The 2022 ADCC World Championships take place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Ahead of the big tournament, Grappling Insider will be previewing each division. For the first time since 1998, the 66 kg. division at the ADCC World Championships won’t see a returning champion, as 2019 gold
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On Sunday, the jiu-jitsu community awoke to the news of the tragic death of multiple-time world champion Leandro Lo. Lo was shot in the head following an altercation at a Sao Paulo nightclub; he was 33-years old. One of the sport’s most accomplished current competitors, Lo was a staggering eight-time
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BJJ Stars 7 took place on Saturday, November 6, live from Brazil. In the main event, top Atos representative Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa picked up a huge win, defeating former UFC title challenger Gilbert Burns by submission. Lower on the card, elite competitors Josh Hinger, Augusto Mendes, Leo Vieira, and Tainan
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A fast-rising UFC star has leveled up in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Sean O’Malley was recently awarded his brown belt from instructors Augusto “Tanqinho” Mendes and Tim Welch. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TW Bjj & MMA (@twbjjmma) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sugar
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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,”
Read moreYou read that right, Keith Krikorian is sharing over an hour and a half of elite-level grappling knowledge for less money than a Starbucks. The elite level 10th Planet brown belt is obviously a No Gi specialist and he’s been a regular on the competitive No Gi scene, even going
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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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ADCC 2019 is fast approaching and the line-up changes are coming in fast and hard. AJ Agazarm and Mikey Musumeci are both already out of the field and it has recently emerged that Cobrinha will be replaced by his son, Kennedy Maciel. Check out the full competitor list below: 1st
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Spyder gains more traction as a BJJ promotion in Korea with an exciting event this past weekend. Their investment in this sport is clear, with quality production and commentating courtesy of John Evans of BJJ Breakdown and even better matches. Marcelo Garcia brown belt Matheus Lutes was a standout prospect,
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