In an exclusive interview with Grappling Insider, Brianna Ste-Marie spoke about her run through the ADCC West Coast Trials, establishing herself as a world-class competitor, and her frustration with the small women’s divisions at the ADCC Championships. Brianna Ste-Marie has taken the grappling world by storm over the past year.
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The ADCC West Coast Trial was one of the biggest and best tournaments in grappling history. Because there was just too much action to cover at once, we’ll be spreading out our coverage of the event in several posts. Be sure to check back for results and recaps from every division
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The ADCC West Coast Trial was one of the biggest and best tournaments in grappling history. Because there was just too much action to cover at once, we’ll be spreading out our coverage of the event in several posts. Be sure to check back for results and recaps from every division
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On Friday, January 21, Who’s Number One (WNO) returned to action for its first show of the year with a card filled with the best submission grapplers in the world and three title matches. In the main event, Pedro Marinho upset Craig Jones by unanimous decision to capture the WNO
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On Saturday, October 16, Subversiv Team Grappling will return with another night of team-based grappling and superfights with Subversiv 6: Lost Angeles. Like previous events, it will feature teams made up of three grapplers each, representing some of the best schools in the world, competing in an eight-team tournament. The
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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 preview here,
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Now less than a year away from the 2022 ADCC Championships, the first official qualifying event is set to take place. The ADCC European, Middle East and African Trials (“European Trials”) take place on Saturday, September 18. As one of the few qualifying events for the prestigious ADCC Championships, it
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Jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern is tantalizingly close to a shot a the UFC strawweight title. On October 9, Dern will compete in her first-ever UFC main event, when she will take on the no. 6-ranked strawweight Marina Rodriguez. In a recent interview with MMA Junkie, Dern explained the weaknesses she
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In 2020, Submission Underground (SUG) was one of the few grappling promotions to hold consistent events. After a couple of months off, the promotion has announced its first event in 2021; Mason Fowler will defend his SUG title against Richie “Boogeyman” Martinez in the main event of Submission Underground 21
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Custom-designed HVAC at Diaz Combat Sports may be the future of martial arts school design. The academy’s new, $5 million facility in Vancouver, Canada, includes a specially designed, $250,000 HVAC system to protect students, staff, families and visitors against the coronavirus. “The HVAC was already in the plans before COVID,”
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