Bloody Elbow's grappling editor Roy Billington and ADCC veteran Tom DeBlass give you a quick breakdown of what to look out for at the 2016 IBJJF World Championships.
This weekend, the IBJJF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship goes down in Long Beach, California. It features an abundance of elite grapplers, from white belts to black belts, competing for supremacy in their divisions and the coveted world title. The event willl be streamed live at FloGrappling.com and the black belts will take center stage over the weekend.
Submission grappling has had a huge 2016 so far. Events like EBI 6 and Polaris Pro 3 have pitted MMA fighters with grapplers over the last few months, and there has been a notable rise in interest about the grappling world after Gordon Ryan's heroics at EBI 6.