Legendary jiu-jitsu competitor Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida is wasting no time in his burgeoning MMA career. Just a month removed from his successful professional MMA debut in late September, Almeida is planning a return to the ONE Championship cage, likely in early December. Almeida posted on Instagram about his next MMA
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On Friday At ONE Championship: Revolution, Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida lived up to the lofty expectations in his much-anticipated MMA debut. One of the most accomplished jiu-jitsu players ever, Almeida made quick work of Anderson “Braddock” Silva, submitting him with a north-south choke in just under three minutes. Considering that Silva
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One of MMA’s best pure submission artists, the undefeated Garry Tonon, is slated to fight for Than Le’s ONE Championship featherweight title on on December 5 at ONE X. An ADCC medalist and one of the most entertaining grapplers in jiu-jitsu, this will be Tonon’s first bout since a December
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The long-awaited MMA debut of top BJJ competitor Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida is a little over two weeks away. Originally slated to face former professional hockey player Thomas Narmo on September 24 at ONE: Revolution, Almeida will now square off with Anderson “Braddock” Silva at the same event. The promotion announced
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Firas Zahabi is one of the most accomplished and universally respected coaches in MMA. A black belt under John Danaher, Zahabi has coached many of MMA’s best fighters, including Georges St-Pierre, Rory MacDonald, and Kenny Florian. Owing to his background in BJJ, Zahabi is also widely respected within the jiu-jitsu
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Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida is once again scheduled to make his long-anticipated MMA debut. Buchecha had been scheduled to appear in his first-ever MMA fight earlier this year at a ONE Championship event, but that bout was cancelled. He is now slated to face Thomas Narmo on September 24 at a
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Accomplished jiu-jitsu stylist Garry Tonon is one of, if not the, best prospect in all of MMA — if he can still be considered a prospect. With a perfect 6-0 record in his young MMA career, Tonon is already knocking on the door of a shot at the ONE Championship
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Garry Tonon is widely considered the most exciting competitor in submission grappling and jiu-jitsu. With that in mind, we’ll take any opportunity available to relive some of Tonon’s best performances. In 2017, before he had made his MMA debut, Tonon squared off with MMA submission specialist Shinya Aoki in a
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Top pound-for-pound grappler Gordon Ryan is set to make his ONE Championship debut. On August 27, Ryan will square off with submission specialist and longtime MMA veteran Shinya Aoki in an open-weight grappling match. News of the bout was first reported by Marcel Dorff of MMADNA. In March, ONE Championship
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We are now a couple months removed from the slap heard around the world — when Gordon Ryan slapped Andre Galvao backstage at a February Who’s Number One event. On a recent appearance of MMAFighting’s “What the Heck,” Ryan gave his side of the altercation, and talked about his potential
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