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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News, Competitions/Tournaments

Emerald City Invitational 4: Gianni Grippo, Keith Krikorian, Josh Cisneros Announced

After a successful 2021, the Emerald City Invitational now has in plan to make 2022 into an even more successful year for its submission-only competitions! The promotion has announced its next event...

Watch: Carla Esparza Suffers Cut That Ends Grappling Match vs. Danielle Kelly

The Fury Grappling 3 match between Carla Esparza and Danielle Kelly didn’t end as either of the two athletes nor the grappling community had hoped. Stepping in to replace Rose Namajunas in the...

Carla Esparza vs. Danielle Kelly Set for Fury Grappling 3

The “Fury Grappling 3” event is taking time on Thursday, December 30. It’ll feature a number of elite-level matches; however, one of the most anticipated bouts won’t take...

WNO: Tye Ruotolo vs. Levi Jones-Leary Announced for Welterweight Title Match

Image Credits: FloGrappling The next Who’s Number One (WNO) event is taking place on January 21… And after the reveal of the main match – the one for the light heavyweight title,...

Who’s Number One: Craig Jones vs. Pedro Marinho Announced for Title Match

Image Credits: FloGrappling With 2021 nearing its end, the grappling fans worldwide are eagerly expecting to see which exciting matches will take place next year. So, considering that the Who’s...

Neiman Gracie vs. Logan Storley Scheduled For Early 2022 Bellator Event

Neiman Gracie has himself a fight for early 2022! He’ll take on Logan Storley in a welterweight bout which is scheduled for a February 19 Bellator card, as reported by MMA Junkie. Logan Storley...

Craig Jones vs. UFC’s Sean Brady Scheduled for Fury Grappling 3

Fury Grappling 3 is headed to be one of the most spectacular grappling tournaments of 2021! Scheduled for December 30 (what better way to end the year than with a great BJJ event!), it now announced...

Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: Craig Jones Submits Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone with Rear Naked Choke

Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Featherweights had heaps of exciting matches at its disposal! And the one which Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fans expected the most – the superfight between Craig Jones and...

UFC Vegas 45: Jordan Leavitt Taps Out Matt Sayles with Inverted Triangle Choke

UFC Vegas 45 didn’t disappoint – not in terms of excitement, nor in terms of grappling display. But the match that was most exciting grappling/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu wise was definitely the...

UFC Fightpass Invitational: Full Results & Highlights

The first ever UFC Fightpass Invitational was superb! The event featured a couple of superfights and a four-team submission-only tournament that included a number of elite BJJ athletes, as well as...

Nick Rodriguez vs. Steve Mowry Announced for Fury Grappling 3

Things are heating up in the world of grappling as 2021 approaches its end! It’s now Fury Grappling that announced a new, exciting matchup for December 30 and its “Fury Grappling 3”...

Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: Elias Anderson Vs. Urijah Faber Announced

What an upcoming Sunday we have on our hands! On December 19, “Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Featherweights” will take place… And, as it’s now been announced, will feature a...

Watch: Julianna Pena Submits Amanda Nunes with Rear Naked Choke at UFC 269

Julianna Pena pulled off one of the biggest upset wins in the UFC history a couple of days ago. In the co-main event of UFC 269, in Las Vegas, she fought for the women’s bantamweight title...

Submission Underground 29: Sean Strickland Turns Back On Opponent, Gets Choked Out

Submission Underground (SUG) displayed yet another edition of its excellent promotion, with Submission Underground 29. It featured a tag-team grappling championship, as well as a main event between...

UFC Champion Rose Namajunas vs. Danielle Kelly Scheduled for Fury Grappling 3

Just when you’ve thought that the end of the year couldn’t be more exciting grappling-wise… Another great matchup gets announced to prove you wrong! Fury Grappling just announced...

2021 IBJJF World Championship: Full Results & Highlights

The 2021 IBJJF World Championship was full of high-paced matches. As far as the male athletes were considered, Mikey Musumeci was the winner in the roosterweight division – beating Bruno...

UFC 269: Charles Oliveira Taps Out Dustin Poirier with Rear Naked Choke

Image Credits: AP Charles Oliveira proved, once again, why he’s one of the best grapplers in the UFC. In the main event of UFC 269, the lightweight champion defended his title against Dustin...

UFC 269: Ryan Hall Uses First-Class Grappling, Wins via Decision

Ryan Hall is back in business! He put on a display of his signature, first-class grappling skillset and earned a unanimous decision win against Darrick Minner at UFC 269. In the first round –...

Felipe Pena & Nicholas Meregali Set For 2021 IBJJF Worlds Absolute Final

It’s now official… Felipe Pena and Nicholas Meregali are set to face each other in the 2021 IBJJF Worlds Absolute finals’ match! “Preguica” was more than excited and...

Ruotolo Brothers Face Each Other in Epic 2021 IBJJF Worlds Final Match

Tye and Kade – the Ruotolo brothers – are one of the best grapplers in the world. However, despite competing at various divisions (and mostly at no-gi tournaments), the two haven’t...

Emerald City Invitational 3: Full Results of “The Battle of Heel Hooks”

The Emerald City Invitational 3 featured a 185lbs division $10,000 grand prix… Which was full of Heel Hook finishes! And wouldn’t you know it – it was Oliver Taza who took the...

UFC Vegas 44: Claudio Puelles Wins The Match via Slick Kneebar

Claudio Puelles, UFC’s lightweight athlete fighting out of Peru, showed his grappling skills at UFC Vegas 44 prelims. At 3:25 in the third round, he pulled off a slick Kneebar finish against...

UFC Vegas 44: Clay Guida Wins by Rear Naked Choke After Losing 46-0 in Significant Strikes

The UFC Vegas 44 saw some fantastic fights, among which were two spectacular submission finishes: Claudio Puelles’ Kneebar against Chris Gruetzemacher and Leonardo Santos’s loss to Clay...

ONE Winter Warriors: Stamp Fairtex Wins via Armbar

You know what they say: if you don’t succeed at once, try it again. Which is exactly what Stamp Fairtex did in her recent win at ONE Winter Warriors, against Ritu Phogat. Before this important...