Mica Galvao will represent Team New Wave in the 77kg division at CJI 2. With CJI 2 rapidly approaching, Team New Wave has added one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound grapplers to its already formidable squad. On Friday, at WNO 29, decorated young phenom Mica Galvao announced that he would
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Pound-for-pound standout Diego “Pato” Oliveira will compete in the 66kg division for Team Atos at CJI 2. Team Atos has added one of the planet’s most dangerous submission hunters to its squad at CJI 2. Multiple-time IBJJF gi and no-gi world champion Diego “Pato” Oliveira will represent the team at
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Teenage phenom Sarah Galvao will compete in the four-woman $100,000 tournament at CJI 2. The star-studded four-woman tournament set to go down at CJI 2 is now complete with the final addition of one of the BJJ world’s top young talents. Sarah Galvao – the daughter of decorated former world
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Craig Jones detailed why he turned down an offer to coach on the new UFC BJJ reality show. Craig Jones has made it no small secret that he’s not a fan of how the UFC and UFC BJJ do business. With CJI 2 rapidly approaching, the Australian has been critical
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Reigning ADCC world champion Ana Carolina Vieira will compete in the four-woman bracket at CJI 2. Craig Jones has announced the third participant in the four-woman, $100,000 bracket set to go down at CJI 2. Current 65kg ADCC world champion Ana Carolina Vieira will be joining teen phenom Helena Crevar
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A four-woman tournament with $100,000 on the line will be featured at CJI 2. The second installment of the Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) is rapidly approaching, and event co-founder Craig Jones recently announced that the event will include a four-woman bracket with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs. View
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Decorated heavyweight grappler Victor Hugo will compete for the B-Team as the wildcard pick at CJI 2. The B-Team is quickly emerging as an early favorite to win the team portion of the second iteration of the wildly successful Craig Jones Invitational (CJI). B-Team co-owner and CJI co-founder Craig Jones
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View a full and updated list of grapplers and teams competing at CJI 2 on August 30-31 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following a wildly successful, blockbuster inaugural event in 2024, the Craig Jones Invitational (CJI) is set to return to action for its second event in late August 2025. View
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