After a 2020 that saw countless event cancellations due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, competitive jiu-jitsu and submission grappling returned with an essentially full schedule in 2021. In honor of the year’s best moments, FloGrappling has released a highlight video of what it deems the best 21 submissions of 2021.
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On Sunday, September 26, the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships finals took place from Austin, TX. The finals were the culmination of five, eight-person brackets consisting of the best submission-only grapplers in the world. The quarterfinals and the semifinals were 15-minute submission-only matches, and the finals were 30-minute matches. View
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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. 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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Grace Gundrum and Jean Jacques Machado are two jiu-jitsu black belts on separate ends of the spectrum. On one end, Gundrum is just 19-years old and holds the honor of the youngest-ever American female black belt. On the other end is Machado, a black belt competitor since the 1990s and
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) event scheduled for April 30 has added a pair of compelling match-ups featuring some of the most exciting young grapplers in the world. FloGrappling has announced the addition of Nicky Ryan vs. PJ Barch and Grace Gundrum vs. Jessa Khan for the submission-only event. View
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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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Grace Gundrum continues to impress after her Submission Of The Night win over 3X world champ Pati Fontes tonight (Oct 23) at Fight 2 Win 155. Gundrum dominated the match from the beginning and proved she deserves to be on the same stage as the best in the sport. She
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Fight 2 Win is back in action this Friday night (Oct 23rd) in Philadelphia. There was one big change this week. That is, Rafael Lovato Jr. is now off the card (for unknown reasons), and Matheus Luna will step in to fill his spot against Jake Watson. This will give
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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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