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Tommy Langaker
Tommy Langaker (born February 8, 1994) is a Norwegian submission grappler and brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner. He won the 2023 IBJJF no-gi world champion in the 79.5 kg division. He took the bronze medal in middle weight at the 2021 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Hailing from Haugesund, he represents Wulfing Academy and Kimura/ Nova União under the tutelage of Jose Carlos. Professional grappling career 2020–2021 Langaker served as the captain for Team Europe at Polaris Squads 2 on November 7, 2020. He won three matches by submission and finished one in a draw, guiding his team to a 9–0 victory over Team UK. He was then voted Jits Magazine Male Grappler of the Year (Gi) in 2020. He returned for Polaris 18 on November 27, 2021, losing to Igor Tanabe by submission. 2022–2023 Langaker won the 77 kg division of the ADCC European, Middle-Eastern, and African Trials 2022 on May 7 and 8. He then lost to PJ Barch in the opening round of the 2022 ADCC World Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haugesund
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern Vestland is in Haugesund. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the Haugesund urban area in the municipality's southwest. The majority of the municipality outside this area is rural or undeveloped. The municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Haugesund is the 28th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,444. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 6.7% over the previous 10-year period. The Haugesund urban area, which extends into the neighboring municipality of Karmøy, makes up about of the municipality. 8,884 people of the urban area live in Karmøy. Only about 1,000 residents of Haugesund municipality that live in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pan American Championship (commonly known as Pan Ams or Pans), is the largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament held in North America. The event is held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. History Representing one of the first steps toward internationalisation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the Pan-American Championship has been held annually since 1995. While the first event garnered only 250 athletes, the event has grown every year with the 2022 edition in Florida reporting over 4,600 jiu-jitsu athletes registered to compete. The Pan Championship is one of the four IBJJF “Grand Slam” events, which include European Jiu-Jitsu Championship, Brazilian National Jiu-Jitsu Championship and World Jiu-Jitsu Championship. The IBJJF gives tournaments weighting which helps calculate the number of points an athlete can win via their participation. For the 2017/2018 IBJJF calendar the Pan American Championship has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micael Galvão
Micael Ferreira Galvão, commonly known as Mica Galvão, (born 8 October 2003) is a submission grappler, Luta Livre and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt competitor from the Brazilian state of Amazonas. A highly decorated athlete competing since childhood, Galvão was promoted to black belt in 2021, at the age of 17, less than three years after reaching blue belt. In 2022 Galvão won the 2022 IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship before testing positive for a banned substance and receiving a one-year suspension ban. Early life and education Micael Ferreira Galvão was born on 8 October 2003 in Manaus, Brazil. His father Melquisedeque Galvão, known as Melqui Galvão, was the chief investigator of the special anti-kidnapping squad of the Manaus Police Department, and a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) and Luta Livre black belt. Galvão's grandfather was a well known kung fu instructor. Coached by his father, Galvão first BJJ competition took place at the age of four. A few years l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 ADCC World Championship
The 2024 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship is an upcoming international submission grappling tournament to be held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, in August 2024. Background The ADCC World Championship is a submission grappling tournament held every two years, widely considered to be the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world. Competitors have to qualify by finishing first at a continental qualifying events, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organization. Returning champions were automatically qualified. 2024 will be the first edition of the tournament to have a third women's weight division. This marks the first edition of the tournament since 2007 to have more than two women's divisions. Head organizer Mo Jassim later confirmed that this would also be the first edition of the tournament since 2007 to include a women's absolute division. It was announced in July that all competitors would be paid to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE 165
''ONE 165: Superlek vs. Takeru'' was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on January 28, 2024, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Background The event marked the promotion's fourth visit to Tokyo and first since ONE: Century in October 2019. The event was originally host to Qatar, but moved to ONE 166 on March 1. A flyweight kickboxing superfight between the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon and former three-divisions K-1 World Champion Takeru Segawa was expected to headline the event. This was mark the first time a non-title bout to be five rounds. However, Rodtang withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Superlek Kiatmuu9 for the ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Championship bout. A ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Championship rematch between current champion Kade Ruotolo and Tommy Langaker served as the co-main event. The pairing previously met at ONE Fight Night 11 which Ruotolo retained the tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE Fight Night 11
''ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov'' was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on June 10, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Background A ONE Lightweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion Regian Eersel and newcomer Dmitry Menshikov headlined the event. A ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Championship bout between current champion Kade Ruotolo and challenger Tommy Langaker took place at the event. A Featherweight kickboxing fight between former ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion Superbon Singha Mawynn and #5 ranked Tayfun Ozcan also took place at the event. At weigh-ins, a muay thai bout between Martine Michieletto and Amber Kitchen was moved to a catchweight 129.25 pounds due to the pairing missing weight. Nieky Holzken weighed at 176 pounds, six pounds over the lightweight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight with Holzken being fined 30% of his purse, which went to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kade Ruotolo
Kade Ruotolo (born January 22, 2003) is an American submission grappler and black belt Brazilian jiu-jitsu athlete. A competitor with his twin brother Tye since the age of 3, Ruotolo is a IBJJF World champion, Pan Am and European Open champion at coloured belt level. Promoted to black belt in December 2021, Ruotolo won the 2022 ADCC World Championship in the 77kg division, becoming at age 19 the youngest-ever ADCC Submission Fighting World champion.ADCC 2022 Highlights: Old Champs Dethroned, New Champs Crowned – Gordon Ryan Submits André Galvão Andrea Tang, ''Jiujitsu Times'', September 18, 2022 Ruotolo is signed to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE Fight Night 7
''ONE Fight Night 7: Lineker vs. Andrade 2'' was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on February 25, 2023, at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. Background The event was originally scheduled on February 11 at Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta, Indonesia to host the event. However, the event was moved to Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand and took place on February 25. A ONE Bantamweight World Championship rematch for the vacant title between former champion John Lineker and #1 ranked contender Fabrício Andrade served as the event headliner. The pairing previously met at ONE on Prime Video 3 in October 2022, Lineker was stripped of the title when he missed weight for his attempted title defense, where the bout ended in a no contest due to an accidental groin strike rendered Lineker unable to continue during the third round. A ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Championship bout between current champion Tawanchai P.K.Saench ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uali Kurzhev
Uali Kurzhev (born 24 April 1989) is a Russian judoka, sambo practitioner and submission grappler. He is the gold medallist of the 2015 Judo Grand Slam Tyumen in the -73 kg category, and a three-time Sambo world champion. Career Uali Kurzhev was born on 28 April 1989, he is from the republic of Karachay-Cherkessia. Kurzhev is a three-time sambo world champion, having won the 74 kg title in 2011, 2012 & 2019. He also won the European Championships in 2013 and the 2013 Summer Universiade. In Judo he won bronze at the 2014 Tyumen Grand Slam, then gold at the 2015 edition. At the 2016 Tashkent Grand Prix he won bronze, gold at the 2016 Qingdao Grand Prix, bronze at the 2017 Zagreb Grand Prix as well at the 2017 Tbilisi Grand Prix. He also won a bronze at the 2018 Ekaterinburg Grand Slam. Competing in Submission grappling Submission wrestling, also known as Submission grappling, Submission fighting a form of competition and a general term for martial arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE 160
''ONE 160: Ok vs. Lee 2'' was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on August 26, 2022, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. Background The event will be broadcast live on YouTube (only Thailand, United States and Canada) and Pay-Per-View on Watch ONE. A ONE Lightweight World Championship rematch between current champion Ok Rae Yoon and former champion (also 2019 ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix Champion) Christian Lee headlined the event. The pairing previously met at ONE: Revolution in September 2021 where Ok defeated Lee by unanimous decision. A ONE Featherweight World Championship bout between current champion Thanh Le and Tang Kai at the co-main event. The event featured a semi-final of the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Grand Prix Tournament between Superlek Kiatmoo9 and former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship challenger Walter Goncalves. The winner will advance to the World Grand Prix Tournament final. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE Championship
ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed martial arts (MMA), submission grappling, kickboxing, Muay Thai and Lethwei bouts. The promotion's first event was held on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium; they have since gone on to hold over 100 events across Asia. It is Asia's largest MMA promotion company, having been backed by Singapore's GIC and Temasek Holdings, in addition to ICONIQ Capital, Mission Holdings, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital. In 2020, ONE was included on Nielsen's list of the world's top 10 biggest sports media properties in terms of viewership and engagement. History Founding and early history Chatri Sityodtong stated his reasons for founding the organisation in July 2011 was that he believed that martial arts was Asia's "cultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 ADCC World Championship
The 2022 ADCC Submission Fighting World Championship was a two-day no-gi submission grappling event that took place on 17-18 September 2022 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. History The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in September 2021 but was postponed to 2022 due to the international travel restrictions and the global lockdowns caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. Competitors have to qualify by finishing first of a continental qualifying events, known as ADCC Trials, or by being invited to compete by the organisation. Returning champions or previous world championships medallists are automatically qualified. Sam McNally, the lowest seeded competitor in his division () upset number one seed Garry Tonon in a 3-0 win. Kade Ruotolo won the 77kg division; at age 19 becoming the youngest ever ADCC champion. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
