Paulo Miyao
Cicada Guard pioneer, Joao's brother
Jul 17, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fight 2 Win 316 Held 52-Match Card in São Paulo; Willson Bueno Closes Event with Kneebar Victory
Fight 2 Win 316 held 52 technical grappling matches on May 23 in São Paulo, with multiple submission finishes punctuating the card. Willson Bueno closed one with a kneebar that needed no commentary to justify itself.
Jun 26, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fight 2 Win 316 São Paulo Success — F2W's First Brazilian Event Signals Geographic Expansion Beyond North America
Fight 2 Win pulled off something that would have sounded absurd a decade ago: it brought professional submission grappling back to Brazil as a foreign import. Not as an innovation from the birthplace of jiu-jitsu, but as a product manufactured in North America and re-exported to
Jun 23, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fight 2 Win Expands to Brazil for First Time — F2W 316 São Paulo Success Signals Geographic Shift
Fight 2 Win 316 took place in São Paulo in late May, marking the promotion's first event in Brazil. It wasn't a guest appearance or a visiting circus—it was F2W 316, a regular sequence event in the city that birthed the Gracie family legacy, redefined through the Miyao brothers,
Jun 22, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fighter Faints After Losing Politically-Themed MMA Bout in São Paulo
In May 2026, Renato Moicano—the UFC vet, the trash talker, the guy who convinced you that his life was more interesting than the fights he was booking—launched his own MMA promotion. The name alone told you everything.
Jun 21, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fight 2 Win Event 316 in São Paulo Marks First Show Outside North America—F2W Declares Itself 'Global'
Fight 2 Win held event 316 in São Paulo on May 23. That single show outside North America apparently qualified the entire tournament series for international status.
Jun 11, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Melqui Galvão Enters Formal Interrogation Phase in São Paulo — What Happens Next in Brazil's Criminal Process
When Melqui Galvão was transferred to a civil police prison in São Paulo on May 10, the jiu-jitsu world watched a case move into territory that most of the sport had never seen at this scale before. By May 12 — just 20 days ago now — the case against him had crossed a critical th
Jun 11, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Fight 2 Win Hit 315 North American Events. Then They Finally Went to São Paulo.
Fight 2 Win made a quiet announcement that barely registered as news until you actually thought about what it meant: event 316 was leaving North America for the first time in the promotion's history, landing in São Paulo on May 23. For a submission grappling series that had run 3
May 9, 2026 ↗ OUTBOUND
Former Police Investigator Melqui Galvão Was Transported to São Paulo in a Police Car Trunk — The Former Cop Is Now the Cargo
He arrived at Guarulhos International Airport on the night of May 7 with what Brazilian press described as a fixed and defiant gaze. Melqui Galvão spent years with the Amazonas Civil Police, training law enforcement in defensive techniques across the country.