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. View the men’s lightweight preview here,
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The blockbuster Who’s Number One Championships scheduled for late September are beginning to take shape. The two-day event will feature five eight-person brackets consisting of the best no-gi grapplers in the world. FloGrappling has announced the full bracket for the women’s 115-pound division; view that bracket below. View this post
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Two of the most talented and promising new female black belts are scheduled to square off in a superfight at the next Who’s Number One (WNO) event. On the preliminary card of WNO on February 26, Danielle Kelly will meet Jessa Khan in a submission-only match. News of the match-up
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“I didn’t think I’d get a finish that quickly,” Grace Gundrum said when I asked her about her submission over 3X world champ, Pati Fontes last month. She finished Fontes by arm bar in under three minutes at Fight 2 Win 155 in the main event. She used a position
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Women got it done at Submission Hunter Pro 60. With the elevated mat came elevated status as the main event featured a UFC fighter opposite a rising star, all live-streamed on UFC FIghtPass. In the main event, Danielle Kelly defeated the #8 UFC women’s flyweight Roxanne Modafferi. Female grapplers from all over the country — hailing from big prominent schools to the smaller community centers — rose to the occasion, with The Rose as a beneficiary, in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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18 year old Grace Gundrum will have to put her school work aside on October 23rd, when she steps onto the stage to grapple 2X world champ, Pati Fontes. “Since this is my first time competing as a black belt,” Gundrum said, “I’m hoping to at least give her a
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Submission Hunter Pro 60 Update: Jessa Khan out, Juliana Lima in; Erin Herle out (UFC Fight Pass Schedule Included)
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Submission Hunter Pro (SHP) is holding its 60th event on Oct. 25, 2020, and what a coming-out party this will be. Headlining the card is an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter going up against a young, talented and rising star. UFC fighter Roxanne Modafferi will face Danielle Kelly as the
Read moreQuintet Ultra took place on December 12th 2019 and saw four teams of five MMA-based grapplers representing four of the biggest MMA promotions to ever stage a fight. Teams from the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce and Pride all clashed on one of the biggest stages for professional grappling in a bid
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