While many sports fanatics in the San Francisco Bay Area were at home or at their local bars rooting for the San Francisco 49ers against the NY Giants in the NFL’s NFC Championship game, just an hour drive from the city, competitors from dozens of Bay Area and west coast teams were donning gis. The […]
Story by Christie Sullivan Photos by Pete Ulatan Six-time World Champion Leticia Ribeiro comes from an era of jiu-jitsu that few female practitioners can fathom. The backdrop is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the 1990s. A time where only one or two divisions existed for women in competition— often with only two weight classes […]
While most BJJ competitors had finished up their 2011 tournament seasons and were beginning to dream of Thanksgiving turkey and pies, OTM sponsored fighter, Sean Roberts was preparing for his three impending divisions at the November 19th World Series of Grappling Tournament, presented by Grappler’s Quest in Las Vegas. By the end of […]
The crowd chanted MIK-YOOOO, MIK-YOOOOO. Anticipation and excitement filled the air as long time jiu-jitsu practitioner and competitor Mikyo Riggs walked onto the mats. At this weekend’s U.S. Open in San Jose, CA, Mikyo Riggs, became the gold medal champion for the Black Belt Senior I lightweight division. Riggs, one of Ralph Gracie’s first black […]
In a post on September 16th, Gi3Girls.com reported that a representative from the IBJJF confrimed the organization will be splitting the women’s joint Brown/Black division into two separate divisions beginning in 2012. What will this mean for women at the 2012 World Championships? See full article below. "IBJJF […]
Results from Day 1 of ADCC: On Saturday, Rounds 1 & 2 took place for the men’s divisions and Round 1 for women. The semifinals and finals will commence Sunday as well as the superfight between Zé Mario Sperry and Renzo Gracie. Results of Day 1 Superfight between Braulio vs. “Jacaré” Souza: Bráulio Estima […]
1st Round Matches (semis and finals on Sunday) Xande Ribeiro vs. Kari Peltola -Xande Ribeiro armbars Peltola at 9:56 of 10 minute round. Shinsho Animal Anzai vs. Lucio "Lagarto" Rodrigues -Lagarto moves past Shinsho Amimal in the first round with a win on points. Antonio Braga Neto vs. Igor Praporshchikov -Antonio Braga Neto, a last […]
1st Round Matches (semis and finals on Sunday) Follow OTM’s live play-by-play of ADCC on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/OTM Fabricio Werdum vs. Alexander Trans -Werdum submits Alexander Trans via Kimura. Mateusz Juskowiak vs. Jeff Monson – Monson defeats Juskowiak by points. Roberto de Abreu vs. Sekine Hideki -Roberto "Cyborg" defeats Hideki by points. […]
1st Round Matches (semis and finals on Sunday) Follow OTM’s live play-by-play of ADCC on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/OTM Women -60 kg Luanna Alzuguir vs. Vanessa English (replaced Cathilee Albert) -Luana Alzuguir kneebars Vanessa English to advance to semifinals. Michele Nicolini vs. Lara Jayne Ng -Michelle Nicolini submits Lara Jayne Ng by toe hold. […]
ADCC 2011: Your guide to airtimes, brackets, and rules here! The weekend grappling fanatics have anxiously waited for has finally arrived! Not following? We’re talking about the ADCC 2011 Championships in Nottingham, England. The brackets were released Thursday, all fighters weighed in Friday afternoon and on Saturday we’ll see the best grapplers […]
