The absolute finals at the 2023 IBJJF Europeans are set, plus, the divisions have been whittled down for the finals, and there's a new champion at brown belt.
Jan 28, 2023
All twenty athletes have taken to the scale and made it official for the Tezos WNO 19 card!
Aug 10, 2023
RIDER ZUCHI SAMELO DO AMARAL vs KAYNAN CASEMIRO DUARTE 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship
Jun 8, 2022, Pro
Kaynan Duarte looks back on his incredible path to victory at the 2019 ADCC World Championships.
Dec 4, 2020
André Galvão recaps his team's dominance at the IBJJF Grand Prix and makes plans to bring the fire at Worlds.
Mar 1
André Galvão discusses Kade Ruotolo's black belt debut and team ATOS matchups at the IBJJF Grand Prix on February 29th.
Feb 29
Apr 14, 2023
The WNO Podcast crew breaks down Kaynan Duarte vs Matheus Diniz on FloGrappling's Road to ADCC from July 17.
Jul 22, 2021
Kaynan Duarte Locks Tight RNC on Rodolfo Vieira
Apr 23, 2021, Pro
Feb 26
Kaynan Duarte suffered an early loss to Fellipe Andrew in the absolute, but the Atos star and returning champion battled back in his weight class to earn his spot in the semi-finals on Sunday.
Jun 5, 2022
Kaynan held nothing back, taking out Diniz in only two minutes and three seconds. He came out hard, sweeping Diniz’s legs out from under him and taking top position before dropping back into a leg attack and finishing with a leg lace / cloverleaf. Diniz wasn’t able to execute one single offensive move in the match. It looked very similar to when Kaynan submitted Rodolfo Vieira on WNO in 2020, insofar as the way he just dominated the match and shut out his opponent without even letting them get their game going. This marks a continued development from Kaynan. He’s famously lost via heel hook in high profile encounters, notably against Lachlan Giles at ADCC 2019 and most recently to Roberto Cyborg Abreu in 2020. Kaynan said he’s trained nothing but no-gi for the last five months, and said he’s invested much more into lower body submissions. If that’s th case and we got a glimpse of it at the Road to ADCC, then the 23-year-old Kaynan may have just become even more dangerous than he already was, and given that he is the #3-ranked P4P no-gi grappler, that’s already pretty dangerous. It’s unlikely he’ll be able to improve that ranking in direct competition due to Gordon’s medical issues and the fact Cyborg is slowing down, competing less and possibly even nearing retirement.
Jul 20, 2021
Aug 4, 2023
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Kaynan Duarte vs Giancarlo Bodoni Who's Number One Championship
Sep 26, 2021, Pro
Aug 9, 2023
Kaynan Duarte has done it all at this point in his career, but a new focus on no-gi throughout the year has provided some insights into his overall jiu-jitsu and created new tactics ahead of the IBJJF 2022 World Championships.
May 26, 2022
Aug 11, 2023
Kaynan Duarte vs Joao Costa Subversiv 5
Sep 13, 2021, Pro
Kaynan Duarte vs Chris Dempsey Subversiv 5
Kaynan Duarte's show down with Rodolfo Vieira will be his most important match of the year, see how he prepares for such a dangerous opponent.
Dec 3, 2020, Pro
Kaynan Duarte vs Kyle Boehm Who's Number One Championship
Sep 25, 2021, Pro