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Author Archive: BJJEE

Khabib: I’ll finish Ferguson with a ‘very nice D’arce choke’

    The biggest mma match under a question mark due to repeated pull outs is Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. UFC 223 conference call was full of soundbites between Khabib...

Putin challenged to Judo Match by martial arts master called Falcon

    General Marek Sokolowski, 52, had a peculiar challenge for the newly re-elected Russian president Vladimir Putin (65). Sokolowski is the highly-respected commander of the 16th...

Russia Claims Its Wrestlers Were Denied US Visas for World Cup Event

    Wrestling might be the oldest grappling art but it’s surely the one politics are most involved in. However the political climate involved someone besides the usual USA/Iran/Israel...

Baton Rouge School Set To Make Jiu-Jitsu A Requirement

    While physical education is a class around the world jiu jitsu has been a requirement thus far only in the middle east. Sheikh Tahnoon developed the plan of of having Jiu-Jitsu taught...

Josh Barnett: USADA Was More Interested Into Ways To Punish Me Than The Truth

    Earlier this week Josh Barnett became the first fighter who was pinged by USADA but received no suspension just a reprimand. This was due to Barnett’s unwillingness to settle...

Eddie Wolverine: I’m Always Injured, Just a Matter Of Severity

    One of the biggest shockers of 2017 was when we reported that Eddie Wolverine will be out of ADCC due to injury.   “Yeah there’s been a lot of injuries this year. I...

Dillon Danis Set to Be Cornered By Murillo Santana – Wishes The Best On Tonon

    Dillon Danis had signed his mma contract almost exactly a year ago. Still the jiu-jitsu talent has yet to make his MMA debut. Dillon Danis Spotted Doing MMA Sparring with Paulo Miyao...

MMA fighter Set To Be Extradited On Kidnapping, Torture Charges

    Russian mixed martial artist Rustan Abdurakmanov made headlines in Thailand this past week. The mma veteran is set to be deported to Russia because he’s charged for torture,...

Sakuraba’s Quintet Pits BJJ and Sambo & Judo against Catch Wrestling Team

    Sakuraba announced an interesting tournament a while back.  The promotion’s meant to put an emphasis on team spirit, something you don’t see all that often in bjj. With a group...

Mackenzie Dern Looking For A Submission Victory In Rio

    Mackenzie Dern is 1-0 in the UFC and 6-0 in MMA. Her next fight is set for Rio De Janeiro against Amanda Bobby Cooper. Cooper has a fight record of 3-3 with 2-2 being in the UFC....

Gordon Ryan ACB Debut Date Set

    Gordon Ryan signed with ACB Jiu Jitsu a while back. But while we’re all curious about his newly honed gi skills we’ll be delighted to see him show his best nogi game in the...

ONE FC Bans Suplex Throws, Overturns Victory to DQ

    While we’ve largely been turned to the debut of Garry  Tonon it’s been a spectacular weekend in mma. As many as 3 promotions featured spectacular suplex throws that ended...

Garry Tonon Explains MMA Mindset: Better To Test Skills Than End The Fight The Way I Already Know How

    Garry Tonon’s explosive mma debut was over the weekend at ONE FC. The prestigious Asian promotion shared the spectacle with everyone but nobody anticipated Garry Tonon will be all...

Savage Suplex The Throw Of Choice In MMA This Weekend

    While we as a bjj community have largely been focussed on the debut of Garry Tonon there’s been other interesting happenings in mma. Not only was Josh Barnett exhonorated by the...

Tom DeBlass Outs Rarely Seen Side Of Gordon Ryan

    While Garry Tonon has been widely known for a number of years Gordon Ryan made his name on clever banter with Garry and a string of impressive victories over serious grapplers including...

Mansher Munchie Khera Challenges Garry Tonon To MMA Match up

    While Dillon Danis is all over the media thanks to his unholy partnership with UFC royalty Conor McGregor, his bff Mansher Munchie Khera who was also suspended from Marcelo Garcia...

Garry Tonon Showcases Heavy Hands in A TKO Debut Victory in MMA

    Garry Tonon has showed his dominance over his first opponent in a very interesting manner. Tonon looked comfortable on the feet and was close to dropping Corminal several times.  ...

Josh Barnett Submits USADA – No Suspension – First Fighter Ever to Test Positive and Avoid Suspension

    Josh Barnett has been a force to be reckoned with in both grappling and mma for some time. However for the last year his career has been neither here nor there. In December 2016 he was...

Fighter Jumps On Spine Of Knocked Out Opponent

    Over the years we’ve seen many bizarre scenes in MMA but perhaps none as disrespectful as this one:   And then this happened… WTF?!? @LFAfighting #MMA...

Joe Rogan Names Top Grapplers Of Today

    Joe Rogan’s passion for grappling has long been widely documented. There’s perhaps no other more effective advocate for jiu-jitsu in the media today. Rogan has been quoted...

Rafael Dos Anjos Interim Title Against Colby Covington in Rio Discussed

    Last time Colby Covington was in Brazil he had to get smuggled out of the country. The WWE antics landed the UFC wrestler in a lot of trouble with the home audience. After defeating fan...

Black Belt Convicted Of Dogfighting Shoots Back: “My sentence was suspended and I was released pending my appeal. “

    Dan Swift has long been making waves in the community from the mocking of Chris Weidman to the police led raid of alleged dog fighting operation.     Interestingly Swift...

Dillon Danis Confirms There’s Still A Rift With Marcelo Garcia – “Marcelo is “Standoffish”

    While there are many questionable reputations in bjj one man who seems impervious to most is the smiling legend – Marcelo Garcia. Dillon Danis & Mansher Khera Suspended From...

BJJ Instructor Pleads Guilty To Unprovoked Attack On Student

    Sergio Robalo is a black belt instructor  – he was reportedly unhappy with his student’s work ethic in class when he shattered his jaw with one blow. For this he received 2...