The Ruotolo Brothers are two of the youngest veterans in the jiu-jitsu game today and have officially announced their own online platform!
Oct 25
ADCC Hall of Famer, six-time ADCC Champion, and the athlete who has participated in and won the most super fights in the ADCC’s history, Andre Galvao is undeniably one of the most decorated names in grappling.
Aug 12
The ADCC West Coast Trials are going down in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend from March 30-31 at the Westgate Hotel. The event will feature 1,000 athletes from the world's top gyms and academies competing to secure a spot at ADCC World Championships.
Mar 28
Fresh off a successful title defense against Patrick Gaudio, Tezos WNO heavyweight champion Gordon Ryan is set to return to the Tezos WNO main event on Nov. 30 at Tezos WNO 21, when he takes on Lucas "Hulk" Barbosa in Austin, TX.
Oct 2, 2023
As Rafaela Guedes steps back onto the Tezos WNO stage this weekend, she no longer does so as a rising star but as an established name in the world of professional jiu-jitsu.
Sep 30, 2023
One weeks ahead of Tezos WNO 19, two-time ADCC world champion Kaynan Duarte is wrapping up his preparations to face Nicholas Meragali in the main event on August 10. Scheduled to take place in Austin, TX, the event will feature the Atos heavy hitter in the main event against a rival with whom he shares a 2-2 record.
Aug 3, 2023
Israel Sousa Almeida, a black belt under Julio Cesar Pereira (GF Team), recently announced his move to Atos Jiu-Jitsu Headquarters in San Diego, CA, ahead of his entry at featherweight in the 2023 IBJJF World Championships.
May 30, 2023
The IBJJF Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship has a special value for Lucas Pinheiro, Atos' Bantamweight title hunter. After reaching the top of the brown belt podium in 2015 in that year's Brasileiros, he would has not competed there since.
May 2, 2023
João Mendes, also known as “Bisnaga” is at a high point in his black belt career. Black Belt under Andre Galvao, he trains at Atos Jiu-Jitsu HQ in San Diego, California, where he has been living since 2016.
May 1, 2023
Luiza Monteiro is one of the most accomplished women in the jiu-jitsu. Currently, she holds the record for winning the most IBJJF Pans titles; she shares that record with her Professor Andre Galvao. They are both nine-time IBJJF Pan Champions.
Apr 6, 2023
2022 IBJJF European champion Maggie Grindatti announced on her personal Instagram page last week that she has joined Atos Ji-Jitsu after leaving the Fight Sports affiliation earlier this year.
Mar 17, 2023
Atos black belt Gustavo Batista is set for his first competition of the 2023 season, the IBJJF Pans. It will be his first time on the competition mats since June 2022, when he took bronze at Worlds. With two world titles in his career (closing out the medium heavyweight division twice with teammate Lucas Hulk) and countless elite-level gold medals decorating his mantle, Batista figures as the most decorated veteran in the 31-deep medium-heavy division coming to Pans, and one of the favorites for the title.
Mar 15, 2023
Atos Jiu-Jitsu has been at the epicenter of the jiu-jitsu world for more than a decade. Andre Galvao’s academy has been the nurturing ground for a plethora of World Champions across various rulesets. Atos athletes have swarmed the top of podiums at most major events for the last five years, including IBJJF and ADCC.
Gordon Ryan has pulled out of his scheduled match against Felipe Pena at Tezos WNO on February 25, citing health issues.
Feb 24, 2023
The fourth showdown between Gordon Ryan and Felipe Pena is less than a week away. In the last two weeks, we've caught up with both athletes to check in on their training camps, and to hear their takes on the upcoming bout at Tezos WNO: Ryan vs Pena II presented by Fat Tire.
Feb 20, 2023