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Gordon Ryan, Shinya Aoki Clash In ONE Championship Openweight Grappling Match On August 27
An openweight grappling ‘super match’ between three-time ADCC world championship gold medalist, Gordon Ryan and former ONE Championship lightweight best, Shinya Aoki is set for an August 27. date under the promotion’s banner.
The 25-year-old Garry Tonon and John Danaher 1st. degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt holds an incredible 144-9-3 record in submission grappling, taking wins against the likes of Gio Vasquez, Pat Sabatini, Keenan Cornelius, Vagner Rocha, Roberto Abreu, Craig Jones, Ralek Gracie, Josh Barnett, Marcus Almeida, Rousimar Palhares, Bo Nickal, and Pat Downey to name a few.
Grappling Report: Full team lineups for Polaris Squads 3 are finally here!
A rundown of the biggest headlines and news from the world of competitive grappling.
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We’re just a little over two months away from the next installment of the latest revolution in team grappling, Polaris Squads 3. This time there’s a slight change in the teams themselves as Team UK & Ireland will return, but this time facing off against Team USA. It was only a month ago that the promotion announced the two team captains who will be leading their squad out onto the mats as Darragh O’Connaill and JT Torres respectively.
The Weekend in Scraps: UFC Fight Night 118, Bellator 185 and the Eddie Bravo Invitational
Every Monday, the Combat Press staff gathers its thoughts on the previous weekend’s fights and fight news. This feature isn’t a recap and it isn’t an editorial, but rather a bit of both worlds. We’ll scour the best from the combat-sports landscape and deliver it, with some commentary, right here. Let’s get started…
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Although many will point to Darren Till’s first-round finish of Donald Cerrone at UFC Fight Night 118 as the biggest story of the weekend, there was something else that took place in Gdansk, Poland, that deserves some attention. Both the main and co-main event featured significant size discrepancies between the fighters in the cage. No, this isn’t a rant about the issues with weight-cutting (that’s for another time), but rather a plea for the UFC to adopt the additional weight classes that the ABC has approved as well as some of those that already exist wome
This weekend’s UFC 259 pay-per-view is the best card in the company this year. In a single night, fans will be treated to three title fights, No. 1 contender match-ups, and a whole host of stellar names. However, not all of the evening’s fights are receiving the attention they deserve. Take the preliminary welterweight clash between Sean Brady and Jake Matthews. This bout is not among the night’s featured affairs, but it should not be missed. It will serve as a great appetizer to the main card.
Philadelphia’s Brady compiled a 10-0 record before signing with the UFC. He also won and defended the Cage Fury Fighting Championships welterweight crown. Brady has stayed undefeated in his career in the Octagon while raking in three victories. His first two UFC fights resulted in decision nods over Court McGee and Ismail Naurdiev.