At the Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships, perhaps no competitor was more heavily-favored to win his division than heavyweight Kaynan Duarte. A 2019 ADCC world champion, the top Atos representative had lost just once in the past two years. Going into the finals of the WNO Championships, Duarte was a
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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
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The Who’s Number One (WNO) Championships is a two-day event featuring five eight-person brackets and many of the best grapplers in the world. Recently, FloGrappling announced the full heavyweight roster for the event. You can view the other weight divisions here: men’s 155 lbs., men’s 185 lbs., women’s 115 lbs.,
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On Saturday, July 17, ADCC and FloGrappling held “The Road to ADCC,” headlined by a match-up between 2019 ADCC champions Matheus Diniz and Kaynan Duarte. In the main event, Atos black belt Duarte made quick work of Diniz with a heel hook submission in just over two minutes of action.
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In the main event of The Road to ADCC on July 17, Matheus Diniz will take on Kaynan Duarte in a 20-minute ADCC rules match. Simply put, this match-up between 2019 ADCC champions represents the pinnacle of submission grappling. Although Diniz currently finds himself on a losing skid and Duarte
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On Saturday, July 17, Austin, TX will play host to one of the most anticipated grappling events of the year. A collaboration between FloGrappling and the ADCC, The Road to ADCC features a main event between 2019 ADCC champions Matheus Diniz and Kaynan Duarte, as well as five other matches
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A blockbuster submission grappling event has been announced for July 17, and the line-up features many of the top competitors in the world. The main event will be a match-up between two 2019 ADCC gold medalists, as heavyweight champion Kaynan Duarte will square off with middleweight champion Matheus Diniz. The
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On Saturday, May 1, Subversiv team grappling returned to action with Subversiv 5. The event featured eight teams of three grapplers each going head-to-head in a tournament format to crown a new team champion. Team Atos — made up of Kaynan Duarte, Lucas “Hulk” Barbosa, and Rafaela Guedes — was
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On Saturday, May 1, the grappling promotion Subversiv will return to action with Subversiv 5. The event features a stacked line-up of teams for the three-on-three team grappling tournament, including top competitors from Atos, the Danaher Death Squat, Checkmat, 10th Planet, and more. Check out those line-ups, start times, betting
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