Nick Rodriguez is one of the fastest-rising talents the jiu-jitsu world has ever seen. After placing second place at the 2019 ADCC championships as a blue belt, Rodriguez has continued to compete and find success at the highest levels of the sport. Along with the notoriety that comes with a
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Nick Rodriguez has some of the best pure wrestling in all of jiu-jitsu; he is a takedown and top control specialist that has found success at the highest levels of the sport. But how does his wrestling stack up against a truly elite wrestler? Recently, Rodriguez got some wrestling rounds
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The upcoming Who’s Number One (WNO) just got much more interesting. Jordan Burroughs — one of the best folkstyle and freestyle wrestlers of his generation — will face fellow elite wrestler Isaiah Martinez in a wrestling match of the next WNO on June 18. This will be the first ever
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Oliver Taza has been a fixture of the elite competitive jiu-jitsu scene for five years, and he’s spent the bulk of that time as a member of the famed Danaher Death Squad. Going from white through purple belt with Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi, then receiving his brown and black
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X2 ADCC world champ and X13 IBJJF gold medalist Marcus ‘Buchecha’ Almeida has decided to make the move from BJJ into mixed martial arts, and for his MMA debut it has been revealed that the Brazilian grappler will be facing Senegalese wrestler Oumar ‘Reug Reug’ Kane. First reported by MMA
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New Developments in Bio-Printing Technology Regarding Cauliflower Ear In a recent research paper, first published in Science Advances, Professor Maling Gou explains how his team used a microchip (called a digital mirror device) in conjunction with “Bioink” (a viscous fluid made up of cartilage cells and various proprietary chemicals) to
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It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who follows MMA or competitive BJJ but martial arts are constantly developing even centuries after they were first conceived and now we have another grappling art to add to the list, Gi Luta Livre. The new development comes from one of the pupils of
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Khabib Nurmagomedov is uniquely qualified to give an outsider’s perspective on BJJ. He’s not just an undefeated UFC Lightweight Champion with a perfect 28-0 record but he’s also a Judo black belt and two-time Combat Sambo World Champion known for his relentless takedowns and incredible chain-wrestling. He’s no stranger to
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This article is the latest in a series on BJJ Fundamentals, looking into the clinch. For the rest of the series, click here. The third topic in our multi part series on fundamentals in jujitsu is how to effectively use the hands and arms to gain dominant position and then
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Ahead of this Third Coast Grappling 3 this tonight, the promotion has announced an exciting match for their fourth event on March 14th. They’ve booked another superfight in Nick Rodriguez v Pat Downey which will take place under the same rules that Gordon Ryan and Bo Nickal meet this weekend.
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