These are eight standout grapplers to keep an eye on at the 2025 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds this weekend. The biggest no-gi event on the IBJJF calendar goes down on December 11-13, 2025, in Las Vegas, with black belt athletes competing on Friday and Saturday. This year’s No-Gi Worlds are particularly
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Mayssa Bastos, Cole Abate, and Dante Leon each picked up big wins at ONE Fight Night 26. Last Friday, December 6, ONE Fight Night 26 featured a trio of high-level submission grappling bouts. The event took place at the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. First, promotional newcomer Dante Leon lived
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Cole Abate will make his ONE Championship debut against Shinya Aoki on December 6 at ONE Fight Night 26. Teenage phenom Cole Abate will soon make his much-anticipated debut in ONE Championship’s submission grappling division. On December 6, at ONE Fight Night 26, the Art of Jiu-Jitsu product will face
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Elite competitors Cole Abate and Dante Leon have signed to compete in ONE Championship’s submission grappling division. Two of grappling’s top competitors are headed to ONE Championship. On Thursday, the Singapore-based martial arts organization announced that it had signed 19-year-old phenom Cole Abate and multiple-time IBJJF no-gi world champion Dante
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We look at key competitors to keep an eye on at the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans, which takes place this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas. The IBJJF no-gi season is now in full swing, and next up is the 2024 IBJJF No-Gi Pans. The event takes place on November 1-3,
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View notable results and highlights from the weekend in the world of submission grappling and BJJ. This past weekend saw no shortage of high-level submission grappling and BJJ competition. From ADXC 6 in Abu Dhabi to the IBJJF Pan Pacific Championships in Australia, to the Enigma Invitational in Texas, these
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A number of ADCC veterans are set to compete for Team Modolfo at the AIGA Champion’s League quarterfinals. ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim has assembled an incredibly stacked team of grapplers to compete at the Almaty International Grappling Association (AIGA) Champion’s League. View this post on Instagram A post shared
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World-class 18-year-old competitor Cole Abate has been promoted to BJJ black belt by Guilherme Mendes. One of the most promising and talented young grapplers in the history of jiu-jitsu is now officially a black belt. Over the weekend, 18-year-old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product Cole Abate was awarded his black belt
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Elite teenage competitor won gold at the 2023 IBJJF European Championships and was promoted to brown belt. Elite jiu-jitsu competitor Cole Abate is now one step closer to becoming a black belt. On Wednesday, the 18-year-old Art of Jiu-Jitsu product captured gold in the adult purple belt division at the
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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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