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  1. Team Leaders React To ADCC's Female Weight Class Expansion

    Team Leaders React To ADCC's Female Weight Class Expansion

    Jun 28, 2023

    ADCC made a landmark change this week to its structure for the 2023-2024 season, breaking a 15-year-long tradition. After years of clamoring from athletes and coaches, with years of consideration by its organizers, the ADCC has added another weight class to the female divisions.
  2. All Access: Cole Abate's Last Tournament At Purple Belt

    All Access: Cole Abate's Last Tournament At Purple Belt

    Jan 25, 2023

    Watch Cole Abate's entire run at the 2023 IBJJF European Championship!
  3. Grappling Bulletin: 2022 IBJJF Worlds Will Be A Clash Of Generations

    Grappling Bulletin: 2022 IBJJF Worlds Will Be A Clash Of Generations

    May 16, 2022

    The 2022 IBJJF World Championships is just weeks away. For you hardcore no-gi fans, you may be surprised to see so many familiar faces dust off their gi for the biggest IBJJF tournament of the year– there will be a number of Trials winners in the mix, and a decent amount of invitees, too.
  4. Grappling Bulletin: Mica Galvao Subs Hulk & Beats Leandro, Wins BJJ Stars

    Grappling Bulletin: Mica Galvao Subs Hulk & Beats Leandro, Wins BJJ Stars

    May 2, 2022

    At only 18 years of age Mica Galvao is already one of the most-talked about athletes in jiu-jitsu. If you thought the attention he has received in any way unwarranted, last weekend's events would have put those doubts to bed.
  5. Grappling Bulletin: The Rise & Rise of Tainan Dalpra, New P4P #1 Black Belt

    Grappling Bulletin: The Rise & Rise of Tainan Dalpra, New P4P #1 Black Belt

    Dec 20, 2021

    The dust has settled after the 25th edition of the IBJJF World Championships, and the furor around a certain well-known black belt's middle finger has died down.
  6. IBJJF Long Beach Open Results/Recap: Ronaldo, Jimenez, Jansen & Jessa Shine

    IBJJF Long Beach Open Results/Recap: Ronaldo, Jimenez, Jansen & Jessa Shine

    Nov 4, 2019

    Ronaldo Junior scoring sub after sub, Jessa Khan getting promoted to brown belt and Jansen Gomes subbing six opponents for double purple belt gold– it was an eventful day at the 2019 IBJJF Long Beach International Open. 
  7. Prospect Watch: The Next Generation of AOJ Standouts

    Prospect Watch: The Next Generation of AOJ Standouts

    Oct 15, 2019

    The IBJJF Pan Kids is a window into the future of the sport, the best kids at Pans tend to have success at the juvenile level next before graduating into the adult divisions at 18. If you have followed this event over the ten years of its existence, you know that the Costa Mesa-based Art of Jiu-Jitsu academy stands out among the rest as the best kids team in the world.
  8. Pros Predict: The ADCC Absolute Superfight Between Galvao vs Pena

    Pros Predict: The ADCC Absolute Superfight Between Galvao vs Pena

    Sep 25, 2019

    No superfight has captured the attention and interest of the grappling world quite like Andre Galvao vs Felipe Pena, perhaps because there is much more on the line than the belt.