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Author Archive: BJJEE

Firas Zahabi Went On Joe Rogan Podcast – Must Watch For All Martial Art Fans

Firas Zahabi is one of the most respected coaches alive now. The John Danaher black belt has long been at the helm of Tristar – Canada’s MMA Powerhouse. There’s much to Firas’ style...

BJJ Black Belt Talks How the Gentle Art Helps LGBTQIA+ People Including His Children

BJJ Black Belt John Jensen saw the Ultimate Fighting Championship back in 1997 and was intrigued by the success of the Gracie family. A year later he signed up at the closest school to him which at...

Neiman Gracie: People Want Me to “Humble” Dillon Danis

Dillon Danis has been making waves for the better part of last two years. The Bellator MMA Fighter has been spectacular in his megalomaniacal approach ever since he started associating with Conor...

Mackenzie Dern Will Be Staying A Strawweight

Mackenzie Dern has been widely mocked after her failure to make 115lbs for the Rio card back in April. This has lead the UFC to offer her a spot at the prestigious facility UFC Performance Institute...

Matt Serra and Dana White Had A Pro Wrestling Debut

Renzo Gracie black belt and a UFC veteran Matt Serra recently found himself in a brand new situation. He and UFC president Dana White found themselves following in Ronda Rousey’s footsteps. The...

Rener Gracie Breaks Down Full Street Altercation In Action Packed Clip

The Gracie breakdowns have long been making interesting headlines. It’s always interesting to see how someone who has been born into the martial arts dynasty and has a life long experience in...

Garry Tonon: Colby Covington and His Sis Can Call Me Daddy

A little while back prodigal UFC son Colby Covington went on MMA Roasted and declared he’d have an easy time winning the ADCC. When asked about grappling he said he would beat them all...

Polaris 7 Releases Full Card, Set to Feature Gilbert Burns, Nicky Ryan, Imanari, Gregor Gracie

Polaris is perhaps the best long run sub only event in the jiu jitsu community. 7th edition of the event will be featuring Nicky Ryan in an Ash Williams match up. The card will be headlined by Gregor...

Eddie Bravo Set To Appear At Quintet 2 with 10th Planet Team

Over the weekend Quintet’s 2nd event took place however it was just a fight night and not a full blown event. Now Eddie Bravo has confirmed what Quintet PR first announced – EBI founder...

Roberto Jimenez’ dad Cries Doping – AOJ Responds: “Much Smaller Than Your Son!”

Raul Jimenez recently posted this: A post shared by Raul Jimenez (@gachiux) on Jun 15, 2018 at 7:19am PDT Along with some other comments this riled up the Mendes brothers. They responded: Notably...

Joe Rogan Watches and Commentates Legendary Altercations Including Wanderlei Silva v Carlson Gracie Black Belt

In the world of jiu jitsu most of the early popularity came mainly from real life application of the art. As such there are legendary challenges and Gracie in action  footage. Top 5 Principles to...

Comedian Russell Peters Talks Training 3,4 Times A Week And What Jiu Jitsu Did For Him When A Street Situation Got Dicey

Comedian Russell Peters has been doing bjj for quite some time! We first heard about it back in January of last year when he suited up alongside fellow comedian Joe Rogan. Funny man Peters has long...

IBJJF Rule Changes For 2018 Go Live July 2nd – No Definitive Language Regarding Advantages

Below is the list of updated rules – Guide for 2018   RULES UPDATE GUIDE – 2018 PAGE 7 1.3 Referee Duties Rule revision: 1.3.7 • While standing, one of the athletes steps into the...

UFC Working On Brock Lesnar Match Up With Jon Jones – All Eyes On USADA

Just as Jon Jones announced he’s excited about a grappling opportunity in the works a new exciting match up is on the horizon for him. Even though Jones has been long absent due to an alleged...

Me Too Movement Has Arrived To Jiu Jitsu – And it’s here to Stay

In the past BJJ Eastern Europe hasn’t shied away from picking up troubling reports. It looks as though we have another one like that in our hands. The cultural movement that’s caused the...

71-Year Old Judoka Still Competing in Judo With a Prosthetic Knee

Martial arts are a huge source of inspiration for people. This is why it’s always exciting to see people who are still active in very late age as well as those who are just now taking it up....

Carla Esparza Accuses Claudia Gadelha Of Greasing To Avoid Grappling Exchanges

Carla Esparza is convinced that Claudia Gadelha was greased up for their bout this past weekend at UFC 225 – and she wants a rematch to prove it. Hey @ClaudiaGadelha_ i was never scared before...

Jon Jones Teases Grappling Superfight In The Works

Perhaps the best thing to come out of Jon Jones previous suspensions were his grappling superfights. Just recently Vitor Belfort retired and Jon Jones mentioned how much he admired the Brazilian...

Quintet 2 Results: Team Carpe Diem Wins Team Grappling Tourney

Quintet is a Kuzushi Sakuraba promotional grappling tournament that kicked off in April. Having made it to UFC Fight Pass the 2nd edition of the event went in a slightly softer direction. Featured...

Jeff Glover is Out – Officially Announces Retirement

Jeff Glover has been one of the most exciting bjj players to watch for the last decade. The innovator and fierce competitor just recently competed in the one of a kind even  – High rollerz ....

Best of High Rollerz: Sub only Gi grappling Tournament that Had Weed As A Prize

High Rollerz took place late last night at 333 S Boylston St in LA. In attendance were some huge bjj stars. Fresh off his domestic battery arrest – Nick Diaz was in attendance. With...

Coral Belts Fabio Oliveira And Claudio Marculino Duke It Out With Amazing BJJ Exchanges

A few in the world have had the opportunity to personally watch a match between two coral belts, facebook page Jiu-Jitsu UFRJ – Team Minerva made it a point to record this moment to share with...

Ronda Rousey First Woman To Be Inducted in UFC Hall OF Fame

Ronda Rousey is nothing if not famous and infamous – the once touted unbeatable suffered two consecutive losses and quickly altered direction straight toward the WWE. The Ultimate Fighting...

CM Punk Is Over – Mike Jackson Destroys WWE Veteran. Dana White On His Future

Twitter had the joy of watching wwe veteran CM Punk aka Phil Brooks be destroyed by Mike Jackson. This fight feels like I’m watching the UFC video game play out in real-time #UFC225 — Dan Tom...