On Tuesday, the grappling world was hit with the news that Gordon Ryan had signed a deal with Singapore-based combat sports promotion ONE Championship for both MMA and submission grappling. In a follow-up Instagram post, Ryan clarified his competition plans for the next year and with ONE. View this post
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One of grappling’s most accomplished competitors ever is (once again) scheduled to make his professional MMA debut. Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida is set to face Ji Won Kang at a ONE Championship event on April 14, 2021. On Wednesday, Buchecha confirmed the bout on his Instagram page. View this post on
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X2 ADCC world champ and X13 IBJJF gold medalist Marcus ‘Buchecha’ Almeida has decided to make the move from BJJ into mixed martial arts, and for his MMA debut it has been revealed that the Brazilian grappler will be facing Senegalese wrestler Oumar ‘Reug Reug’ Kane. First reported by MMA
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It looks like Marcus “Buchecha“ Almeida is about to begin his MMA career. Buchecha appears to have grown tired of pulling collars and pant grips. The 13x IBJJF World Champion has signed with Dominance MMA. Dominance MMA is owned by the infamous MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz manages renowned fighters
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Despite being undoubtedly the biggest money maker in professional BJJ, A Roger Gracie v Gordon Ryan superfight is never going to happen. This isn’t just speculation either as several of the sport’s biggest promoters have now publicly revealed that they have tried to make this fight happen and have resigned
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Gordon Ryan has announced that he’s not going to retire just yet. While this may not come as a shock to most people paying attention to Ryan’s public persona, it didn’t take long for his previous retirement announcement to be amended. His retirement was already in doubt when it was
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One of the greatest BJJ athletes of all time, Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida, has finally been awarded US Citizenship alongside his longtime friends and training partners, Leo and Gle Vieira. Buchecha has been living in the US for just over ten years and has been in the process of obtaining full
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