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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Polaris 22 goes down on Saturday, November 5 and will feature an eight-man grand prix to crown a new middleweight champion. Polaris – Europe’s largest submission grappling promotion – will name a new middleweight champion this weekend. Eight elite competitors will vye for the title in a one-night, submission-only tournament.
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Europe’s top grappling promotion, Polaris, is set to return to action on Saturday, November 5 with a card featuring a middleweight grand prix and a superfight between three-weight Polaris champ Ash Williams and former interim UFC champion Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit. View this post on Instagram A post
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The 2022 IBJJF no-gi Pans took place over the weekend, live from Garland, TX. The tournament served as a showcase for many up-and-coming talents, as a number of new champions were crowned. In brown belt action, Pedigo Submission Fighting’s Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch enjoyed perhaps the best tournament performance
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British grappling promotion Polaris have been hosting the creme de la creme of events lately in the grappling world, especially when it comes to pitting different talents from across the globe against one another. Polaris Squads 3 in August 2021 saw Team USA Vs Team UK and Ireland, where Team
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On Saturday, June 25, Polaris returns to action with one of the best cards in the promotion’s history. The event will feature the Polaris Squads format in which elite grapplers representing the USA and Brazil will face each other in a fast-paced, team competition. And in the main event, MMA
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Jacob Rodriguez is now a little over a week removed from one of the most spectacular tournament wins in memory. At the ADCC West Coast Trials, the B-Team blue belt submitted seven opponents, capped off by an improbable buggy choke in the final, to punch his ticket to the 2022
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The ADCC West Coast Trial was one of the biggest and best tournaments in grappling history. Because there was just too much action to cover at once, we’ll be spreading out our coverage of the event in several posts. Be sure to check back for results and recaps from every division
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The ADCC West Coast Trials take place on April 2-3 in Las Vegas, NV. The event will be the largest-ever ADCC Trials, with at least one division at full capacity with 256 competitors. For North American grapplers that do not receive an invite, this will be their last chance to
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