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What's Happening In Jiu-Jitsu
-WNO 32 happened in Austin, TX last Tuesday and the headline is Dorian Olivarez winning the vacant lightweight championship in a dominant performance. The evening also featured WNO's first youth bracket, with Simple Man's James Ortiz defeating two other teens he had previously lost to in dramatic fashion for the championship. You can watch the full replay now on FloGrappling.
-IBJJF has closed the registration for Brasileiros, with the event reaching record capacity. IBJJF continues to break their own records year after year for attendance, membership, and participation. Pan Kids registration is also open now. Both those events will be on FloGrappling.
-There are new FloGrappling world rankings for both gi & no-gi and notably we have multiple new number ones including; Sarah Galvão in women's gi pound-for-pound, Dorian Olivarez in no-gi men's 155lbs, Diego Pato in men's gi pound-for-pound, Cole Abate at men's gi lightweight, and Marcos Gomes in men's gi rooster.
-FloGrappling joins the grappling community in mourning the loss of coral belt Master Marcio 'Macarrão' Stambowsky, from Gracie Barra. Marcio was one of Rolls Gracie's few black belts and played a key roll in the early expansion of jiu-jitsu to the world.
-PGF held their fifth regular season week, with the Las Vegas Kings winning the team championship. The playoffs for the individual champion will be held this upcoming Wednesday, live on YouTube, with eight grapplers vying for the championship and big cash prize. Jett Thompson, who also won last season, will be the one seed.
-UFC BJJ 7 went down in Las Vegas as well on Thursday, with three title matches and two title changes. They also announced the next main event, Mikey Musumeci against Kevin Dantzler for the bantamweight title.
-Main Character Jiu-Jitsu's card is set for their next event, May 3rd with a whopping SIX title matches. They include Oliver Taza vs Michael Sainz, Mo Black vs Jasmine Rocha, Helena Crevar vs Kennedy Franklin, Natasha Druggan vs Jaine Fragoso, Nick Mataya vs Marlon Tajik, and Gianni Grippo vs Reese LaFever. You can watch the entire event on FloGrappling.
-Cage Fury Grappling went down with two title matches. Oliver Taza beat Sean Yadimarco at middleweight, Keith Krikorian beat Matt Masch by submission, and 14 year old prodigy Joslyn Molina kept her winning ways up with another arm triangle victory.
-Submission Hunter Pro 102 went down in Texas, with the most notable result being Joao Menezes defeating Michael Esquivel by decision in a hard fought match.
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LIJJN - You can apply to be on an upcoming card here.
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