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Back for its much-anticipated third iteration, UFC BJJ 3 delivers on a stacked fight card packed with some of the best grapplers on the planet. UFC BJJ 2 Main Event In the main event, reigning bantamweight champion and BJJ star Mikey Musumeci attempts to defend his strap for a second time against...
Kicking off its inaugural first event from the world-renowned Apex in Las Vegas, UFC BJJ prepares to launch into the combat sports mainstream with an action-packed fight card loaded with some of the best Jiu-Jitsu practitioners on the planet. Headlining the event, former ONE Championship Flyweigh...
Marcelo Garcia is ready to bring his talents back to the masses. The BJJ legend signed a deal with ONE Championship to return to active competition. While no date has been given for his return, Garcia was adamant he had never officially hung up his black belt. “I don’t know if people realize it, ...
One of the best grappling matches of the year takes place this Friday in Austin, Texas at Who’s Number One! UFC middleweight Rodolfo Vieira takes on reigning ADCC champion Kaynan Duarte. The contest headlines a grappling event that can be seen live on flograppling.com starting at 8pm eastern time...
Bellator is returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena for their second show in the pandemic era of MMA. Bellator 243 is headlined by a highly anticipated rematch between Michael Chandler (20-5) and Benson Henderson (28-8). In their first match, Chandler defended the lightweight championship against Hend...
34-year old Canadian Jesse Ronson has finally got his return call back to the UFC after 7 long years of waiting. The first call came when John Makdessi was ruled out of his bout against Carlos Diego Ferreira on December 8th, 2018 and Ronson was scheduled as the replacement fighter. Unfortunately,...
If you’re hooked on combat sports, you’re no stranger to injuries and a bit of pain. Taking a few knocks and sustaining sports injuries is part and parcel of sports including Muay Thai, boxing, judo, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and other mixed martial arts. However, if sports are a big part of...
The latest in my series of “What To Watch For”, shines a spotlight on MFL 16. Montreal Fight League has been on the scene for over two and a half years now. Quebec MMA is a fruitful scene overall and MFL has been providing a great platform for French Canadian as well as Ontario-based martial […]
If you are a fan of grappling, you will know the names Gordon Ryan, Garry Tonon and Nicky Rodriguez. Well, our friend Adi Artwork has generously donated three prints. One of each of the aforementioned grapplers. The prints will be printed on heavy stock paper. The Ryan and Rodriguez ones are 16×2...
Polaris Pro Grappling invades the United Kingdom to bring Polaris 12 from Wales on Saturday, November 30th. The main event will have breakout star Nick Rodriguez take on former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold. This will be Rodriguez’s third time on Polaris’ mats as he has won twice previo...
In this one on one interview with MMASucka.com, “The African Samurai” Manny Flores (1-1) talks about his fight against Ryan Hardy Evans (0-1) at Ring of Combat 69. The Serra BJJ/Longo-Weidman MMA fighter talked about preparing for the fight, his opponent, training alongside fighters like Chris We...
One of jiu jitsu’s premier promotions, Polaris Professional, returns for Polaris 11 on August 31st in Manchester. Polaris has made a name for themselves by putting on competitive matches and getting some of the biggest names in the sport to compete. These include Bellator’s Dillon Danis and AJ Ag...
BJJ Mental Models is a podcast which explores the conceptual side of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Black belt brothers Steve & Matt Kwan discuss the mental models, or universal principles, behind the gentle art. What are mental models? Mental models are frameworks for understanding how things work. We use...
BJJ Mental Models is a podcast which explores the conceptual side of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Black belt brothers Steve & Matt Kwan discuss the mental models, or universal principles, behind the gentle art. What are mental models? Mental models are frameworks for understanding how things work. We use...
RIZIN 16 has a lot of great fights on the card. If there is one fight that is going to be a guaranteed brawl, it’s going to be Japan’s Mamoru “Fullswing” Uoi (21-6-5) vs. Hawaii’s Kana “The One Man Riot” Hyatt (16-19). The two clash Sunday, June 2 in Kobe at the Kobe Memorial World Hall. How […]
Brazil’s Natan Schulte (15-3-1) got an easy win over China’s Bao Yincang (13-7) when he submitted the Sanda fighter with a rear naked choke in the first round at PFL Season 2 Week 2. The win earns Schulte six points, three for the win and three for the first round stoppage. As of this writing, he...