ADCC Kids World Championship In The Making? Mo Jassim Reveals
Jul 18, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Mo Jassim, ADCC head organizer, has intentions of organizing an ADCC World Championship in 2024 – for kids! The idea to organize the tournament came to Jassim after he was told about the...
Robert Drysdale Fires Off Against Mo Jassim: “Read A Book Every Now And Then”
Jun 21, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Robert Drysdale and Mo Jassim appear to be in an ongoing heated discussion – on whether or not the IBJJF or the ADCC is the reason why Jiu-Jitsu is increasingly popular nowadays. And, well, the...
ADCC 2024: Mo Jassim Confirmed As Head Organizer
Oct 11, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Mo Jassim has been confirmed as the head organizer for ADCC 2024, which makes it the third consecutive time that he’s been given this responsibility. Jassim is one of the most influential...
Mo Jassim (ADCC Organizer) Used To Donate Up To $15K To CS: GO Players
Sep 15, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credits: FloGrappling Not a lot of people know that Mo Jassim, the ADCC Head Organizer, used to play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO)… And that his nickname was...
Robert Drysdale Responds to Gordon Ryan & Mo Jassim’s Fixed ADCC Match Allegations
Jun 22, 2021BJJEE
Former ADCC champion Robert Drysdale recently made an interesting video where he named the most successful teams in Jiu-Jitsu. He named Gracie Barra, Alliance and Atos. This provoked a reaction from...
ADCC Organizer Mo Jassim: ‘Robert Drysdale Participated in a Fixed Match in 2007 ADCC’
Jun 15, 2021BJJEE
Former ADCC champion Robert Drysdale recently made an interesting video where he named the most successful teams in Jiu-Jitsu. He named Gracie Barra, Alliance and Atos. This provoked a reaction from...
Breaking News: ADCC 2024 To Take Place In Las Vegas (T-Mobile Arena)
Jul 04, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
It’s official: the next instance of the biggest submission grappling event in the world, ADCC, will take place in Las Vegas! ADCC 2024 will be held at T-Mobile Arena, which hosts some of the...
Craig Jones Says Joe Rogan Is “More Responsible” For Growth Of BJJ Than ADCC Or IBJJF Are
Jun 22, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Over the last few days, the discussion whether ADCC or IBJJF is more important for the global growth of BJJ has been a hot topic between Mo Jassim and Robert Drysdale. Craig Jones now decided to jump...
BJJ Community Furious With Rener Gracie Because Of His “Expert Witness Testimony”
Apr 02, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
The BJJ community is becoming increasingly agitated with Rener Gracie… Due to his “expert witness testimony” in the Jack Greener case, where Greener was left paralyzed (and is now a...
ADCC 2022: Felipe Pena Moves to the 99kg+ Division To Face Gordon Ryan
Jan 27, 2022BJJEE1 Admin
It’s now official! Felipe Pena has moved to the 99kg+ division for ADCC 2022; which puts him in the same bracket with Gordon Ryan. The ADCC organizing team posted the news on their official...
Brianna Ste-Marie, ADCC East Coast Trials Winner, Promoted to BJJ Black Belt
Dec 07, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Brianna Ste-Marie is having a great year! After winning the ADCC East Coast Trials, she was promoted to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt over the last weekend; by Brazilian Top Team Canada’s head...
Gordon Ryan Answers Fan Question, Says: “I’ll Eventually Move To Texas”
Jun 24, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Gordon Ryan’s been fighting hard against the stomach issues that forced him to take a leave of absence from competition. His health is getting better and he is putting on mass, which are all...
10 Best Examples of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Fiction (Movies, TV and Books)
Feb 06, 2020BJJEE
Written by Alexander Darwin @CombatCodes. Photo by Ryan Best @RyanBestArt I’ve always kept an eye out for Brazilian jiu jitsu in fiction. Every time I see even the slightest grappling exchange...
Garry Tonon – How Far Can We Go to Promote a Match?
Jan 20, 2020BJJEE
Garry Tonon and Gordon Ryan are part of the new generation of professional Grapplers who make a living with BJJ superfights (and now with his MMA career). They changed the game by openly calling out...
2x ADCC Champ Yuri Simoes To Make MMA Debut at ONE Championship
Nov 20, 2019BJJEE
After Rodolfo Vieira and Gabi Garcia, another ADCC champion has decided to the take the next step in their career: MMA. 2015 & 2017 ADCC champion Yuri Simoes has taken the big leap and signed...
Gordon Ryan Replaces Braulio Estima Against Lo, More ADCC North America Results
Apr 16, 2017BJJEE
Another great ADCC event is behind us. The North American trials had much hype to them thanks to the excellent lineup of superfights in addition to the exciting opportunity to qualify...
Sponsor Backs Out Due To Gordon Ryan Being Disrespectful, More Changes
Oct 16, 2016BJJEE
In many way the bjj community is a small world where everybody knows everybody. This is something that came to bite Gordon Ryan. His latest bout of ungentlemanly behavior lost his event...
Tom DeBlass On Transgender Athletes Competing In ADCC Female Divisions: “Not Allowing It”
Sep 13, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Lots of commotion has been stirred up in the BJJ community, after a recent NAGA tournament allowed for a transgender athlete to compete in a female division. A part of the Jiu-Jitsu community is...
Jake Paul On Training Jiu-Jitsu: “It Seems Pretty Easy to Me”
Jul 06, 2023BJJEE
Every so often, here at BJJEE we come across news that aren’t about Jiu-Jitsu… But that are super exciting in the world of combat sports as a whole. For example, the news that a boxing...
Gordon Ryan Shares A Hilarious Big Gord Story: “Don’t Give Up, Buddy”
Jun 21, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
It’s already been more than 2 and a half years since Big Gord – Gordon Ryan‘s father – had passed away. But the stories about him continue to live on and keep on making people...
Gordon Ryan Out Indefinitely as Stomach Issues Relapse
May 22, 2023BJJEE
Gordon Ryan had to take a leave of absence from competition – effectively retiring from BJJ for a short period of time – due to an unknown stomach issue. He felt better last year and was...
ADCC Ditches UFC FightPass & is Back on Flograppling: A Step Back for Grappling?
Apr 28, 2023BJJEE
Back in January 2023, there was some groundbreaking news for the Jiu-Jitsu/Grappling community as ADCC events were to be streamed via UFC Fight Pass. This meant much more mainstream exposure for...
Jake & Logan Paul Show Defense to Nate Diaz’s Street Guillotine
Apr 23, 2023BJJEE
It seems to have been quite an eventful New Orleans night for Nate Diaz… Because he ended up in a street fight and choked out a guy! Diaz was at the Misfits Boxing 6 event, where his teammate...
ADCC & UFC Sign Streaming Agreement For Over 40 ADCC Events
Jan 22, 2023BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credits: UFC Fight Pass Instagram It’s now official: for the next two years, ADCC events will be streamed via UFC Fight Pass! This means over 40 events throughout 2024; including ADCC...
