The 2022 IBJJF Worlds take place on June 2-5, live from the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA. This is the premier gi tournament, attracting the best Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the world. Adult black belts will be competing on Saturday and Sunday. View a preview of the men’s lightweight
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The second ADCC European, Middle East, and African Trials took place on Saturday, May 7, live from Poznan, Poland. Seven more athletes secured their spot at the ADCC World Championships later this year, including gi specialist Tommy Langaker and New Wave Jiu-Jitsu representatives Luke Griffith and Daniel Manasoiu. Although he
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The 2021 IBJJF Worlds take place on December 9-12 in Anaheim, CA, with black belts scheduled to compete on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks to the global COVID-19 pandemic, this will be the first Worlds since 2019, making it one of the most anticipated and stacked world championships in recent memory.
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Polaris 18 took place on Saturday, November 27, live from Wales. In the main event, Wales’ own Ashley Williams, a three-division Polaris no-gi champion, picked up a split decision win in the gi over multiple-time black belt world champion Paulo Miyao. Lower on the card, Jed Hue earned a decision
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Gi jiu-jitsu has a reputation for producing slow, tedious matches that are decided by minor positional advantages. But when Tommy Langaker and Sebastian Broche met at Polaris 9 in 2019, their match was anything but slow and tedious. Polaris has now released the incredibly entertaining match between Langaker and Broche
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The IBJJF European Championships are over after another hectic start to the year, here are the full Euros 2020 Results for Adult Black Belts: EUROS 2020 ADULT BLACK BELT RESULTS Adult / Male / Black / Rooster 1.Tomoyuki Hashimoto – Brasa CTA 2.Thalison Vitorino Soares – Cicero Costha Internacional 3.Cleber
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Tommy Langaker was one of the most exciting fighters of the first black belt day at this year’s IBJJF European Championships. After beating Mathias Luna and Ronaldo Souza Junior at the beginning of the day, Langaker booked his place in the final and guaranteed himself a medal. Langaker fought Mathias
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As we arrive on the final day of the IBJJF Euros 2020, there are a number of storylines just waiting to be wrapped up and several brackets well worth watching. Here we’ll go through the three biggest moments to look out for today. Can Ffion Davies Win Double Gold? Ffion
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After his amazing performance at Polaris 12, we were all expecting great things from Tommy Langaker. We were not disappointed. Tommy Langaker played a very relaxed game for most of this match, looking almost like he was rolling in the gym. This may just be due to his cerebral, technical
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For the IBJJF European Championships 2020 women’s competitor list and preview, click here. The first big tournament of the year is nearly upon us. The IBJJF European Championships have always represented a strong signal for who’s likely to make a big impact on the rest of the year. With the
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