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 Trials take place on April 2-3 in Las Vegas, NV. The event will be the largest-ever ADCC Trials, with at least one division at full capacity with 256 competitors. For North American grapplers that do not receive an invite, this will be their last chance to
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Any more, most “submission-only” matches aren’t truly submission-only. Most contemporary submission-only matches come with a time limit and judges to score the match in the event a submission doesn’t happen. Over the weekend recent ADCC Trials winner and combat jiu-jitsu champion Brianna Ste-Marie competed in a true submission-only match. After
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On Saturday, March 12, Medusa Female-Only Jiu-Jitsu will return for its second event. The card will feature an eight-woman combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) tournament with some of the best no-gi grapplers in the world, including Who’s Number One (WNO) champion Ffion Davies and returning Medusa CJJ champion Brianna Ste-Marie. The promotion
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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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Another world-class no-gi competitor has been added to the ranks of black belt. Over the weekend, recent ADCC East Coast Trials winner Brianna Ste-Marie was awarded her black belt in BJJ. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brianna Ste-Marie (@briannasm) Ste-Marie was promoted by Brazilian Top Team
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The 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials were the largest Trials event ever, with approximately 800 total competitors entered. The two-day tournament saw a number of elite grapplers going head-to-head to punch their ticket to the 2022 ADCC championships. At 66 kg, 16-year old phenom Cole Abate proved he was more
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The largest ever ADCC Trials event is set to go down this weekend. With approximately 800 total competitors registered, the ADCC East Coast Trials is scheduled for November 6-7. The complete competitor list has now been released, and features a number of North America’s top grapplers. Male East Coast Trials
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On Saturday, October 2, Medusa Jiu-Jitsu held its inaugural event. The card featured a pair of all-women tournaments — one at 115-pounds held under EBI rules, and one at 135-pounds held under combat jiu-jitsu (CJJ) rules. View the full results and highlights from Medusa 1 below. Fatima Kline submits three
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