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Hayastan Grappling System or Hayastan Freestyle Wrestling, is a submission grappling style developed by multiple grappling black belts Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell that blends elements of judo, sambo, catch wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. This system includes all forms of submissions, including leg locks ...
André Luiz Leite Galvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈdɾɛ ɡawˈvɐ̃w]; born September 29, 1982) is a Brazilian grappler and professional mixed martial artist.A 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Fernando "Tererê" Augusto as well as a Judo black belt, Galvão is one of the most decorated athletes ever, having won most major international tournaments multiple times.
While most athletes are primarily from Brazilian jiu-jitsu, it is open to competitors from any grappling style. ADCC is considered the most prestigious submission grappling tournament in the world, and is commonly referred to as "the Olympics of grappling". [4] [5]
Jayson Patino (born July 30, 1983) is an American Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner who holds a black belt under Ricardo Liborio of American Top Team.He is known for his competitive achievements in FILA Pankration Submission, [1] [2] ADCC, [3] IBJJF, [4] and other grappling tournaments. [5]
Magalhães has recently expressed that he's been training in different grappling styles such as sambo (primarily leg locks) and catch wrestling. He is also known, despite his background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as being one of the primary pioneers (along with Shinya Aoki and others) of 10th planet jiu-jitsu techniques in MMA.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts , are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ).
Sayaka Shioda was born in Itakurai Ora, Gunma, Japan, [4] she is a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), Judo and Sambo. [5] She started MMA in 2005 fighting as a Flyweight with three pro fights that year in Pancrase and Shooto, [6] that same year she won silver at the 2005 Pan Jiu-Jitsu IBJJF Championship competing as a lightweight, in a combined purple/brown/black category. [7]
Danielle Kelly (born December 4, 1995) is an American submission grappler and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt who was the inaugural and former ONE Champion at atomweight, after she was defeated by fellow BJJ practitioner Mayssa Bastos. [2]