As 2021 winds down, Grappling Insider will be recognizing those athletes that made the biggest impact, had the best performances, and found the most success this year. In women’s jiu-jitsu, 2021 was a year that saw the passing of the torch from accomplished, veteran competitors to the new generation of
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Junny Ocasio has one of the most technical and advanced leg lock games on the planet. The Murilo Santana black belt is also an outspoken voice in jiu-jitsu, unafraid to give his thoughts on the sport and the competitors in it. Which is why it comes as no surprise that,
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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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FloGrappling announced it’s final match-up for WNO’s fifth show. The number one ranked featherweight, Geo Martinez will meet number one ranked lightweight, Kennedy Maciel at 150 lbs. The bout will be the co-main event for the card. Martinez is a 10th Planet black belt and ADCC veteran. He recently won
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“I didn’t think I’d get a finish that quickly,” Grace Gundrum said when I asked her about her submission over 3X world champ, Pati Fontes last month. She finished Fontes by arm bar in under three minutes at Fight 2 Win 155 in the main event. She used a position
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This year’s IBJJF Pans can be thought of as 2020 World Championships. The event, from Oct. 8 to 11, was the first major tournament since the pandemic started. Maybe we needed a major tournament, but it was amazing to have IBJJF majors back. Each year, IBJJF Pans take place around
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Women have taken a powerful position in the BJJ community and this will be on full display on Oct. 10-11 at the 2020 IBJJF Pans. The female divisions are stacked with talent from top to bottom. Even though the number of participants in each weight class is not quite as
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A profile of Ana Carolina Vieira, one of the eight females competing in Third Coast Grappling’s Kumite VII
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For the IBJJF European Championships 2020 men’s competitor list and preview, click here. Roosterweight Competitors – Mayssa Bastos & Serena Gabrielli. Discussion – Mayssa Bastos is a full ten years younger than Gabrielli and has already won virtually every IBJJF tournament available. Last year’s European Championships featured the exact same
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No Gi Worlds has come and gone once again, leaving us with some exciting matches to remember. Not all the big names found the podium this year, but there were some notable results and memorable moments. Johnny Tama, Dante Leon, and Adam Wardzinski were the few non Brazillians to take
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