Check out the full tournament line-up for the IBJJF Absolute GP, featuring Nicholas Meregali and Victor Hugo. This Friday, September 1, eight elite gi jiu-jitsu competitors will square off in the IBJJF Absolute Grand Prix with a $40,000 cash purse on the line. Competing in the tournament will be reigning
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We look back at notable performances from Tainan Dalpra, Victor Hugo, and others at the 2023 Brasileiros. The 2023 Brasileiros – one of the four “grand slam” tournaments on the IBJJF calendar – took place last week, with adult black belts competing over the weekend. For the most part, the
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships take place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Ahead of the big tournament, Grappling Insider will be previewing each division. Read a preview of the 66 kg. division here, the 77 kg. division here, the 88 kg. division here, and the 99 kg. division here. For many
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It would appear that Gordon Ryan is ready to fully return to elite competition. On Friday, after a year away from official competition, Ryan returned to the Who’s Number One (WNO) stage where he thoroughly dominated top Daisy Fresh brown belt Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch. Shortly after the match,
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Checkmat brown belt Elder Cruz has risen to the top of the jiu-jitsu and submission grappling world at a lightning-fast pace. He won double gold at the 2020 Pans as a purple belt and repeated that feat as a brown belt in 2021. Cruz also won double gold at the
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The fallout from Nicholas Meregali’s disciplinary disqualification from the 2021 IBJJF Worlds continues. Victor Hugo — the man that Meregali was facing when he gave the finger to someone in the audience — didn’t take kindly to Meregali’s reaction to the disqualification and is now offering to face Meregali in
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At the 2021 IBJJF Worlds, top black belt competitor Nicholas Meregali was disqualified from the competition after making an obscene gesture during his ultra-heavy semifinal match against Victor Hugo. Meregali was initially awarded the victory, but was subsequently disqualified and forced out of scheduled finals matches in both the absolute
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Going into the 2021 IBJJF Worlds, many predicted returning 2019 world champion Nicholas Meregali to take home double gold. Meregali seemed poised to do exactly that, winning his way to the finals of both the absolute and ultra-heavyweight divisions. But in his ultra-heavyweight semifinal match against Victor Hugo, Meregali was
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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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On Saturday, November 13 at the IBJJF’s Jiu-Jitsu Con, eight elite jiu-jitsu players — four middleweights and four heavyweights — competed in mini tournaments, each with a $20,000 purse on the line. Rookie black belt Tainan Dalpra took home the gold at middleweight, while Victor Hugo won the heavyweight division.
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