The Weekly Rollup: Slapfights in Portland, Breakout Stars, & More
The Weekly Rollup: Slapfights in Portland, Breakout Stars, & More
Slapfights in Portland, breakout stars, and one epic competition coming to NYC , it's all here in this week's edition of the weekly rollup!
Slapfights in Portland, breakout stars, and one epic competition coming to NYC: it's all here in this week's edition of the weekly rollup!
Who The Hell Is Craig Jones?
Sometimes when top competitors don’t live in the big jiu-jitsu areas such as Rio, Southern California, or New York, they don’t get easy access to the spotlight. But if you submit potentially the best competitor of the time, on the biggest stage of the year, you’re propelled to the limelight almost instantly.
Enter Craig Jones. Read on
Motivated Yuri Simoes Eager For Victory Over Gordon Ryan
KASAI Pro will put two ADCC 2017 champions face-to-face in its main event this Saturday in New York. Yuri Simoes, the ADCC champ at 88kg in 2015 and 99kg in 2017, will face the brash, young upstart Gordon Ryan, the 2017 88kg champ and absolute silver medalist.
Simoes, who also holds two IBJJF No-Gi World Championship titles, will meet Ryan in the headlining match, a superfight in every sense of the word. Read on
Caio Terra Bringing Team Of Killers With Him To F2W Pro 57
Caio Terra is coming back to the Fight To Win Pro stage on Friday, Dec. 8, but he’s not stepping up there alone.
Before Terra puts it on the line for the 125lb black belt no-gi title against Marcelo Cohen, seven more members of Caio Terra Association will also be giving it their all at F2W Pro 57 in San Jose, CA. Read on to see the full CTA crew
Chael Sonen Gets Slapped During Scuffle Between Shields & Agazarm
Chael Sonnen needed to get physical during his own grappling event on Sunday night.
While Shields and Agazarm are known to be enemies, the tensions between the two black belt grapplers boiled over after Shields defeated Gilbert "Durinho" Burns in overtime in Sunday's main event. During his post-match interview with Sonnen, Shields was asked whom he’d like to face next in the SUG cage. Read more
UNLOCKED Matches
Caio Terra vs Kristian Woodmanse F2W Pro 38
Celso Vinicius vs Enrico Cocco ADCC
Social Hits
(IBJJF) Gezary Matuda vs. Sofia Amarante — 2017 Europeans
Kasai Belt Demos
AJ Agazarm Waxes Poetic About The Nature Of Competition/Rules