The ADCC’s first qualifier for the 2024 World Championships, the European Trials, took place on September 16 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. The Trials saw Owen Jones (66kg), Jozef Chen (77kg), Santeri Lilius (88kg), Luke Griffith (99kg) and Heikki Jussila (99+kg) to become the first five athletes to earn their spots
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The fifth Emerald City Invitational goes down on Saturday, November 5 and will crown an absolute champion. The Emerald City Invitational (ECI) is set to return to action with an eight-man absolute grand prix in what might be the most talent-rich card in the promotion’s history. Featuring a mixture of
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If size does really matter, don’t let Andrew Tackett know. On the most recent episode of FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next,” the 165-pound Tackett faced and submitted recent ADCC qualifier “Big” Dan Manasoiu. Manasoiu came into the match at a whopping 6’7″ and 275 pounds. Watch the full
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FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next” pits up-and-coming grapplers against each other in no time limit, submission-only matches for a chance at a $10,000 cash prize and a three-match contract with Who’s Number One. Grappling Insider will be recapping each episode after it airs. All episodes are available for
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FloGrappling’s new competition reality show “Who’s Next” is here. The show features up-and-coming grapplers competing in no time limit, submission-only matches for a cash prize and a three-match contract with Who’s Number One. On Wednesday, the show’s first two episodes dropped and are available free of charge without a subscription.
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The second ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials took place on Saturday, May 7, live from Poznan, Poland. Seven more athletes secured their spot at the ADCC World Championships later this year, including gi specialist Tommy Langaker and New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representatives Luke Griffith and Daniel Manasoiu. Although he
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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 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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Although the Danaher Death Squad might no longer be a team, grapplers from that squad will continue to make waves. Over the weekend, Daniel Manasoui — a 19-year old grappler that had been training under John Danaher in Puerto Rico — won double gold, submitting all of his opponent at
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