Amanda “Tubby” Alequin is calling her shot. In a recent Instagram post, the veteran black belt and no-gi world champion asks for a 20-minute submission-only match against newly-crowned UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tubby Alequin (@tubbybjj) Carla Esparza, congratulations on your
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) event on January 21 continues to take shape, adding a pair of matches between world class competitors. ADCC silver medalist Nick Rodriguez will take on Checkmat’s Elder Cruz, and Amanda “Tubby” Alequin will face recent ADCC Trials winner Brianna Ste-Marie. The matches were announced by
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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 took place on September 25-26, and featured some of the best matches and submissions in jiu-jitsu this year. One of those submissions set the record for the fastest-ever submission in a WNO women’s match; that honor belongs to Amanda “Tubby” Alequin and her 42-second
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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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On Saturday, Fight to Win 174 took place live from Atlanta, GA. In the main event, Tex Johnson won a close but clear-cut decision win over Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa in what was an upset victory. And in the co-main event, Raquel Canuto impressed with a dominant submission win over two-weight
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Who’s Number One won’t be the only elite grappling happening on Friday, as Fight to Win returns to action with a card headlined by Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa and Tex Johnson. In the co-main event, Amanda “Tubby” Alequin will meet Raquel Canuto in what should be a fun and competitive match.
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We are now less than a week away from Fight to Win 174 in Atlanta, GA, and the promotion has announced a match-up between two of the best grapplers in the world, as Atos representative Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa will square off with Aaron “Tex” Johnson. Also, two-division Fight to Win
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One of the year’s most intriguing match-ups is set to go down this Saturday at Fight to Win 171. In the main event, grappling phenom William Tackett will take on seasoned veteran Vagner Rocha in a no-gi submission-only match. The card also features a pair of title matches, as well
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On Saturday, April 24, Fight to Win will return to Miami, FL for a card filled with submission-only action. The promotion has announced a pair of title matches for the event, as Amanda “Tubby” Alequin and Gabi McComb will square off for the flyweight no-gi championship, and Junny Ocasio will
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