The 2024 ADCC World Championships take place on August 17-18 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Grappling Insider will be previewing every division at the event. Check out a preview of the 66kg division here, the 77kg division here, the 88kg division here, the 99kg division here, and the +99kg division here. The 2024 ADCC World
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Top no-gi competitor Amanda Leve spoke to Grappling Insider about the 65kg division at the 2024 ADCC World Championships. Amanda Leve stands a good chance to become the first-ever 65kg ADCC world champion. A black belt under respected coach and ADCC judge Jay Regalbuto, Leve has quietly become one of
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Reigning ONE atomweight submission grappling world champion Danielle Kelly spoke about her upcoming title defense against Mayssa Bastos at ONE Fight Night 24. Danielle Kelly will come into her upcoming match against Mayssa Bastos as the reigning and defending champion, but she says she’s the underdog against the decorated Brazilian.
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For the first time in 17 years, the ADCC will hold a women’s absolute division at the 2024 ADCC World Championships in Las Vegas. According to a report from FloGrappling, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim has announced that the 2024 ADCC World Championships will host a women’s absolute division. The
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This Saturday, Feb 25th Enyo Grappling are back in Southampton, England for their second show. The event will be held at Southampton Central Hall and will begin at 4:30pm GMT (buy tickets here). There will be 20 matches of 40 tough women from blue to black belt, with a mix
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Name: Danielle TigheAge: 38D.O.B: 26/12/82Nationality: BritishLocation: East SussexGym: Revolution Martial Arts, KentCoach: Steve O’KeeffeBJJ Rank: Purple BeltHeight: 5’6Weight Class: Middleweight Danielle Tighe is a ferocious BJJ purple belt competitor from East Sussex, England fighting out of Revolution Martial Arts, Kent under 1st Degree Black Belt Steve O’Keeffe at Checkmat. Tighe
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Being a Woman in BJJ – What’s It Like? Being a woman in any male dominated industry can be tough, but at times, it can depend on your approach and your attitude towards what you’re doing. BJJ is addictive. You want to constantly learn and progress and feel and see
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Being a woman in any male-dominated field can be tough for a plethora of reasons, but being a woman in martial arts comes with problems most can’t even imagine. Thankfully now, organisations such as Women Who Fight exists. I interviewed them to learn more about what they do, so that
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Women got it done at Submission Hunter Pro 60. With the elevated mat came elevated status as the main event featured a UFC fighter opposite a rising star, all live-streamed on UFC FIghtPass. In the main event, Danielle Kelly defeated the #8 UFC women’s flyweight Roxanne Modafferi. Female grapplers from all over the country — hailing from big prominent schools to the smaller community centers — rose to the occasion, with The Rose as a beneficiary, in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Read moreRoxanne Modafferi is the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) #8 in the women’s flyweight division. She will be facing top prospect Danielle Kelly in the main event of Submission Hunter Pro 60, an all-female card stacked with some of Jiu-Jitsu’s rising stars and exciting grapplers.
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