On March 26, the best pound-for-pound no-gi grappler on the planet will once again put that reputation on the line. In the main event of Who’s Number One, Gordon Ryan will face Vagner Rocha in a thirty-minute submission-only match. In advance of that event, Flo Grappling has released “The Road
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We are now one week away from Who’s Number One (WNO), headlined by a thirty-minute submission-only match between Vagner Rocha and current no-gi pound-for-pound king Gordon Ryan. It’s an intriguing match-up between one of the sport’s most physical and tough grapplers in Rocha against arguably the sport’s most precise technician
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The world’s top no-gi grappler is set for a quick turnaround. Just a few weeks after he submitted Roberto Jimenez at Who’s Number One (WNO) on February 26, Gordon Ryan will return to action on March 26 to face the streaking Vagner Rocha. The match-up was reported by Flo Grappling.
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Another week, another loaded Fight to Win card. Fight to Win 163 will take place on Friday, February 19, live from Dallas, TX with a main event featuring Yuri Simoes and Vagner Rocha. The rest of the card is filled with elite black belt competitors like Dante Leon, Oliver Taza,
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Craig Jones is pretty much a guaranteed fixture at SUG events these days as he looks to take his promotional record to 9-0 against Vagner Rocha in the main event of Submission Underground 14 on May 31st. The last of his appearances came against Vinny Magalhaes at SUG 13, where
Read moreVagner Rocha has always been known as a particularly brutal grappler but after a recent finish using what he calls the Python Trap, that reputation was enhanced tenfold. The Python Trap is a choke from the back, finished by slowly establishing control over your opponent’s arms until they have nothing
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Things are shaping up nicely for Polaris 9. In addition to a title fight between Gezary Matuda and Ffion Davies, Polaris have just announced that Ross Nicholls will be facing off with Vagner Rocha in a welterweight title eliminator. Nicholls is coming in hot after an astonishing 2018, which included
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Check out the full results and video highlights from last Friday’s WNO 23: Nicholas Meregali vs. Vagner Rocha. Who’s Number One (WNO) 23 took place on Friday, March 10, and featured a heavyweight main event clash between Nicholas Meregali and Vagner Rocha. In that matchup, New Wave’s Meregali employed solid
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Ffion Davies will defend her WNO title against Jasmine Rocha, and Felipe Pena will clash with Haisam Rida. FloGrappling’s August Who’s Number One (WNO) card is taking shape and recently added a pair of intriguing matchups featuring some of the sport’s biggest names. Earlier this month, WNO announced a main
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After weeks of trash talk that was uncharacteristically heated for submission grappling, Gordon Ryan is now showing nothing but respect for Vagner Rocha. On Friday, Ryan largely dominated and submitted a game Vagner in the main event of Who’s Number One. Following the match, Ryan took to Instagram to celebrate
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