Gianni Grippo and Jake Shields victorious in Brooklyn

Fight to Win Pro continues to bring some of the biggest grappling matches in the industry on a weekly basis and this weekend was par for the course. This time the organization took to Brooklyn, New York for Fight to Win Pro 51 that featured a last minute switch in the main event. The original main event featured JT Torres against Benson Henderson, but injury halted that bout. Instead, the fans got an exciting matchup between Gianni Grippo and Justin Rader.

Rader was defending his lightweight no-gi championship against Grippo who has been on a tear throughout 2017. Grippo was effective off of his back, hitting a great sweep that put him into position on top. Rader remained composed in the…