Gordon Ryan vs Garry Tonon 2019 ADCC World Championships
Sep 29, 2019, Pro
Gordon Ryan vs Tim Spriggs 2019 ADCC World Championships
Sep 28, 2019, Pro
2022 was a wild year for grappling. Between ADCC, the IBJJF circuit, and WNO, we were treated to some of the greatest performances (and finishes) ever seen Every 'best-of' list is sure to have omissions, oversights, and various misgivings. Still, despite this, we felt we had to chronicle what we consider the best submissions from a phenomenal year. The top six submissions include the FloGrappling award winners and nominees for best submissions. Haisam Rida Submits Cyborg - ADCC 2022 World Championships Gordon Ryan submits Andre Galvao - ADCC 2022 World Championships Josh Cisneros Submits Gianni Grippo- ADCC 2022 West Coast Trials Mica Galvao Hits Coyote Armlock - ADCC 2022 South American Trials J-Rod Submits Covin With A Buggy Choke - ADCC 2022 West Coast Trials Diego Pato Z. Submits Kenney With Z-Lock - ADCC 2022 World Championships Kade Ruotlo Submits Mica Galvao In the Final - ADCC 2022 World Championships Maria Malyjasiak Captures Pans Gold With From The Crucifix - IBJJF 2022 Pans Isaac Doederlein submits Samuel Nagai With Brutal Footlock - IBJJF 2022 World Championships Gordon Ryan Secures 10-Second Submission over Rosevelt Sousa - ADCC 2022 World Championships Fion Davies Finds the strangle submission -ADCC 2022 World Championships Francisco Lo's Insane Flying Triangle - IBJJF 2022 No-Gi Worlds Mayssa Bastos Secures Third Europeans Title With Armbar Submission - IBJJF 2022 European Championships Tainan Dalpra finishes Roberto Jimenez With A Triangle - IBJJF 2022 Pan Championships Nicholas Meregali finds the armbar in the absolute - IBJJF 2022 World Championships Izaak Michell becomes the WNX champ after 2hr match against Kyle Chambers- WNX Finale Brianna Ste-Marie secures the win with 30 seconds left - ADCC 2022 West Coast Trials Sophia Cassella finds the heel hook submission against Jessie Crane- WNO Samuel Nagai Hits 18-Second Submission - IBJJF 2022 World Championship Luke Griffith Secures Fastest WNO Submission - WNO: Ryan vs Couch Tommy Langaker finishes a Tarikoplata - IBJJF 2022 World Championships Elisabeth Clay Earns No-Gi Worlds Gold Over Vanessa Griffith- IBJJF 2022 No-Go Worlds Gold
Jan 16, 2023
There are a number of leading candidates. Kaynan, Cyborg, Victor Hugo, maybe even Craig Jones. All of these men have the ability to dominate in Gordon‘s absence but suddenly everything looks a lot more competitive, and there will be a brief and furious race as competitors vie for the top spot in the ranking. Kaynan is probably the safest bet to rise to the top, although he’s stumbled at times and has suffered notable losses (consider the times he tapped out to Cyborg or Lachlan Giles’ leg locks). If Kaynan does emerge as the number one he won’t suffer the same problem Gordon did. Whereas there were few challengers willing to face Gordon, there is less danger to one’s health or reputation in taking a match against Kaynan. Victor Hugo is among the front of the pack when it comes to claiming the number one spot although Kaynan holds a recent win over him. Hugo has the size and skills to beat any heavyweight in the world, but he has less experience no-gi than ADCC champ Duarte. Cyborg’s grappling career enjoyed a resurgence in 2020 but his attention may have shifted to his many business ventures. He had signed to face Gordon in July on our Road to ADCC event, but at this point few matches hold interest for the veteran grappler who has held nearly every major title that exists in the sport. Craig Jones’ deadly submission skills could see him take Gordon’s spot as the Danaher Death Squad’s premier heavyweight submission artist, but he needs to get through Luiz Panza first. Jones has always been more human than Gordon, and his losses to Matheus Diniz, Mason Fowler and Kaynan Duarte place him lower down the ladder on the P4P list.
May 24, 2021, Pro
Watch Gordon Ryan vs Vinicius Gazola in the -99kg final from the 2019 ADCC World Championships.
Sep 29, 2019
Watch Gordon Ryan vs Lucas Barbosa from the 2019 ADCC World Championships.
Watch Gordon Ryan vs Ben Hodgkinson from the 2019 ADCC World Championships.
At ADCC 2019 Gordon Ryan defied all haters by winning double gold and finishing most of his opponents by submission. Along the way he submitted 6 out of his 8 opponents in stellar fashion and we've put together his incredible performance into one compilation.
Oct 11, 2019
Watch Gordon Ryan vs Pedro Marinho from the 2019 ADCC World Championships.
New Wave Jiu-jitsu put another two competitors into the world championships with Luke Griffith of South Africa qualifying at -99 kg and “Big Dan”, aka Dan Manasoiu, a dual national US-Romanian earning a place in the +99 kg division. That gives the team a total of seven representatives at at ADCC in September, with Garry Tonon and Oliver Taza at -77kg, Giancarlo Bodoni at -88kg, Nicholas Meregali and Luke Griffith at -99kg and Gordon Ryan and Big Dan at +99kg.
May 10, 2022
Ten of Gordon Ryan's best submissions, including matches from Who's Number One, ADCC, No-Gi Worlds and more.
Nov 6, 2020, Pro
Aug 27, 2019, Pro
Andre Galvao informed ADCC that he would take the match with Gordon Ryan at the 2022 ADCC World Championships.
Sep 13, 2021, Pro
After a year and a half of uncertainty, the 2022 ADCC World Championship organizers have confirmed that Andre Galvao will return to defend his superfight title. The timing of Galvao’s participation may raise eyebrows given that it comes just over two weeks after Gordon Ryan announced that he would be taking an indefinite leave of absence from competition due to an ongoing battle with the stomach condition gastroparesis. Do not rush to conclusions – FloGrappling can exclusively confirm that Galvao accepted the match on May 1, long before Gordon’s announcement on May 20, as seen in this screenshot in a conversation with ADCC promoter Mo Jassim.
Jun 8, 2021, Pro
An extended 20 minute interview with the reigning 88kg ADCC World Champion.
Jul 23, 2019, Pro
In today's show we discuss the proposed rule changes we heard over the last week or so, along with how likely we think they are to be implemented. In today's show: BUCHECHA MMA FIGHT Buchecha fights MMA again April 22 MEREGALI TRAINING FOR WORLDS Meregali will compete at 2022 IBJJF World Championships GORDON RELEASES NFT Gordon sells over $100k of NFTs in 24 hours BJJ STARS 8 Mica, Leandro, Roberto & More In 8-Man GP ADCC Rules Superfights Coming To BJJ Stars Felipe Pena’s 1st No-Gi Match Since ADCC 2019 IBJJF RULE CHANGES Following backlash against closeouts, calls come for further rule changes 1. Teammates seeded to meet first or second round 2. A limit on how many athletes from the same team can enter per division 3. 6-Minute matches 4. Banning lapel 50-50 5. Heel hooks in the gi
Apr 18, 2022
Nov 20, 2019, Pro
Gi jiu-jitsu has a new pound-for-pound #1 black belt. We chart the ascent of 21-year-old Tainan Dalpra of Art of Jiu-Jitsu.
Dec 20, 2021, Pro
Lucas Barbosa has made the semi finals of the ADCC World Championships.
Forty athletes are registered for the male black belt middleweight division at No-Gi Worlds, making it the deepest of the tournament. That roster includes six ADCC veterans, three returning IBJJF no-gi world champs, and one Levi Jones-Leary looking to make his no-gi debut as a black belt. The middleweight division is composed of some of the most electric competitors in grappling: guys like Dante Leon, Renato Canuto, PJ Barch. Leon and Canuto are both looking to capture their second no-gi world titles, as is 2019 champ Hugo Marques; but they’ll face a new challenge this year. For the first time ever, heel hooks will be allowed for adult black belts at the no-gi world championships, making competitors like Oliver Taza more dangerous than ever. This could be Taza’s best opportunity to collect a major IBJJF title; he fell out of No-Gi Pans early, disqualified for breaking a rule unrelated to leg locks. The IBJJF allowing heel hooks has brought out a lot of new faces, such as Bellator MMA fighter Jay Jay Wilson, 8-0 in MMA with four submissions, 10th Planet figures including the up-and-coming Alan Sanchez. But the real story of this division is the presence of the Australian rising star, Levi Jones-Leary. Levi had a sensational run in the gi in his rookie season in 2019, capturing European and Pans titles and winning the $100,000 prize at the Spyder Invitational. The berimbolo player teased his transition to no-gi earlier this year, training with Lachlan Giles while living in Australia, and adding new wrinkles to his already precise style. This will be Levi’s first foray into the no-gi scene as a black belt, and he could walk away as a world champion. If he’s successful, this could be a harbinger of superstardom for Levi in the no-gi sphere, as — win or lose — he’ll face Oliver Taza a few weeks later at WNO: The Return of Gordon Ryan on October 20.
Oct 5, 2021
“King” Ryan was matside at WNO to support his teammates and we revealed the surprise news that Gordon will return on May 28 at the next WNO.
May 3, 2021, Pro
Mar 1, 2021, Pro
FloGrappling sits down with one of the greatest grapplers in the history of the sport to talk about the upcoming ADCC World Championship. Buchecha touches on the training camp with his team at CheckMat HQ, why the absolute division is so important to him and his thoughts on a potential showdown with Gordon Ryan. Interview Notes: 1:00 - A recap of training camp 2:00 - CheckMat is bringing a big crew to ADCC 4:00 - why ADCC is the hardest training 6:00 - Buchecha's expectations for ADCC 2019 7:00 - Buchecha predicts Galvao vs Pena 8:00 - The quest for ADCC absolute gold 10:00 - What makes this competition different than the rest 11:00 - What can people expect at ADCC from Buchecha? 12:00 - Thoughts on a potential Gordon Ryan matchup
Sep 24, 2019, Pro
WNO 135lb champion Mikey Musumeci will defend his title for the first time on January 21, taking on the highly-regarded Estevan Martinez. Musumeci added his name to the event just over 10 days out. He replaces the hurt Jon Calestine, who suffered a wrist injury in training. Martinez is an IBJJF World No-Gi champion in the 122.6lb division. He competed on WNO in a 145lb match and is looking to earn his first win on the promotion. Musumeci last competed in December at the IBJJF World Championships in the gi. He went 11-1 in 2021, winning 8 out of 10 matches by submission.
Jan 17, 2022
Never one to hold back from creating controversy, Dillon Danis says there is a PED problem and calls out former opponent Gordon Ryan.
Sep 13, 2019, Pro
