Check out the full results and video highlights from last Friday’s WNO 23: Nicholas Meregali vs. Vagner Rocha. Who’s Number One (WNO) 23 took place on Friday, March 10, and featured a heavyweight main event clash between Nicholas Meregali and Vagner Rocha. In that matchup, New Wave’s Meregali employed solid
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Check out the full card lineup and preview for WNO 23 Meregali vs Rocha, set for Friday, May 10 in Arlington, Texas. FloGrappling is back with another edition of Who’s Number One (WNO) this Friday, May 10. BJJ legends Nicholas Meregali and Vagner Rocha will collide for the first time
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Nicholas Meregali and Vagner Rocha will clash in a heavyweight submission-only match in the main event of WNO 23. FloGrappling’s Who’s Number One (WNO) is set to return to action on Friday, May 10, and the promotion has officially announced a headlining attraction for the event. The main event of
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View results for Karate Combat’s Pit Submission Series. Vagner Rocha and Max Gimenis scored big upsets. Karate Combat has now officially entered the world of submission grappling. On Friday, January 26, at Karate Kickback 1, the organization held its first three matches of Pit Submission Series, hosted by legendary BJJ
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The Blue Collar FC 8-man submission grappling tournament will feature elite grapplers competing for $25,000. A new professional submission grappling promotion, Blue Collar FC, has recently announced a talent-rich, eight-man, $25,000 tournament featuring some of the planet’s top no-gi competitors. The tournament is set to go down on Friday, September
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Nick Rodriguez and seven other elite grapplers will compete in an eight-man absolute tournament at the UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4. The UFC Fight Pass Invitational 4 is shaping up to be one of the most significant grappling events of the summer. In addition to a main event clash between
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Vagner Rocha recently spoke about the USADA sanction he accepted as a result of his refusal to submit to testing in connection with the 2022 IBJJF No-Gi Worlds. In March, the IBJJF and USADA announced that five IBJJF black belt competitors had been hit with doping sanctions as a result
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“Cyborg” Abreu and Vagner Rocha are among the five competitors to accept a three-year ban from IBJJF competition.
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Earlier this week, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim caused a stir in the jiu-jitsu community by accusing Fight Sports leader Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu of mishandling the situation involving Fight Sports black belt Marcel Goncalves. Details on those allegations can be found here. In short, in 2018, Goncalves was arrested and
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In March 2018, jiu-jitsu black belt and former Fight Sports affiliate instructor Marcel Goncalves was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations that the then 31-year old Goncalves had had intercourse multiple times with a 17-year old student. Recently, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim released
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