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Gary Berger
Danielle Kelly has one rematch in mind, as Tammi Musumeci is still the only woman to have submitted her in competition!
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Gary Berger
Danielle Kelly is the first ever female ONE Championship submission grappling world champion and a BJJ black belt under Karel ‘Silver Fox’ Pavec. She lost her atomweight world title to Mayssa Bastos and is currently preparing to regain that belt in a rematch against her at ONE Fight Night 26.
Jits Magazine spoke to Danielle about her journey to becoming a ONE Championship world champion and how it felt to make history, along with her upcoming rematch with Mayssa Bastos and her goals for the future beyond that.
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0:00 Introduction
0:25 Beginning Jiu-Jitsu & first competition
1:48 Becoming the first female ONE grappling champion
3:06 Would Danielle do ADCC Trials again?
3:42 Matches with Jessa Khan
5:31 Changes for Mayssa Bastos rematch
7:57 Any other rematches in the future?
9:15 Tammi Musumeci
10:06 MMA & winning titles in other weight classes
11:44 Gi events in 2025 & teaching with Roger Gracie
13:58 Thanks & signing off
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Ryan Aitken about whether or not he would ever return to gi competition and not only is he not coming back, he doesn’t even want to watch it unless Adam Wardzinski is involved.
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Ryan Aitken about winning PGF World Season 7 and he got surprisingly deep about the event
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Gary Berger
Ryan Aitken is a two-time Combat Jiu-Jitsu middleweight world champion and the reigning EBI absolute champion, but he most recently won PGF World Season 7 at light-heavyweight. Ryan is also a 10th Planet black belt and an ADCC veteran, with an upcoming match with Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9.
Jits Magazine spoke to Ryan about his journey up to winning his first CJJ world title, and how he was able win the title for a second time. We also spoke about both of his incredible performances at EBI 21: The Absolutes and PGF World Season 7, along with his tactical approach to EBI overtime. Ryan then reviewed his matches from ADCC 2024 and shared the lessons he’s learned, along with his plans for the future.
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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Competing in MMA and choosing Jiu-Jitsu
3:03 Ryan’s thoughts on competing in the gi
6:14 Mastering EBI overtime
9:56 Winning EBI 21: The Absolutes
13:24 Moving weight classes
16:00 Reviewing ADCC 2024 & lessons learned
21:40 Post-ADCC & Winning PGF World Season 7
39:05 EBI overtime tactics
42:35 Why Ryan hates Las Vegas
44:48 Gabriel Almeida at UFC Fight Pass Invitational 9
48:15 What’s next for Ryan?
52:20 Thanks & signing off
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Andy Murasaki about the very first time that he faced Tainan Dalpra, in the final of the IBJJF World Championship 2022. Andy revealed that he suffered an injury during his run through the tournament and explained how that effected the match.
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Andy Murasaki about winning the IBJJF No Gi World Championship in 2022 and he revealed that he wasn’t actually preparing for the tournament and only decided to enter it just a few weeks before.
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Andy Murasaki about whether or not he would be making a return to no gi competition and not only is he interested in doing it, he’s already been offered matches with some big names!
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Gary Berger
We spoke to Andy Murasaki about his third match with Tainan Dalpra that was supposed to happen at The Crown 2024, and how he feels about missing out on it when Dalpra was injured.
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Gary Berger
Andy Murasaki is an IBJJF no gi world champion and three-time IBJJF world silver medalist, but he most recently won the 2024 edition of The Crown.
Jits Magazine spoke to Andy about the earliest days of his Jiu-Jitsu career, every single IBJJF world championship final, his performance at The Crown, the rematch with Tainan Dalpra, and a potential return to no gi competition.
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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Discovering Jiu-Jitsu
6:54 Meeting Caio Terra & coming to the US
10:42 Moving to ATOS
11:37 Andy’s father
13:19 IBJJF no gi world championship 2022
16:05 Returning to no gi in 2024
21:26 Fighting through a broken rib (Tainan Dalpra)
29:19 Competing against teammates (Gustavo Batista)
32:09 Controversial decisions & visualisation (Mica Galvao)
36:19 The Crown 2024 recap
38:34 Tainan Dalpra withdrawing due to injury
43:30 Thanks & signing off
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Gary Berger
This match featuring Cal Ellenor and Niall Wilson is from Chaos Grappling Championship 1 on February 12th, 2022.
Chaos Grappling Championship 5 is the next event by the promotion and it is scheduled for May 11th, 2024. Click here to watch the live event: https://www.247.tv/live/mma
The above footage has come courtesy of Sean Quirke at C-Live Sport and he can be found at @qquirke
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Gary Berger
This match featuring Declan Moody and Anton Minenko is from M-16 Open 11: Collision on June 18th, 2023.
M-16 Open 12 is the next event by the promotion and it is scheduled for August 4th, 2024. Click here to watch the live event: @m16open18
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Gary Berger
This match featuring Renato Canuto and Damon Morgan is from Proving Grounds Invitational 1 on September 10th, 2016.
Proving Grounds Invitational: Quintet is the next event by the promotion and it is scheduled for April 27th, 2024. Click here to watch the live event: http://www.provinggroundsinvitational.com/ppv
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Gary Berger
This match featuring Sam Micale and Chris Tran is from Place of Peace Invitational 5 on March 2nd, 2024.
Place of Peace Invitational 6 is the next event by the promotion and it’s scheduled for April 21st, 2024. This footage has come courtesy of @Placeofpeacebjj and you can click here to watch the live event: https://www.placeofpeacebjj.com
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