You know that thing you tell yourself in the car after training? The little fantasy where you're at a barbecue, some situation pops off, and you calmly execute a textbook takedown while everyone stares in disbelief?
The IBJJF Brasileiro just hit 8,000 registered athletes. Eight thousand people signed up, paid their fees, and will descend on Barueri, São Paulo from April 24 to May 3 for the single largest jiu-jitsu competition ever held.
Ethan Crelinsten submitted Shai Gerena with a rear naked choke at Polaris 36, held up his Polaris Lightweight Championship, and told the FloGrappling broadcast he wanted someone else's title. "UFC BJJ, I want that f—king belt," he said in his post-fight interview.
was 42 years old, 285 pounds, and standing on a collegiate wrestling mat in Iowa in January. Across from him: a heavyweight from Central Methodist University, born around 2003.