Battleground Grappling 7 took place on March 7th, 2025 and some of the best grapplers from all around Australia put on an excellent show. There was plenty of action in the preliminary card and it built up the anticipation excellently, but the main card was where the big names stepped on the mat. Narek Tumanyan kicked things off with the first Combat Jiu-Jitsu match of the night and he landed some heavy strikes to wear his opponent down before securing the rear-naked choke. James Wong got the win by decision in the second one later on in the card, beating short-notice replacement Steve Kennedy.
Josh Shipton delivered the final submission of the night and he did so in impressive fashion, locking up a tight head and arm choke to force his opponent to tap. The co-main event then daw Daiki Yonekura put up a valiant effort in an openweight match, but Josh Alsopp ultimately got the win by decision. The main event of the evening was the only title-fight, and it saw Kaya Rudolph putting the under 90kg title on the line against Anton Minenko. It was going to be the first title-defense for Rudolph and a huge opportunity to cement his place at the top of Australian grappling after winning the title at Battleground Grappling 5. Rudolph did exactly that and came away with the decision win in the end to remain the champion.
Battleground Grappling 7 Full Results
Kaya Rudolph defeats Anton Minenko via Decision – Unanimous
Rudolph retains the under 90kg Battleground Grappling championship
Josh Allsopp defeats Daiki Yonekura via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Josh Shipton defeats Dominic Unamono via Submission – Head & Arm Choke
James Wong defeats Steve Kennedy via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Aaron Maher defeats Josh Stolton via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Kemal Akagunduz defeats Simon Reyes via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Narek Tumanyan defeats Ray Karaitiana via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Preliminary Card
Rory Matthews defeats Brodie McCreanor via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Sousuke Oshima defeats Luke Marko via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Abubakr Mohamed Ali defeats Gabriel Mateus Dare via Submission – Gi Choke
Victoria Gonzalez defeats Lara Dempsey via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Sanjay Nambiar defeats Toni Sips via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Joseph Turner defeats Adam Popal via Decision – Judge’s Decision
Egert Messak defeats Elias Donatelli via Submission – Rear-naked Choke
Tom Mayers defeats Samuel Ortiz via Decision – Judge’s Decision
The full Battleground Grappling 7 event replay, including all of the above results, is available to watch on the promotion’s official website.
