym to film a BJJ training video for his students while his local area is under restrictions to help combat the spread of
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Elite teenage competitor won gold at the 2023 IBJJF European Championships and was promoted to brown belt. Elite jiu-jitsu competitor Cole Abate is now one step closer to becoming a black belt. On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product captured gold in the adult purple belt division at the
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Mikey Musumeci will defend his ONE Championship submission grappling world title against Sambo world champion Sayan Khertek at ONE on Prime Video 6. ONE Championship continues to pit Sambo against BJJ in art-versus-art submission grappling matches. The next such matchup will feature Mikey Musumeci defending his flyweight title against Sambo
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We preview Kade Ruotolo vs. Matheus Gabriel and Tye Ruotolo vs. Marat Gafurov, both scheduled for Friday, December 2 at ONE on Prime Video 5. The Ruotolo brothers are back in action this weekend in a pair of submission grappling contests in ONE Championship. View this post on Instagram A
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FloGrappling has announced the full main card for the next Who’s Number One (WNO) event, headlined by a light heavyweight title match between current champion Pedro Marinho and challenger Giancarlo Bodoni. WNO will return on Friday, November 11 with a six-match main card featuring a number of the best no-gi
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On Friday, September 30 at ONE on Prime Video 2, Mikey Musumeci and Cleber Sousa will square off for the first-ever ONE Championship submission grappling world title. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mikey Musumeci (@mikeymusumeci) The two black belts share some history, going 1-1 against each
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships take place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Ahead of the big tournament, Grappling Insider will be previewing each division. Read a preview of the men’s 66 kg. division here, the 77 kg. division here, the 88 kg. division here, the 99 kg. division here, the 99+ kg.
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