Ffion Davies and Elisabeth Clay will be two of eight grapplers competing at Polaris Women’s Grand Prix. On March 11, Europe’s largest grappling promotion, Polaris, will hold its first-ever women’s grand prix. Featuring eight top-level competitors in the 66 kg. division, the winner will take home $20,000. The promotion has
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Jed Hue spoke to Grappling Insider about his recent run at the Polaris Middleweight Grand Prix, why he wants a match with Ash Williams, and much more. Over the past couple of years, Jed Hue has quietly established himself as one of the UK’s top competitors on the no-gi scene.
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Kyle Boehm has been stripped of his Polaris heavyweight title after making comments on Instagram denying the Holocaust. On Friday, hours before Polaris 22 and the Polaris middleweight grand prix, the UK-based grappling promotion announced that it had stripped heavyweight champion Kyle Boehm of his title for comments he made
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We take a look at all the major happenings over the weekend in the BJJ and submission grappling competition scenes. Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling have no off-season. Over the weekend, a number of elite competitors were in action under a variety of rulesets. From a middleweight grand prix at
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Below are results and video highlights from Polaris 22, featuring an eight-man middleweight grand prix. Roberto Jimenez is now a Polaris champion. On Saturday, November 5, the Ecuadorian black belt won the eight-man middleweight grand prix at Polaris 22 from Southampton, England. Jimenez defeated Shane Fishman, Hunter Colvin, and Jed
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Polaris 22 goes down on Saturday, November 5 and will feature an eight-man grand prix to crown a new middleweight champion. Polaris – Europe’s largest submission grappling promotion – will name a new middleweight champion this weekend. Eight elite competitors will vye for the title in a one-night, submission-only tournament.
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Europe’s top grappling promotion, Polaris, is set to return to action on Saturday, November 5 with a card featuring a middleweight grand prix and a superfight between three-weight Polaris champ Ash Williams and former interim UFC champion Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit. View this post on Instagram A post
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Just one week removed from the ADCC World Championships, the submission grappling and jiu-jitsu competition scene isn’t slowing down one bit. Over the weekend, top UK-based promotion Polaris held its first ever “Grapple Island” event in Sardinia, Italy. And in other action, several top black belts competed at the IBJJF
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On Saturday, June 25, Polaris returns to action with one of the best cards in the promotion’s history. The event will feature the Polaris Squads format in which elite grapplers representing the USA and Brazil will face each other in a fast-paced, team competition. And in the main event, MMA
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Polaris Squads: USA vs. Brazil was already shaping up to be one of the summer’s most intriguing submission grappling events. That event has now added a compelling main event superfight between longtime MMA and UFC veterans Demian Maia and Benson Henderson. The event is scheduled for June 25. View this
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