Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds 2022: The Lightweights took place on Sunday, June 5. In the opening round of the tournament, B-Team representative Damien Anderson scored one of the most brutal knockouts we’ve ever seen in combat jiu-jitsu, as he “slapped” Adrian Madrid completely unconscious with a pair of palm strikes directly
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The 2022 ADCC West Coast Trials was the biggest Trials event ever and it produced countless memorable moments. Among those moments was the epic clash at 66 kg between The B-Team’s Damien Anderson and Brazilian Fight Factory’s Andrew Tackett. The match was one of the most entertaining of the entire
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On March 12, the Emerald City Invitational (ECI) will return for its first event of the year. Recently, the promotion announced the additions of Gabriel Sousa, Damien Anderson, Pedro Serrano, and Jon Calestine to the upcoming 155-pound ECI. Unlike previous events which featured a 16-man EBI-rules bracket, the upcoming card
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The ADCC season is in full swing, as the ADCC East Coast Trials are scheduled for November 6-7. According to trials organizer Tom Deblass, the East Coast Trials have approximately 800 registered competitors, making it nearly twice as large as the previous biggest ADCC Trials event. Of those 800, approximately
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On Saturday, October 23, Evolve Ur Game (EUG) promotions will return for its third event. Like the promotion’s first two events, EUG 3 will feature an eight-man $10,000 grand prix. But unlike the first two EUG tournaments, this one will be no-gi and with a modified ruleset. EUG has released
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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. One of the biggest
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