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Author Archive: BJJEE

UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs Thompson Full fight

    Watch the UFC Fight Night 89 Headline fight – Rory McDonald v Stephen Thompson    

Barral out of IBJJF 50.000$ Pro League GP, More Changes

    Las Vegas IBJJF Pro League Grand Prix is set to take place on July 9th in Las Vegas. But there are several changes on the roster from the initially announced names two weeks ago. It...

Wrestling Transcends Politics: Iran gifts Burroghs

The true sportmanship of grappling is apparent once more. In this latest example, Jordan Burroghs of USA wrestling team (and winner of 2012 Olympic Gold) received a surprise gift after having to...

Robson Moura Discusses Last Month’s Challenger

    Robson Moura had a big guy walk into his school around June 1st and challenge anyone there to fight for $20. Moura just talked about it on the lastest episode of Evo podcast. Moura...

UFC Nearing Sale To Chinese Group For 4 billion

    The biggest mixed martial arts organization in the world may be very close to being sold. According to ESPN sources the lucrative franchise has two offers for purchase just over 14...

UFC Figther Henry Briones Proposes on a BJJ Mat

    UFC’s Henry Briones just proposed to his girlfriend in a very unique way in Tijuana, Mexico. Henry has more than made up for his lack of luck in the latest UFC showing with his...

Shawn Williams’ Breakdown Of Lepri Omoplata

    Shawn Williams is a Renzo Gracie black belt whom you surely know if you’re familiar with the Williams Guard. A guard variety he invented. He was one of the most talented...

John Howard Diagnosed With Autism at 33

    World series of Fighting competitor John Howard was recently diagnosed with autism. Boston native, Howard has been fighting professionally since 2004. He holds a brown belt in brazilian...

UAEJJF Launches New Grand Slam Event

    The Jiu Jitsu Federation of United Arab Emirates just released the calendar for 2016/2017 Grand Slam season. There’s a new stage in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE in addition to...

Aldo: Diaz Will Win Again, Quicker Than Last Time

    Aldo will not be rematching McGregor at UFC 200 as he wanted but he is keeping a close eye on the struggle Conor is facing in Diaz rematch set for UFC 202. Instead, at UFC 200 Aldo will...

F2WP 6 starts Tomorrow: Rafael Lovato Jr facing Pedro Mello

    The latest in a series of exciting submission only events starts tomorrow, Friday June 17th in Dallas, Texas.   Fight To Win Pro 6 goes off June 17th featuring Rafael Lovato Jr.,...

Top Youtube Celebrity Jenna Marbles Doing Jiu-Jitsu

    Internet personality Jenna Marbles is the latest in line of famous people to have tried brazilian jiu-jitsu. Marbles has a BA in Psychology and a Master of Education in Sport...

Wrestling Great Cole Konrad Training Jiu-Jitsu

    Famous Heavyweight Wrestler Cole Konrad is still training brazilian jiu-jitsu! Cole “The Polar Bear” Konrad started his grappling journey at Freedom Highschool in Freedom...

Buchecha Guarantees: MMA debut in 2017!

Marcus Buchecha Almeida is determined to make his MMA debut soon. The four time Absolute Winner at Mundials said that while there’s no time for his MMA debut in the 2nd half of 2016, he’s...

JT Torres leaving Atos HQ and forming new team

    Atos Black Belt JT “The Spiderman” Torres is leaving the Headquarters and forming a new school. JT Torres made a name for himself initially competing for Team LLoyd Irvin...

How bad is Sport Jiu-Jitsu for MMA?

    Rising interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu over the last decade also created vast differences in styles between different schools. But are these style differences detrimental to potential...

Dillon Danis training with UFC’s Conor McGregor

  Conor McGregor is going the extra mile before rematching with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 scheduled for August 20th. Dilon Danis is not the first grappler Conor has wrestled lately but he certainly...

MMA fighter kills himself playing Russian Roulette

    Bellator and Legacy FC bantamweight Ivan “JP” Cole died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. He was 25 years old. Young fighter was reportedly playing russian...

Vagner Rocha Beefing With Gordon Ryan Post Superfight

    Sapateiro Invitational 2 took place this weekend in Sarasota, Florida. It promised spectators an explosive superfight as well as the 175lb Tournament featuring Nathan Orchard,  Josh...

Royce Gracie Eager to Find a New MMA Opponent

    Royce Gracie isn’t quite ready to hang up the MMA gloves just yet! Following Bellator 149 where he knocked out Ken Shamrock, Gracie said in an interview it’s hard to leave...

BJJ Champ Sets Sights On Wrestling

    Super Heavy Purple Belt World Champion Shantelle Thompson has her eyes set on competing in wrestling. After winning Worlds for the 2nd time she said: “I didn’t think it...

Lucas Lepri’s Triumphant Journey to Lightweight Gold

    Last year Michael Langhi reigned over Lightweights in the Walter Pyramid Arena. This year his journey was cut short in the quarter finals by Gabriel Rollo. But the spotlight was on his...

TV’s Sherlock Holmes bitten by BJJ Bug!

    Television’s Sherlock Holmes is the latest addition to the celebrity jiu-jitsu practicioners list!   This group of dudes is a great group of dudes. #train #hard #enjoy...

Mundials 2016 By The Numbers

Statistical analysis of the biggest tournament in BJJ calendar revealed some interesting trends. The Long Beach Walter Pyramid Tournament hosted some of the best athletes in the world of Jiu-Jitsu...