Grapplefest 14 befell this previous weekend and in whole, there have been three belts on the road on the finish of the evening. First up was the ladies’s below 65kgs division, the place Julia Maele and Nadine Tavares competed for the inaugural title. Maele was calm below strain all through and ended up securing a kneebar to pressure the faucet and declare the belt, shortly earlier than Rosa Walsh and Gabi Schuck battled for the inaugural below 70kgs title.
Walsh was aggressive from the beginning and was clearly attempting to find the armbar, losing no time in any respect in ending it as soon as she had it. The ultimate match of the evening noticed Eoghan O’Flanagan defending his below 90kgs title towards Jacob Sofa and though Sofa put up an awesome battle, he was always placed on the defensive by the ADCC veteran’s relentless leg assaults.
Full outcomes for the occasion will be discovered right here.
Tenth Planet rivals impress at Subversiv 8
Subversiv 8 represented a slight change of tempo for the staff grappling promotion, with every of the eight groups representing both BJJ or MMA and competing below Fight Jiu-Jitsu guidelines. Ultimately it was two of the most effective Tenth Planet rivals who put in essentially the most spectacular shows, with Kyle Boehm and Ryan Aitken each going undefeated on the occasion and guiding Workforce Sugar to victory.
Each males gained three matches, with Boehm submitting two of his opponents and Aitken one. Their teammate Juliana Fontoura solely competed within the opening spherical of the occasion, submitting Brittany Cowan and bringing the staff’s document to an ideal 7-0. Subversiv 8 additionally featured numerous superfights, with the headline match between Vagner Rocha and Ty Freeman ending up as a gritty battle earlier than Rocha secured a rear-naked choke.
Full outcomes for the occasion will be discovered right here.
Pat Downey loses second MMA battle by KO
As an NCAA Division I All-American and former member of the US World staff, Pat Downey was all the time going to have excessive expectations positioned on him for his MMA profession. That was solely amplified by the truth that he has usually been the centre of controversy throughout his wrestling profession, and that he had already competed in a number of submission grappling occasions with cheap success.
When he lastly stepped into the cage at Bellator 284, he made good on that promise and completed his debut opponent in properly below a minute. Sadly for followers of the brash grappler, his second battle didn’t go so properly. Downey confronted Christian Echols at Bellator 289 and though he was in a position to rating an enormous takedown early on, he couldn’t discover the end on the bottom and was swiftly knocked out when the battle returned to standing.
Full outcomes for the occasion will be discovered right here.
UFC FightPass Invitational 3 absolute event lineup confirmed
The third UFC FightPass Invitational is only a matter of days away and the promotion has now introduced the complete lineup for absolutely the event. The UFC had already confirmed that the primary occasion can be a stellar rematch between Gordon Ryan and Vinny Magalhaes, with Miesha Tate v Bia Mesquita serving because the co-main occasion. Now evidently they’ve put simply as a lot effort into the $25,000 absolute event.
The opening spherical will see a rematch from the ADCC 2022 absolute division as Nicky Rodriguez takes on Andy Varela, whereas two different rivals from that event meet on the alternative aspect of the bracket, Haisam Rida and Patrick Gaudio. They’re not the one ADCC 2022 veterans both, as Oliver Taza and Mason Fowler will likely be developing towards Tenth Planet stars Richie Martinez and the younger Pat Shahgholi respectively.
