Tom DeBlass is one of the most well-known names in jiu-jitsu. And although he owns an impressive competitive career including a black belt no-gi Masters world championship, a no-gi Pans championship, and a successful MMA career with fights in the UFC, DeBlass is quick to point out that his continued
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In late 2020, Gordon Ryan announced his plans to relocate from New York to Puerto Rico. Soon after that, his coach John Danaher, as well as training partners like Craig Jones, Nicky Ryan, and Garry Tonon all either announced their intention to join Ryan in Puerto Rico or moved there
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Craig Jones vs Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa has been added to the Who’s Numer One Gordon Ryan vs Ronaldo Junior card. This event features some of the strongest No Gi competitors in the game. The card will take place on July 31 in Austin, TX. Most athletes on the card have
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Fight 2 Win 145 took place in Dallas Texas as the promotion continued it’s fantastic run of recent results in the lone star state. Before the main event, Garry Tonon made a welcome return to the F2W stage as he made short work of Osvaldo Quexinho Moizinho with a slick
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Tom DeBlass has officially signed a deal with a publisher, DartFrog Blue, in order to produce an autobiography that is set to be released for the fall of 2020. The timing of the release is set very deliberately, as it is due to line up with Tom DeBlass’ return to
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Tom DeBlass has recently revealed that he will be making a return to professional MMA after signing a contract with ONE FC, the same promotion that his long-time student and training partner Garry Tonon may be World Champion of relatively soon. DeBlass said himself that he’s always had a great
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Garry Tonon announced that he has unfortunately been forced to move his gym, Brunswick BJJ, to a new location as the building’s leaseholder has gone bankrupt. While this definitely isn’t good news for Tonon, things could definitely be a whole lot worse. Brazilian coaches and fighters gathered together to protest
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Gordon Ryan managed to get some time with Tom DeBlass on the latest episode of his podcast, The King Ryan Show, and some of the stories that the pair shared were fantastic. In the first episode of the podcast Ryan sat down for a few hours with one of the
Read moreKron Gracie v Garry Tonon was one of the best matches of ADCC 2013 and thankfully, renowned BJJ black belt and filmmaker Stuart Cooper has put together the above video. The fight would eventually go in favor of Kron, who sunk in the fight-ending Rear Naked Choke that let him
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John Danaher has just announced that he and Tom DeBlass have awarded Garry Tonon with his Second Dan in BJJ at the same time that he opens his new school, Brunswick BJJ. Alongside this promotion, Gordon Ryan was also awarded with his First Dan in BJJ by John Danaher as
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