WNO 27 delivered chaos, legacy shifts, and history in the making.

Who's Number One returns with a monumental edition as WNO 27 brings together some of the most elite names in grappling for a night of high-stakes matchups.

WNO 27 is set to take place on April 18 at the Kalahari Resorts Convention Center, and it's one of the competition's best cards to date.

WNO 27, taking place on April 18, at the Kalahari Resorts Convention Center, promises to deliver a night full of world-class submission grappling.

Xande Ribeiro and Richie "Boogeyman" Martinez will battle against each other in the most staked card in the short history of Who's Number One for WNO 27 on April 18 in Round Rock, Texas.

WNO's second event of 2025 features top-tier grapplers, with the main event being "one of the biggest grappling matches this year" with Kaynan Duarte and Nick Rodriguez at WNO 27.

WNO 27 is April 18 and Kaynan Duarte and Nick Rodriguez will headline the main event, and many more of the best grapplers worldwide will make for a stacked and exciting card.

Chegando para sua vigésima sétima edição, o Who's Number One se prepara para promover mais um evento memorável para os fãs da arte suave. Com destino marcado para Round Rock, no Texas, o WNO 27 se prepara para tomar conta do Kalahari Convention Center no dia 18 de abril, com alguns dos principais atletas do cenário internacional do grappling mostrando suas valências em busca da vitória. No card principal do torneio, Xande Ribeiro ingressa na divisão de meio-pesados e encara Richie Martinez em duelo de veteranos.

Grappling legend Xande Ribeiro will make his return to professional jiu-jitsu when he takes on 10th Planet OG Richie "Boogeyman" Martinez at WNO 27. This stylistic clash goes down April 18th in Round Rock, TX as part of a packed night of super fights that is headlined by ADCC Champion Kaynan Duarte vs CJI Champion Nick Rodriguez in the biggest WNO super fight in history. This will be Ribeiro's first professional match since 2021, and the first meeting between these two impressive veterans.

Grappling legend Xande Ribeiro has thrown his name in for the IBJJF European Championships in 2025, marking his return to competition after a few years away after a tentative retirement. Ribeiro has entered Masters 3 heavyweight, and has spoken before about wanting to compete around the World to say goodbye to the fans and friends he has made during his remarkable career.

ADCC has announced the first member of the 2024 ADCC Hall of Fame class; 2-time champion and record holder for most matches & wins Xande Ribeiro. He will join the inaugural class that was inducted in 2022.

As the dust settles after the 2022 ADCC World Championships, ADCC has released the winners of their four prestigious awards given out at every ADCC Worlds. The awards are for best athlete, best takedown, best match and fastest submission.

Great news for the grappling world as Mo Jassim has been selected as the Head Organizer for the ADCC World Championships in 2024. This event will again be held in Las Vegas with a targeted date of September 2024, with trials kicking off at the East Coast Trials in November 2023.

The European trials have often been considered one of the "easiest" methods by which an athlete can earn entry to ADCC, especially compared to North American and South American trials.

Those who follow Amy Campo know that this season has been her breakout year, both in and out of the gi. In less than nine months, Campo racked up an outstanding victim list that brought her out of relative anonymity and increasingly into the competitive spotlight. She was runner-up at ADCC East Coast Trials (November 2021), brown belt double gold IBJJF World champion (December 2021), winner of ADCC West Trials (April 2022) and runner-up in the absolute division of her first IBJJF Worlds at Black Belt (June 2022).