World champions Bernardo Faria and Gordon Ryan will be teaming up to hold a benefit seminar for Marcelo Garcia in Las Vegas, NV, taking place the same week as the upcoming IBJJF Master World Championships (on August 30th at Xtreme Couture). The Fight On seminar will be raising money for Marcelo's fight against cancer, after he announced his stomach cancer diagnosis earlier this year, and registration is currently open for the event.

The 2022 IBJJF World Championships is just weeks away. For you hardcore no-gi fans, you may be surprised to see so many familiar faces dust off their gi for the biggest IBJJF tournament of the year– there will be a number of Trials winners in the mix, and a decent amount of invitees, too.

The future of grappling has never looked brighter. The frenzy of excitement for the ADCC 2022 World Championships shows no sign of abating, and it's still eight months away. The continued growth of WNO and other professional no-gi events means athletes have more opportunities to showcase their skills and earn money than ever before.

4x ADCC champion Marcelo Garcia and IBJJF Worlds open class champion Bernardo Faria both called in for the 34th episode of the WNO Podcast. The Alliance legends trained together for years in New York and both came through the same academy in Sao Paulo under Fabio Gurgel. You could really feel the brotherhood in one of the most fun WNO interviews yet, here are the highlights -