Fight To Win (F2W) 181: Welterweight Title & Main Event Match Results
Aug 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Fight To Win (F2W) 181 event was nothing short of what it has been anticipated to be – an extremely exciting one! Having taken place on Sunday, August 15, it featured a number of high-paced...
Rickson Gracie: “Breath Control Can Change Your Life”
Aug 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
You can’t control everything on the mats, nor in your life alike. You can control some of the moves, but you can never fully predict what your “opponent” will do… Or how...
UFC Athlete Jordan Williams Throws Carjacker Out of His Car
Aug 15, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Carjacking is a bad idea. But stealing a trained fighter’s car is an even worse one. Case in point: when the UFC’s fighter Jordan Williams left his car running at a gas station in...
Grappling Industries: Vienna and Warsaw Tournaments Preview
Aug 15, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The BJJ tournaments are heating up in Europe! After a lengthy pause that was brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitions and the thrill behind them are back. With that said, two of the...
Submission Underground (SUG) 26: Clash of UFC Athletes
Aug 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Submission Underground (SUG) 26 championship is taking place on Sunday 15, and will feature a mix of athletes with very serious BJJ and MMA backgrounds. The tournament is headlined by a tag...
WNO: Full Women’s Heavyweight Bracket Announced
Aug 14, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credit: FloGrappling/WNO The Who’s Number One (WNO) tournament is scheduled to take place on September 25 and 26. It will feature five brackets of eight grapplers – most of them...
Robert Degle Suspended by the IBJJF Immediately After Being Promoted to Black Belt
Aug 13, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Robert Degle – a long-time student of John Danaher – was promoted to black belt on Tuesday, August 10. However, immediately after the promotion took place, he was suspended by the IBJJF!...
Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu Responds To Marcel Goncalves’ Sexual Assault Allegations
Aug 13, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Marcel Goncalves – a BJJ black belt and former Fight Sports affiliate instructor – was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault in March 2018; due to the allegations...
Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza Announces Retirement From MMA
Aug 12, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The former ADCC superfight and multiple times IBJJF world champion, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, has announced that he is retiring from the mixed martial arts scene. Combate reported that...
Brazilian Embassy in Ireland Supports Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Projects
Aug 12, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
At a recent meeting in the Brazilian Embassy in Ireland, a partnership was signed between ambassador Marcelo Biato, BJJ professor Henrique Saraiva and counselor Cesar Leite; with an aim of supporting...
Try This Surprising Standing Loop Choke Setup by Joel Bouhey
Aug 11, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Loop chokes are fun! They’re so simple to set up that it’s almost ridiculous how easily you can get them sometimes… It’s just that your opponents don’t expect such a...
Evolve Ur Game 3 Announced: No Gi ADCC Rules Grand Prix
Aug 11, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The third edition of the Evolve Ur Game (EUG) promotion has been announced for October! This buildup to the 2022 ADCC championships will feature an 8-man No Gi grand prix that follows along the ADCC...
Robert Degle Is Now Officially a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Aug 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Robert Degle – a long-time student of John Danaher – was promoted to black belt yesterday! The new belt around his waist was tied by Brandon Bennett, Renzo Gracie’s black belt....
Rickson Gracie: “Leverage Replaces Strength, Technique Replaces Speed”
Aug 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Almost everyone who starts with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu thinks that they’re either too strong or too weak to do everything/anything. If you’re “jacked”, then you might’ve...
This Simple Arm Triangle Escape Works Surprisingly Well
Aug 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Ever been on the receiving end of an Arm Triangle (Head & Arm Choke) submission? Of course you have… And how did it feel? It sucks, right. When you feel that choke tighten, there...
Sean Flynn Does 66 Rolls in 6 Hours: “I Nearly Sh*t Myself”
Aug 10, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Sean Flynn, a BJJ brown belt from England, has decided to challenge himself with an event called “Roll 66”. The challenge, which took place on July 25, was to do 66 rounds of 5-minute...
How To Defend Against Stack Passing? Here’s The Answer
Aug 09, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Stack passes are one of the most common types of guard passes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu; no doubt that you have a training partner or two who give you trouble with them. And if you don’t know how...
Rener Gracie Auctions 20 Years of Memorabilia to Help Bullying Victims
Aug 09, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Rener Gracie is well-known for his reaching out to bullying victims around the USA, and for trying to provide them with opportunities to learn the skills required for self-defense. So, when he was...
Watch: UFC 265 Jessica Penne vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz Ends With A Nasty Armbar
Aug 09, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credit: UFC The UFC 265, which took place on August 7, was nothing short of exciting! Among other matches, it featured the one between Jessica Penne and Karolina Kowalkiewicz – which...
This Old School RNC Setup Works Great in the Street
Aug 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Stuff doesn’t have to be fancy in order to work in BJJ. Actually, more often than not, it’s the simple techniques and setups that win the day; not the complicated moves. For instance,...
Emerald City Invitational 2: Gianni Grippo Defeats Kennedy Maciel
Aug 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credit: FloGrappling / Emerald City Invitational 2 The Emerald City Invitational 2 tournament just took place… And boy, was it full of action! It featured a 145-pound championship...
F2W 180 Results: Rafael Lovato Jr. Keeps the No Gi Title
Aug 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Fight To Win (F2W) 180 event was stacked with exciting matches! In the main event – the No Gi light heavyweight title match – Rafael Lovato Jr. got the win against Gabriel Arges. And...
Polaris Squads 3 Results & Review: Team USA Wins
Aug 08, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
It was a spectacular night at Polaris Squads 3, with many high-speed matches taking place! In the end, it was the team USA that took home the win. View this post on Instagram A post...
Rickson Gracie on Living a Turbulent Life in Rio & Training with Rolls Gracie
Aug 07, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Living and growing up in Rio de Janeiro meant a lot of different experiences for Rickson Gracie. In the latest episode of the “Jocko Podcast”, which is hosted by the ex-Navy SEAL Jocko...
