The grappling community is buzzing about the latest news of IBJJF confirming they will be allowing heel hooks and knee reaps in 2021. I wrote an article last week about the implications this likely will have in the sport. But I’m not the only one offering predictions on changes that
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Fight 2 Win 149 just took a massive hit. The card, which will be going down on Friday, Aug. 14 has been bit by the injury bug today, as Keenan Cornelius has been sidelined from the main event scrap with Gabriel Almeida. The Legion black belt representative hasn’t made an
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F2W 149 just got a major update! Keenan Cornelius will fight Gabriel Almeida from Checkmat in the main event. Fight to Win is going back to Dallas, Texas, for the 149th event on August 14. Expect fireworks for this one as the match-ups are quite compelling! F2W 149 Main event
Read moreFloGrappling put on a spectacular show earlier this year which saw the lapel king, Keenan Cornelius and the up and coming Roberto Jimenez battle it out as one of two headlining matches at Who’s #1? The match was an incredibly difficult stylistic matchup for Cornelius and despite plenty of back
Read moreKeenan Cornelius and Miha Perhavec are two elite grapplers with years of experience and probably a hundred thousand hours of mat time between them and yet, even they aren’t all that good at knife defense. It’s something that’s been a catchy phrase thrown around in many martial arts circles for
Read moreThe above video was taken by Gordon Ryan and comes courtesy of his official Instagram page, in it he explains the source of his recent beef with Keenan Cornelius. The public feud between the pair was a little surprising to begin with, given that they’ve faced each other twice in
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The Openweight division is almost over as the final has been decided for the last day of the IBJJF European Championships 2020, Keenan Cornelius v Fellipe Andrew. The day began with the lightest competitor in the Openweight division, Mikey Musumeci, making waves at the tournament by taking out two of
Read moreKeenan Cornelius has had a very busy year in 2019 and has now managed to finish the construction of his new gym, Legion Jiu-Jitsu in San Diego. Cornelius started the year by leaving Andre Galvao and ATOS Jiu-Jitsu, one of the biggest and most successful competition schools in the world.
Read moreTommy Langaker was coming into Polaris riding a wave of success after a strong campaign in 2019. He didn’t disappoint with a decision victory in one of the most exciting matches of the night against Gilbert Burns. Langaker was relentless with submission attempts and chained together multiple attacks to keep
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(This article is part of our week of ADCC coverage. To get live results, play by play, and commentary, we’ll have a live updates article running all weekend) The rumor about Keenan’s eye infection being serious appeared to be confirmed this evening, as both Mo Jassim (ADCC organizer) and FloGrappling
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