As 2021 winds down, Grappling Insider will be recognizing those athletes that made the biggest impact, had the best performances, and found the most success this year. The race for the best no-gi grappler of 2021 was a tight one. A number of competitors could make a strong argument for
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The 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials were the largest trials event to-date. With over 600 total competitors registered, it was also arguably the most difficult ADCC Trial ever, making Kade Ruotolo’s seven wins on his way to gold in the 77kg division all the more impressive. In the finals, Ruotolo
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Kade and Tye Ruotolo are now black belts in BJJ. Just days after taking first and second in the brown belt division at the 2021 IBJJF Worlds, the twin brothers were promoted to black belt by Atos head instructor Andre Galvao. Galvao posted about the promotion on Instagram. View this
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The 2021 IBJJF Worlds are little over a week away, and elite competitors and twin brothers Tye and Kade Ruotolo are both registered to compete in the adult brown belt division. Both Ruotolo brothers have largely been competing and succeeding against black belts (albeit in no-gi competition), so they are
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On Saturday, November 20, the UK-based promotion Grapplefest returned to action with Grapplefest 10, live from Liverpool, England. In the main event, Dante Leon picked up a clear but competitive decision win over Oliver Taza, and both Tye and Kade Ruotolo earned decision wins over high-level competitors. All of the
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Grapplefest 10 is scheduled for Saturday, November 20, live from Liverpool, England, and the card features a number of elite competitors. In the main event, no-gi world champion Dante Leon will face ADCC trials winner Oliver Taza in a match that should produce fireworks. And elsewhere on the card, both
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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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The largest ever ADCC Trials event is set to go down this weekend. With approximately 800 total competitors registered, the ADCC East Coast Trials is scheduled for November 6-7. The complete competitor list has now been released, and features a number of North America’s top grapplers. Male East Coast Trials
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The biggest ADCC Trials event ever is now just a little more than a week away, and a number of additional elite competitors have been announced for the ADCC East Coast Trials on November 6-7. Earlier this week, for grapplers were announced for the 66-kg division. Now, FloGrappling has announced
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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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