On a stacked Tezos WNO card of decorated grapplers, one name stands out. It's a last name, and it's shared by two competitors. Rocha.

One weeks ahead of Tezos WNO 19, two-time ADCC world champion Kaynan Duarte is wrapping up his preparations to face Nicholas Meragali in the main event on August 10. Scheduled to take place in Austin, TX, the event will feature the Atos heavy hitter in the main event against a rival with whom he shares a 2-2 record.

With less than a year competing among the jiu-jitsu elite at black belt, Dream Art rising star Carlos Henrique is set to make his Tezos WNO debut on the preliminary undercard of Tezos WNO 19: Nicholas Meregali vs Kaynan Durate, scheduled for August 10, in Austin, TX.

Com poucos dias até o Tezos Who's Number One 19, o bicampeão mundial do ADCC Kaynan Duarte está finalizando suas preparações para encarar Nicholas Meregali na luta principal do evento, que ocorre no dia 10 de agosto. Com sua realização programada para a cidade texana de Austin, nos Estados Unidos, o evento verá o craque da Atos dividindo seu card com outros grandes nomes do esporte.

Though Troy Russell has been active on superfight stages across Texas and Oklahoma since 2017, the Lovato black belt’s breakout moment within professional jiu-jitsu was unequivocally at Tezos WNO 18 in May 2023. In beating middleweight journeyman Austin Oranday via heel hook from a leglock shootout, Russell did more than punctuate his Tezos WNO debut with an exciting submission victory; he punched his ticket to the biggest opportunity of his career so far, a Tezos WNO main card appearance against rising star, Andrew Tackett.

It is no secret that Essential Jiu-Jitsu’s pro training is LEGIT. I would describe the training session as a hip-hop fueled roller coaster ride beginning with a warm up that would leave most hobbyists curling and ending with puddles of sweat covering the mat, symbolic of work well done.