On Sunday, elite no-gi black belt competitor Kyle Boehm made a post on Instagram accusing former members of the Danaher Death Squad (DDS) and current members of New Wave Jiu-Jitsu of participating in “fake” or fixed matches. In the now-deleted post, the 10th Planet black belt shows a screenshot of
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Pedro Marinho wants to challenge himself against the absolute best grapplers in the world. On November 11, he’ll have a chance to do just that when he defends his Who’s Number One (WNO) light heavyweight title against newly-crowned ADCC champion Giancarlo Bodoni. Marinho recently spoke to Grappling Insider about his
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FloGrappling has announced the full main card for the next Who’s Number One (WNO) event, headlined by a light heavyweight title match between current champion Pedro Marinho and challenger Giancarlo Bodoni. WNO will return on Friday, November 11 with a six-match main card featuring a number of the best no-gi
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The Eddie Bravo Invitational will return on Sunday, October 23 with a card loaded with elite talent, including the likes of Nick Rodriguez and Giancarlo Bodoni. EBI 20 is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best events in the history of the famed submission-only promotion. Currently, the
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships took place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Today we look back at the breakout stars from the event. Last weekend’s ADCC World Championships produced some wild upsets, break out stars and just about everything in between. The festivities were a brutal yet
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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. Read a preview of the 66 kg. division here, and the 77 kg. division here. More than any other division at the 2022 ADCC World
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Who’s Number One (WNO) on July 14 is now just days away, and the card has seen some shuffling. ADCC invitee Andy Varela has withdrawn from his match against fellow ADCC qualifier Jacob Rodriguez; stepping into Varela’s place will be New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representative Giancarlo Bodoni. FloGrappling announced the change
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Giancarlo Bodoni is all in for the 2022 ADCC World Championships. In October, Bodoni left the security of his full-time teaching position at Bernardo Faria Academy outside of Boston to re-locate to Austin, TX, where he trains alongside Gordon Ryan under the tutelage of John Danaher. The move came shortly
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The 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials were the largest Trials event ever, with approximately 800 total competitors entered. The two-day tournament saw a number of elite grapplers going head-to-head to punch their ticket to the 2022 ADCC championships. At 66 kg, 16-year old phenom Cole Abate proved he was more
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