Kaynan Duarte vs Renato Cardoso Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Apr 25, 2019, Pro
Jul 16, 2020, Pro
Tye Ruotolo showed off the latest development in his leg lock defense in his most recent match against William Tackett. His teammate, Kaynan Duarte, has already used the technique to beat Craig Jones, and Ruotolo could have a path to victory with this technique in his upcoming main event match against Jones at WNO.
Jun 16, 2021, Pro
The first ever event to feature ADCC superfights went off with no small amount of drama and surprise. Today we discuss the biggest moments from Road to ADCC. KAYNAN UNLEASHES NEW ATTACK Duarte submits Diniz in 2:03 at Road to ADCC THE MIKEY-GEO BEEF Musumeci earns win over Martinez, but drama ensues ROAD TO ADCC RECAP The best of the action from the ADCC Superfight event RODOLFO VIEIRA REBOUNDS AT UFC Rodolfo Vieira earns 7th MMA career submission win F2W 177 RECAP Lovato Jr., Marinho & Malyjasiak victorious UPCOMING EVENTS Kade Ruotolo joins 155lb division for WNO Championship BJJBet, Aug 1: Meregali vs Pena & No-Gi Tournament
Jul 19, 2021, Pro
The finals are set for the WNO Championship and it goes down tonight at 7PM CST.
Sep 26, 2021
Watch the best moments from the bracket reveal and pre-event press conference for the WNO Championship.
Sep 25, 2021
Kaynan Duarte vs Jackson Sousa Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Kaynan Duarte is one of the new wave of black belts, and he has always done no-gi. He's not just an IBJJF guy, he won ADCC Trials in 2017 (where he beat Patrick Gaudio in the final) and tapped Pablo Popovitch in the opening round of Worlds later that year. He had a close match with Gordon Ryan in the absolute final at the 2018 IBJJF Pan No-Gi and was winning on points until he got submitted. Had he fought more tactically he could have pulled off a points victory. Back in the day Kaynan didn't have a leglock game– his former teammate Keenan Cornelius used a heel hook to submit him in 2017, but since then Duarte's leglcok game has gotten very good. We even saw him use the heel hook defense / back-take against both Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones, so it goes to show you're not going to leglock him easily. Kaynan has the ability to win any division he enters– but is he capable of winning +99kg gold at ADCC?
Sep 5, 2019, Pro
Jan 4, 2022
The Spyder 100kg division had major implications for the pound-for-pound ranking. Here's how Kaynan earned that no.1 spot.
Nov 28, 2019, Pro
Andre Galvao, Lucas "Hulk" Barbosa and Kaynan Duarte call in to discuss training at Atos, the Gordon Ryan ADCC 2021 superfight and do a couple match breakdowns.
Mar 21, 2020, Pro
Victor Hugo vs Kaynan Duarte +76kg Final Spyder BJJ Final
Nov 8, 2018, Pro
The IBJJF Worlds is back, and the absolute division kicks off Saturday at 9:30 am PT! Nicholas Meregali, Felipe Pena, Fellipe Andrew, Kaynan Duarte and Victor Hugo have all entered the absolute division. Tune in Saturday morning to see the entire absolute division up until the finals. Here is the bracket:
Dec 11, 2021
2021 was a colossal year for Who's Number One. Over the course of the year a recurring theme popped up under each tent pole event - expectations be damned - something out of left field was going to steal the show. Here's our list of the 8 shocks and upsets from WNO in 2021 Tim Spriggs submits Kaynan Duarte to capture the WNO heavyweight title. Amanda Leve takes out 4x ADCC Champ Gabi Garcia. Gabriel Sousa finishes Mikey Musumeci with A North/South choke. Grace Gundrum hits the first 'Twister' submission in WNO history. Jacob Couch heel hooks Roberto Jimenez. Kade Ruotolo unleashes the 'Buggy' Choke on jiu-jitsu's biggest stage. Teenage phenom Cole Abate earns dominant victory over Geo Martinez. Gordon Ryan calls his shot, picks the winning submission before his main event match even begins.
Jan 10, 2022
Grappling has become a lucrative career for many competitors and there isn’t the financial incentive to switch to MMA like there used to be, but a hardcore few still want to test themselves in the ring. Here’s who we expect to fight in 2022: Garry Tonon (6-0) finally has his title shot. After a number of cancelations / postponements Tonon will face off with ONE Championship featherweight champ Thanh Le (12-2) on March 11. Kody Steele, 2-0 in amateur MMA, has his pro debut lined up for February 6 in San Antonio. Steele, a powerful wrestler with serious KO power in his hands, takes on Jessee Gengler (6-9-0). Felipe Pena has been seen training MMA and says he’s going to stop competing in the gi so he can focus his efforts on ADCC 2022 and a switch to MMA. We visited the San Diego jiu-jitsu powerhouse Atos team last week, and while there we got to watch the Ruotolo brothers train MMA alongside their coach Andre Galvao. Tye Ruotolo and Kade Ruotolo have both said they want to fight MMA, and they’re not the only ones. Galvao, who last fought MMA in 2010, signed a deal with ONE Championship in late 2020 and we could see him back in the ring very soon, potentially before his ADCC superfight with Gordon Ryan in September. Atos teammates Kaynan Duarte, Lucas "Hulk" Barbosa and Rafaela Guedes (among others) have all hinted at MMA plans for 2022. The Ruotolos, who just got their black belts in December, have been clear about their desire to compete in both gi and no-gi events in 2022, leading to the question of whether their plans are realistic of the result of youthful exuberance.
Jan 17, 2022
Johnatha Alves vs Kaynan Duarte Absolute Final Spyder BJJ Final
Dec 12, 2021
Dec 28, 2021
Jan 12, 2022
DIMITRIUS SOUZA vs KAYNAN DUARTE 2019 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship
Jun 2, 2019, Pro
ADAM WARDZINSKI vs KAYNAN DUARTE 2019 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship
Dec 8, 2021
Nov 25, 2019, Pro
Jun 29, 2021
Olivia Evelyn Schauer vs Iris Nascimento Da Costa Feliz - 2021 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship | Dec 9 @ 4 PM
Dec 9, 2021, Pro
