Third Coast Grappling’s April 3 eight-man grand prix is shaping up nicely. Last week, the promotion announced Danaher Death Squad representative Nick Rodriguez as the first tournament participant. On Friday, Third Coast announced that Team Atos’ Kaynan Duarte will also be competing at the event. The announcement was made via
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New year, same beef. Gordon Ryan and members of Team Atos, including Kaynan Duarte and head coach Andre Galvao, are once again going back and forth on social media, fueling jiu-jitsu’s best feud. The current slew of trash talk started when Duarte took a less-than-subtle jab at Ryan on Instagram,
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The IBJJF No Gi Pans went down this past week, from Nov. 18 to 22. The event was somewhat of a closing statement for No Gi competitions from the IBJJF this year. There are no major events scheduled past Pans. Divisions were all over the place, as we mentioned in
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Let’s face it, we know this year sucked for BJJ competition. No adult Worlds, no ADCC trials and no No Gi Worlds meant a total lack of high-level tournament competitions. But there’s light at the end of the tunnel, as No Gi Worlds will go down this weekend. The date
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Here’s the truth about BJJ Bet Brazil: It had everything to be one of the greatest events of its kind. There were two aspects that made it captivating. First, it was the introduction of a new betting method included with your pay-per-view buy. This made it possible to make money
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Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu proved that ankle locks are nothing new by finishing the 2019 ADCC champ Kaynan Duarte with an inside heel hook. The match was the main event for BJJ Bet. The show had a rocky start with a crashed site in the beginning, but ran smoothly afterward (despite
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Is this the new era of BJJ? Maybe. This is the BJJ Bet Brazil preview, where we’ll break down one of the newest betting formats within the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu community. If you’ve been involved in the community for long enough, you have noticed that being able to bet on
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Today is a sad day for those anticipating a showdown between Felipe Pena and Kaynan Duarte at BJJ Stars 3. The card will still be going down on July 25th, but with a different main event, as Preguiça has pulled out due to injury. Felipe took to instagram today and
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Fernando “Fepa” Lopes is the promoter of the BJJ Stars 3 event coming up on July 25th. He is a promoter from Brazil and a 5th degree black belt under Roberto Godoi, from the G13 team. We interviewed him to ask about a wide array of topics from organizing an
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In this article we break down the matches from BJJ Stars 3: The Return!
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