In the second year of the ultimate event, The Crown has named six new kings and queens of grappling exciting on a Sunday full of action that came to you live from Long Beach, CA on November 17.

In the second year of one of the biggest Gi grappling events on the calendar, The IBJJF Crown has been filled with plenty of action and excitement.

The IBJJF is back with their premier invitation event The Crown, a tournament that brings together champions, veterans, and up-and-comers to battle it out for supremacy at the end of the IBJJF gi season. With expanded brackets and lots of prize money on the line, this year's event is looking to be bigger and better than last year's inaugural edition. Who has the edge leading into Sunday's action? Let's take a look at every division by favorites, contenders, and darkhorses.

The field is set at The Crown for lightweight, with all eight participants announced on Instagram last week by the IBJJF. The bracket will be headlined by defending Crown champion and reigning World champion Luiza Monteiro, who announced her retirement from Worlds after taking gold. Now she will return to the Pyramid for perhaps the last time with one last chance at the top of the podium.

The -65kg Women's weight class at the 2024 ADCC World Championships is shaping up to be one of the most competitive divisions.

Taking place every two years, the ADCC World Championships have long been dominated by Brazilians and Americans in terms of participants by country. This year, Canada checks in behind Brazil, USA, and Australia as the fourth most represented country with six athletes qualifying to fight at the 2024 ADCC World Championships.

Editor's note: this article was first published in April 2024. As of late June, Dima is acting as the ADCC 2024 camp head coach for B-Team.

The ADCC World Championships are approaching fast, and the -65kg women's division is now complete with 8 standout grapplers who will vye for gold in this new weight class. With division expanding from 2 to 3 and the addition of an absolute, this stands to be the biggest ADCC ever for the women athletes.

The IBJJF will be holding their inaugural premier tournament 'The Crown' this November, and divisions continue to fill up with invited athletes. Now, we know all four competitors in the first lightweight bracket, worth $15,000 in prize money to the champion.

Brianna Ste-Marie has in a short amount of time become a star in submission grappling, with just a few years at black already yielding significant success at the biggest tournaments in the world. BSM is a medalist at the ADCC and IBJJF No-Gi World Championships, often winning by submission, and this Sunday she takes on Elisabeth Clay for the 145lb championship. While Ste-Marie usually competes lower, she has bumped up before with significant success.

Top grapplers Elisabeth Clay & Brianna Ste-Marie are set to clash for the women's featherweight WNO Championship at Tezos WNO 20: Night of Champions, in a night featuring six championship bouts on the main card. October 1st's bout will mark the first meeting between the two highly credentialed black belts, both known for aggressive, fan-friendly, submission-focused styles.

Brazilian jiu-jitsu has never seen the depth of talent that it has today, and because of that every year we see incredible athletes left off the IBJJF World Championship podium. Success in other major events, wins over champions, consistent deep runs in the bracket, and years of proven colored belt success can still only go so far when the best are competing for the top prize of being the gold medalist. Here are five world-class athletes that still have not won a medal at IBJJF Worlds, but have proven they are capable of not only beating the best - but potentially winning the tournament.

Voting is now open for the 2022 FloGrappling Awards. Read below to see which five athletes have been nominated for Female Grappler of the Year, and cast your ballot in the form at the end of this article.

Voting is now open for the 2022 FloGrappling Awards. Read below to see which five athletes have been nominated for Male Grappler of the Year, and cast your ballot in the form at the end of this article.

Some of the most talented female grapplers in the world took the mats at the 2022 IBJJF No-Gi World Championships last week. The top brown and black belts came to put on a show; they finished 54-percent of 106 matches by submission. In 13 of 18 divisions, more than half of all matches ended in submission.