Após o sucesso de sua última edição em fevereiro, o Who’s Number One está de volta. O torneio será realizado no dia 10 de maio na cidade texana de Arlington, nos Estados Unidos, e será encabeçado por um duelo entre dois grandes nomes do grappling. A fera Mica Galvão retorna aos tatames da organização para defender seu cinturão contra o norueguês Tommy Langaker na divisão dos meio-médios.

Mica Galvão is wasting no time in making his next defense of his WNO Welterweight Championship, as he has agreed to face Tommy Langaker for the title at WNO 23, May 10th in Arlington, TX. This will mark Galvão's third defense of the belt, after previously defeating Kody Steele and Kenta Iwamoto.

Grappling star Mica Galvão is returning soon to major IBJJF competition, as he has signed up for the 2024 European Championships happening in just a few weeks in Paris, France. Mica has entered the middleweight division, a bump up from his past weight of lightweight as he sets his sights on a big 2024.

The winners of the 2023 FloGrappling Awards, presented by Kingz Kimonos, are here! We honor athletes from five different categories, given to those who earned the most fan votes. The results are in and the following winners have emerged from the pools of worthy contenders.

Mica Galvão has announced that he will be moving up to middleweight for the 2024 IBJJF World Championships. The WNO welterweight champion had previously competed at lightweight in his IBJJF campaigns, including his gold medal run at the 2022 Brazilian Nationals.

Just moments after his inaugural title defense at Tezos WNO 21, Mica Galvao's next title challenger was revealed when Nicky Ryan took the mats for a face off between the two young phenoms. They will face each other at WNO 22 for the WNO Welterweight Championship, taking place on Feb.9 in Costa Mesa, California. More updates to the card are forthcoming.

After winning the AIGA Champion's League qualifying round but falling in their final match to Universal Fighters, Team Modolfo is reloading for December's finals with the addition of ADCC medalist Mica Galvao along with his teammates Kaua Gabriel and Felipe Machado. The teams may still change more before the final roster for December is set, but the inclusion of the three Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu athletes help bolster an already stacked Team Modolfo.

USADA announced today that 2022 IBJJF World Champion Mica Galvao has been stripped of his title, and has accepted a one-year suspension for a violation of anti-doping rules.

The fourth showdown between Gordon Ryan and Felipe Pena is less than a week away. In the last two weeks, we've caught up with both athletes to check in on their training camps, and to hear their takes on the upcoming bout at Tezos WNO: Ryan vs Pena II presented by Fat Tire.

FloSports is proud to announce its second feature documentary of 2023, "The Ups And Downs Of The Manaus Boys." The film will be released on Wednesday, March 8th and documents the experience of three athletes from Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu through the 2022 ADCC South American Trials and then Worlds.

The 2022 ADCC 88kg World Champion Giancarlo Bodoni is getting his moment in the spotlight. On January 31, FloSports will release the feature length documentary, Becoming Dangerous: The Rise of Giancarlo Bodoni (more on that below). But first, breaking news about Bodoni, who has just signed to face the Tezos WNO light heavyweight champion Pedro Marinho in the co-main event at Tezos WNO: Ryan vs Pena II.

Mica Galvão is on a path to become one of the biggest stars in jiu-jitsu, but it is time to answer the age old question: does he have the butteriest style in the game today?

Big news for the jiu-jitsu world as one of the top champion factories in recent years, run by Melqui Galvao and based out of Manaus, has decided to go their own way in 2023. The new team, competing as Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu, will make its debut this month at the Rio Open and then compete in full force at the IBJJF European Championship.

BJJ Stars returns on October 21 for an 8-man lightweight grand prix in memory of Leandro Lo. The bracket will feature IBJJF world champions Meyram Alves and Matheus Gabriel, plus top stars like Pablo Lavaselli, Luiz Paulo, Israel Almeida and more!

The athletes have weighed in, and the nine superfights coming to BJJ Stars 9 tomorrow night are official.