The 66 kg. division at the 2022 ADCC World Championships has taken a hit. Two competitors — Mikey Musumeci and Ryan Hall — have been forced to withdraw from the tournament. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ADCC (@adcc_official) Musumeci was one of the most anticipated additions
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Although there weren’t any major jiu-jitsu events like Who’s Number One or Polaris over the weekend, the professional submission grappling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu scene never sleeps. On Saturday, High Rollerz 14 and Fight To Win 199 took place, and both featured a number of high-level competitors. High Rollerz 14 The
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Elite grapplers Paulo Miyao and AJ Agazarm both competed at Polaris 18 on November 27. After the event, Miyao and Agazarm took the opportunity to train and roll together, bringing together two unlikely training partners from different sides of the country. Luckily, a camera was on hand to catch the
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The 2021 IBJJF Worlds take place on December 9-12 in Anaheim, CA, with black belts scheduled to compete on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to the global COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the first Worlds since 2019, making it one of the most anticipated and stacked world championships in recent memory.
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Polaris 18 took place on Saturday, November 27, live from Wales. In the main event, Wales’ own Ashley Williams, a three-division Polaris no-gi champion, picked up a split decision win in the gi over multiple-time black belt world champion Paulo Miyao. Lower on the card, Jed Hue earned a decision
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On Saturday, November 6, the Brazilian promotion BJJ Stars will return to action with as card loaded with elite talent. In the main event of BJJ Stars 7, former UFC title challenger Gilbert “Durinho” Burns will take on top Atos representative Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa. And lower on the card, elite
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Belletor 243 Chandler vs Henderson 2, Friday night, August 7th showcased a heated battle between ADCC silver medalist A.J. Agazarm (3-2 MMA) and Gracie Barra brown belt, Cris Lencioni (7-2 MMA). The bout included an illegal head butt, physical altercations between rounds and verbal exchanges after the fight. Never one
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Fight 2 Win 140 marked the first full example of an exciting upcoming trend where the promotion will be booking big-name matches for fight night events on both a Friday and Saturday night of the same weekend, after Fight 2 Win 139 the day before. This was done to make
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Bellator 238 took place on Friday 26th January, 2020 and the main event results in Cristiano “Cyborg” Justino crushing Julia Budd to become the new Bellator Featherweight Champion. During the build-up to the headlining fight there were several fantastic submissions throughout the event. First up, Jay Jay Williams sunk in
Read moreFight 2 Win 133 is coming to Fresno, California on December 7th as it goes head-to-head with a much younger American grappling promotion, Third Coast Grappling. While 3CG3 brings us Gordon Ryan v Bo Nickal under modified rules, Fight 2 Win is also headlined by one of the more polarizing
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