Knowing when to give up on a submission attempt is a critical skill in grappling. Professional MMA fighter Igor Konstantinov learned that lesson the hard way when, at MMA Series 54: Triumph, he broke his own arm while attempting a submission on his opponent. Former Bellator MMA middleweight champion and
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Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds 2022: The Lightweights took place on Sunday, June 5. In the opening round of the tournament, B-Team representative Damien Anderson scored one of the most brutal knockouts we’ve ever seen in combat jiu-jitsu, as he “slapped” Adrian Madrid completely unconscious with a pair of palm strikes directly
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The 2022 ADCC West Coast Trials was the biggest Trials event ever and it produced countless memorable moments. Among those moments was the epic clash at 66 kg between The B-Team’s Damien Anderson and Brazilian Fight Factory’s Andrew Tackett. The match was one of the most entertaining of the entire
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Two of submission grappling’s top competitors made their promotional debuts at ONE Championship: ONE X. Four-time ADCC superfight champion Andre Galvao returned to competition for the first time since 2019 to take on Reinier De Ridder — the current ONE Championship middleweight and light heavyweight champion with a perfect professional
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Nicholas Meregali won by submission in his no-gi debut, but it didn’t come easily. On Friday at Who’s Number One, the two-time gi world champion defeated Checkmat’s Arnaldo Maidana by armbar in the final minute of the 15-minute submission-only match. For nearly all of the match, Meregali and Maidana grappled
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Known for his powerful and often injury-causing leg locks, Rousimar Palhares is one of the most feared competitors in grappling. At the ripe young age of 19, William Tackett traveled to Brazil to take on Palhares at a BJJ Bet show. Tackett recently posted that match on his YouTube channel,
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After a 2020 that saw countless event cancellations due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, competitive jiu-jitsu and submission grappling returned with an essentially full schedule in 2021. In honor of the year’s best moments, FloGrappling has released a highlight video of what it deems the best 21 submissions of 2021.
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Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) 121 took place on Friday, January 14, live from Dallas, TX. On a card filled with finishes, one stood out, in particular. Undefeated prospect Michael “The Mullet” Cyr put on a grappling clinic against fellow prospect Alden Coria, displaying brutal jiu-jitsu on his way to a
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The 2021 ADCC East Coast Trials were the largest trials event to-date. With over 600 total competitors registered, it was also arguably the most difficult ADCC Trial ever, making Kade Ruotolo’s seven wins on his way to gold in the 77kg division all the more impressive. In the finals, Ruotolo
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Legendary jiu-jitsu competitor Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida continues his march into the MMA world. On Friday, at ONE Championship: Winter Warriors, Almeida picked up his second professional MMA win when he submitted the previously undefeated Ji Won Kang in the first round. Watch video of Almeida’s fight and finish below. Almeida
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