Gabi Garcia Set To Duel Another Former Pro Wrestler
Nov 29, 2017BJJEE
Rizin just announced an additional special match to take place at the New Years Eve. And it will feature Gabi Garcia and another middle aged former pro wrestler. Additional fight...
Chael Sonnen calls out Fabricio Werdum for ADCC superfight
Nov 29, 2017BJJEE
Chael Sonnen had an interesting showing at ADCC – not only was he victorious in a superfight against Chekmat head Leo Vieira but he also entered the absolute division! Still...
EBI 14: Full Lineup Released
Nov 28, 2017BJJEE
Eddie Bravo’s Invitational is perhaps the most popular grappling tournament right now. The prestigious sub only event is doing another edition of Absolutes – previous...
Gabi Garcia Announces Return To IBJJF Worlds
Nov 27, 2017BJJEE
Fresh off of her ADCC triumph Gabi Garcia will be returning to the IBJJF competition scene. With Rizin being largely unable to find her a good match and with her record unscathed...
Iranian Wrestlers Refuse To Compete Against Israel
Nov 26, 2017BJJEE
The world of judo isn’t the only arena where things are getting political. In Poland during the ongoing U23 World Championships things took a strange turn. Olympian and 2015...
Ralek Gracie: AJ Agazarm Came Off Heroic, Robbing Me
Nov 26, 2017BJJEE
Ralek Gracie is one of the most polarizing figures in bjj. While there might be a lot of more controversial figures his constant flip flopping and the inability to make payments towards...
Nova Uniao leader Andre Pederneiras Explains End of 20-year partnership with Kimura
Nov 26, 2017BJJEE
A long partnership between Brazilian MMA teams Nova Uniao and Kimura has come to an end after 20 years. Kimura is a popular MMA and bjj team in Natal with talents like Renan Barao and...
Fighter Gets 10 Months In Jail For Attempt To Fix UFC Match
Nov 25, 2017BJJEE
Korean fighter Tae Hyun Bang was just sentenced to 10 months in prison. The 34 year old fighter was set to face Leo Kuntz at UFC Seoul on the undercard in November 2015. Prior to the...
Ben Askren Leaves Room For Comeback After Final Contracted Bout
Nov 25, 2017BJJEE
Ben Askren just served out his contract with ONE Fc. The impressive wrestler just manhandled Shinya Aoki for a 56s victory via tko. Ben Askren Declared Himself a Black Belt And...
Jose Aldo Believes Latest Failed Test ‘Dirties’ Anderson Silva’s Career
Nov 24, 2017BJJEE
Jose Aldo has had a tumultuous time this last couple of years. Among other things he was the object of speculation when it came to possible doping after this exchange was shown: But...
Tonon and Ryan Mock Santos: I’d like to Challenge You to a Match, but I’d also like to eliminate some Submissions I’m Not Really Good At, But You Are.
Nov 24, 2017BJJEE
Yesterday Erberth Santos made headlines challenging Gordon Ryan to an IBJJF rules Nogi match. Translation? He’d very much like no heel hooks to be allowed. And who can blame him,...
Erberth Santos Fires Back At Gordon Ryan: I Accept a Match Against You BUT Has To Be IBJJF Rules
Nov 23, 2017BJJEE
Earlier yesterday Gordon Ryan talked at length about the experience he had competing at ADCC. Gordon, who is currently prepping for Metamoris spared no words and answered an...
Kosei Inoue: Judo Legend Who Would Eagerly Roll Up His Sleeves And Clean The Mat
Nov 23, 2017BJJEE
In grappling the matter of making sure you’re training in a cleanly, hygienic atmosphere should be a priority. Due to constant skin-to-skin contact, infections of the skin are a...
Rafael Lovato Jr. is set to face Chris Honeycutt at Bellator 189
Nov 23, 2017BJJEE
Much like Mackenzie Dern, Rafael Lovato Jr has also moved on to bigger things after Legacy Fighting Championship. After a successful debut at Bellator he’s booked his 2nd fight...
Nate Diaz Demands $15 million To fight Tyron Woodley — and UFC Likely Won’t Give It To Him
Nov 22, 2017BJJEE
After the duology with Conor McGregor Nate Diaz won’t go back to fighting for chunk change – but he’s also substantially down from the previously demanded 30$ million...
Two Members Of The Syrian Judo National Squad Lose Life In Bombing
Nov 22, 2017BJJEE
The state news agency SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) recently revealed that monday 2 judo players were killed and more than 12 other judoka were injured, some critically when a rebel...
Metamoris Countdown: Gordon Ryan Under Pressure
Nov 22, 2017BJJEE
Metamoris’ legacy is very complicated due to a series off questionable ethics moves however one part of the promotion that never failed was the production of compelling intro...
ESPN’s 30 for 30 premieres Free Podcast Episode ‘No Rules: The Birth of UFC’
Nov 22, 2017BJJEE
One of the best documentary series out there for lovers of sports in general is ESPN’s 30 for 30. However fans of grappling were long under-served when it comes to 30 for 30. One...
Referee Slow To Intervene After Judoka Got Put To Sleep
Nov 21, 2017BJJEE
While submissions are the pinnacle of a match in bjj in judo they’re one of Jigoro Kano’s doctrines of “Maximum Efficiency with Minimum Effort”. A match is won when the...
Garry Tonon Talks MMA Debut, The Future Of BJJ and How He Got The Idea to Build His Brand
Nov 21, 2017BJJEE
Tonon also revealed he’ll most likely make his MMA debut in 2018: “I don’t have a date, but they were asking me when I’d be ready and I think I gave them March,...
Joe Rogan & Jocko Willink: Jiu-Jitsu Is All About Getting Into People’s Heads
Nov 20, 2017BJJEE
Joe Rogan became interested in jiu-jitsu in 1994 after watching Royce Gracie fight at UFC 2: No Way Out, and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its...
Eddie Bravo Wants To Introduce UpKicks To Combat Jiu-jitsu
Nov 20, 2017BJJEE
Eddie Bravo has always been on the frontlines of innovation. From building his own unique game to building 10th planet system and onto EBI. But Now he’s ready to embark on another...
Ricardo De La Riva Receives Coral Belt
Nov 20, 2017BJJEE
Ricardo De La Riva is one of the most creative guard players to have competed in bjj. His mark is through the De LA Riva Guard from which many variations of the modern sports came. He...
Someone Used A Choke Similar To Eddie Cummings’ Pillory Choke And Submitted Opponent In Competition
Nov 19, 2017BJJEE
A little while back Eddie Wolverine Cummings taught the Pillory Choke. But little did we know that a very similar version of that would stun us all including the opponent’s...
