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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As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down and the world slowly returns to normal, top jiu-jitsu promotions are finally returning to action. Brazilian promotion BJJ Bet has announced a card for Sunday, August 1, and the card is stacked top to bottom with the best competitors in jiu-jitsu. In the main
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Although Gordon Ryan has taken an indefinite leave of absence from competition, that doesn’t mean he’s entirely off the scene. Shortly before Friday’s Who’s Number One (WNO) event, Ryan sat down with FloGrappling to break down his favorite matches on the card, which features a main event between Craig Jones
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On Friday, May 28, Who’s Number One (WNO) will hold its fourth event of the year with a card headlined by Craig Jones and Luiz Panza. Lower on the card, four-time world champion Mikey Musumeci once again competes in no-gi as he will be taking on top 135-pound competitor Lucas
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Top pound-for-pound grappler Gordon Ryan has never been quiet about his wealth. But how much does he actually make? In a recent Instagram post, Ryan revealed how much money he expected to make this year from jiu-jitsu competition alone. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gordon King
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