This is Grappling Insider’s Holiday BJJ Gift Guide, complete with 24 gift recommendations for the special grappler in your life. Advertising disclosure With the holidays right around the corner, now is the time to start looking for gifts for the BJJ-obsessed person in your life. Whether you’re dealing with a
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Teenage standout Dorian Olivarez of The B-Team won gold at the Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Bantamweights. The Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Bantamweights took place on Sunday, July 30, and 17-year-old standout Dorian Olivarez took home the tournament title after an outstanding, four-win performance. A decorated high school wrestler and BJJ
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Krikorian, Skinner, Sousa, and McNally will square off in Liverpool on April 1.
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Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will make his professional boxing debut against Vitor Belfort at Gamebred Boxing 4. Legendary grappler and MMA fighter Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is set to try his hand (literally) at professional boxing. Nearly two full years since his final MMA bout, the 43-year-old will take on former UFC
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The 2022 IBJJF European Championships took place on February 15-20, live from Rome, Italy. The black belt finals took place on Sunday, and a number of new European champions were crowned. Thalison Soares impressed in the final of the roosterweight division, making quick work of Welerson Da Silva. Soares quickly
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Tom DeBlass is confident in his students, to say the least. Over the past few weeks, DeBlass has watched as Dale Brown, the founder of Detroit Urban Survival Training (D.U.S.T.), has become a viral sensation for his self-defense videos that claim to “increase your survivability.” Within the grappling community, Brown
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Dale Brown, the founder of the Detroit Urban Survival Training (D.U.S.T.) academy has garnered plenty of notoriety in the martial arts community for his viral self-defense videos. In the jiu-jitsu and submission grappling community, he has become a punchline, as most grapplers with any serious experience can see that many
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The ADCC continues to fill its official Hall of Fame. On Monday, the organization announced that Marcelo Garcia, widely considered one of the best pound-for-pound jiu-jitsu players ever, is now a member of the ADCC Hall of Fame. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ADCC (@adcc_official) Garcia
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On Saturday, the first Trials event leading up to the 2022 ADCC Championships took place in Poznan, Poland. Winners of the ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials punched their ticket to the ADCC Championships, scheduled for September 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. Below are the results from the finals
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A pair of women’s Who’s Number One title belts will be on the line later this year. On October 20, veteran black belts Beatriz Mesquita and Luiza Monteiro will square off for the 135-pound title, while Nathalie “Tata” Ribeiro will face Ffion Davies for the 125-pound championship. View this post
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