The first ever Polaris Squads took place at Central Hall, Southampton, England on Sept 27, at 8 p.m. streamed live on UFC Fight Pass. Polaris Squads consisted of two teams of eight – Team UK & Ireland and Team Europe. There’ was also a super fight at half time between
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Polaris 14 Squads: Team UK/Ireland vs Team Europe was a tournament that incentivised submissions. However, there was only one submission during the tournament. But thankfully Ffion Davies pulled through to put another submission in the books for Polaris. The Superfight The superfight was between Davies and Magdalena Loska. Davies is
Read moreAnnounced Sunday, Polaris champion Ffion Davies is set to headline Polaris Squads with Magdalena Loska on Sept. 27. The match between the two female fighters will take place as a non-title super fight. Davies is a popular, well-respected fighter on the BJJ scene, even more so after her 2019 performance
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Grace Gundrum v Danielle Kelly has just been announced for the new Jiu-Jitsu Overtime event on July 19th as 10th Planet’s teenage prodigy gets a huge step up in competition. The special match was revealed on the new promotion’s Instagram, shortly after they announced the sixteen competitors in the tournament
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The latest in a string of announcements for the Polaris Absolute Grand Prix on April 4th is a stellar preliminary match between two of the UK’s best MMA fighters, Brett Johns v Nathaniel Wood. The pair have both been Cage Warriors Bantamweight Champions in the past, although separated by around
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Eddie Bravo’s baby, The Combat Jiu Jitsu World Championships are back with a bang as they started off with the first weightclass of 2020, the Featherweights! The event was action-packed from start to finish and delivered an astounding number of finishes for an elite level Jiu Jitsu tournament. The individual
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Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds is back! For Eddie Bravo’s first event of 2020 he will be bringing together sixteen of the best Featherweights who are brave enough to risk getting slapped into submission. The event will feature a wide variety of competitors as some newer competitors are joined by last
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Grapplefest has gone from strength-to-strength since its first event lessthan 2 years ago. The first event had premier talent from the UK, but sincethen promoter Chris Thompson has done an excellent job attracting top talent from across the globe. The past few cards have been packed, but this card is
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The ADCC World Championship returned, the biggest no-gi tournament in the world and what many are calling ‘the best ADCC in decades’. Herby / Gi are making predictions for all major submission only shows (main card / 8 matches total per event) in the next 12 months against a variety
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The ADCC 2019 brackets have officially been released. For the Absolute Division brackets, go here. Men -66 kg Notables in this bracket: Nicky Ryan (profiled by GI here), Tom Halpin (interviewed here), Geo Martinez, Paulo Miyao, Gianni Grippo, Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes Men -77 kg Notables in this bracket: JT Torres,
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