The 2021 IBJJF no-gi Worlds take place on October 7-10, with black belts competing on Saturday and Sunday. The men’s ultra-heavyweight division is the smallest adult black belt division, but potentially includes one of the events most anticipated matches. After going 1-1 against each other at the 2019 no-gi Worlds,
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At the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships, perhaps no competitor was more heavily-favored to win his division than heavyweight Kaynan Duarte. A 2019 ADCC world champion, the top Atos representative had lost just once in the past two years. Going into the finals of the WNO Championships, Duarte was a
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On Sunday, September 26, the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships finals took place from Austin, TX. The finals were the culmination of five, eight-person brackets consisting of the best submission-only grapplers in the world. The quarterfinals and the semifinals were 15-minute submission-only matches, and the finals were 30-minute matches. View
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships on September 25-26 will feature five eight-person brackets with many of the best grapplers in the world competing in 15-minute submission-only matches. In the days leading up to this event, Grappling Insider will be previewing each of the five divisions. View the men’s lightweight
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At the last Who’s Number One (WNO) event in April, the promotion announced that longtime Checkmat representative Luiz Panza would be taking on Gordon Ryan on May 28. But in light of Ryan’s unexpected departure from the sport, his teammate Craig Jones has stepped in to face Panza on just
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Now just days removed from receiving his black belt, 19-year old jiu-jitsu phenom William Tackett is already one of the top competitors in the world. On the other end of the spectrum, 40-year old Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu is one of the most accomplished competitors ever (and is still active at
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On Saturday, March 20, Fight to Win returned to action with a card headlined by one of the sport’s most talented big men, Victor Hugo. Lower on the card, Pedro Marinho made his black belt debut, and multiple-time world champion Osvaldo “Queixinho” Moizinho clashed with Gabriel Sousa. In the main
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Fight to Win 167 is just around the corner, and the promotion has announced four black belt matches featuring some the sport’s most accomplished competitors. Here’s what we know so far about the top of Fight to Win 167: Kennedy Maciel vs. Gabriel Sousa: The current Fight to Win lightweight
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Gordon Ryan is not shy about his accomplishments. He’s also not one to keep his jiu-jitsu techniques and strategies a secret, often giving detailed explanations of exactly how he won many of his biggest matches. In a recent Instagram post, Ryan broke down how he was able to secure a
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Reports of a backstage brawl at Fight to Win 161 from Miami are surfacing. Event coordinator Seth Daniels and the official Fight to Win Instagram account both posted messages referencing some sort of scuffle. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Seth Daniels (@sethdanielsf2w) View this post on
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