2022 IBJJF Europeans results, videos: Ex-Bellator champ Lovato, Andrew, Pessanha among big winners
Rafael Lovato Jr. wins first major title at adult since 2013 In September 2014, Rafael Lovato Jr. made his professional MMA debut at Legacy Fighting…
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Top five grapplers to watch at IBJJF Europeans, the first major gi championship in 2022
The first major gi championship of 2022 takes place in Rome, Italy this weekend with the IBJJF hosting the European Championships. The event was last…
ADCC 2nd South American Trials results and videos: Mayssa, Fabricio, and Gutemberg win gold
Last weekend, ADCC head organizer Mo Jassim hosted the first 2022 ADCC South American Trials in Balneario Camboriu, Brazil. Yesterday the trials went to Sao…
Preparation is the one thing I can control – Jon Anik reveals 10 day process for weekly UFC shows
With over a decade of experience as a UFC commentator, Jon Anik’s voice has become synonymous with the Octagon. The Boston native has called UFC…
Abu Dhabi’s AJP Tour Returns to the U.S. with Gi and No-Gi Orlando International Pro Events
The AJP Tour 2021-2022 season rolls on with the first 2022 event on U.S. soil taking place in Orlando, Florida on April 16th and 17th.…
ADCC 1st South American Trials results and videos: Mica Galvao, Roosevelt Sousa claim spots
The ADCC World Championships return this fall to the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. COVID pushed the championship back a year, further…
BJJ world champ Lucas ‘Hulk’ Barbosa moves to MMA, set for PFL debut
The recently announced PFL Challenger Series kicks off on Friday, February 22nd at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The eight week series will have fighters…
Tiffany ‘Time Bomb’ Van Soest talks Glory 80 title fight vs. RISE champion Manazo Kobayashi
Glory Kickboxing is back with a bang in 2022 with their first event of the year going down in Hasselt, Belgium on March 19th. The…
Matches to Make After WNO: Craig Jones vs. Pedro Marinho
WNO’s first event of 2022 went down last weekend in Dallas, Texas, kicking the year off with some great no-gi matches featuring some of the…
Glory heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven: ‘I just love what I’m seeing’ from Jake Paul
Glory Heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven is coming off one of his best years as a combat sports athlete, amassing a 3-0 record and putting on…
‘MMA for me doesn’t make any sense’ – Rico Verhoeven talks Overeem, why he’ll stick with kickboxing
2021 was quite the year for the King of Kickboxing, Rico Verhoeven. Rico went 3-0 in the ring and ended 2021 with one of the…
Jacare Souza plans for boxing debut
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza retired from mixed arts competition in 2021 following a four fight losing streak that was capped off by his first ever submission…
Being world champ doesn’t change your life – Guilherme Mendes on difficulty making a living in BJJ
Brothers Rafael and Guilherme Mendes are two of the most successful lighter weight jiu-jitsu competitors of all time. Rafael won six IBJJF World and two…
Brown belt IBJJF world champs ready to shake up black belt divisions, Part 2: Ruotolo bros, Rodrigues, more
The IBJJF World Championships have long been considered the pinnacle of competitive jiu-jitsu. The black belts are always the main focus, as they represent the…
Brown belt IBJJF world champs ready to shake up black belt divisions, Part 1: Gomes, Casser, more
The IBJJF World Championships have long been considered the pinnacle of competitive jiu-jitsu. The black belts are always the main focus, as they represent the…
2021 IBJJF Worlds Results: Meregali DQ’d, Pessanha takes double gold, Mesquita wins 10th title
The first IBJJF Worlds in two and a half years went down over the weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center and was full of upsets,…
2021 IBJJF Worlds Preview: Adult Female Black Belt
The last IBJJF World Championship took place over two and half years ago in May 2019, leaving the top gi competitors in the world without…
2021 IBJJF Worlds Preview: Adult Male Black Belt
The last IBJJF World Championship took place over two and half years ago in May 2019, leaving a void in the professional jiu-jitsu scene and…
Emerald City Invitational 3 Results: Oliver Taza wins 185 lbs tournament
The Emerald City Invitational returned on Saturday, December 4th to Martinsville, New Jersey for its third event, this time featuring a 16-man 185 lb. bracket…
Roosevelt Sousa and Nathalie Ribeiro crowned King and Queen of Mats in Brazil
In the last gi jiu-jitsu competition before the 2021 IBJJF Worlds next week, the AJP Tour hosted its King and Queen of Mats event on…