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Author Archive: BJJEE

ADCC 2017: Miyao, DeBlass Qualified + Updated Competitors List

Photo: SantoNegro ADCC Federation has announced its upcoming 2017 World Event is going to be held on 22-24 September, 2017 in Espoo, Finland. The event will take place at the famous Espoo...

Davi Ramos & Augusto Frota To Hold Charity BJJ Seminar in Serbia

  A major event for BJJ in Serbia and the region! For the first time ever, Davi Ramos (2015 ADCC champion) and Augusto Frota (head of Frota team and 3rd degree black belt under Rodrigo...

Felice Herrig on New Purple Belt: ‘I Feel a Deep Love for BJJ’

Felice Herrig is an American kickboxer, Muay Thai fighter, and mixed martial artist. Born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, she began her career practicing kickboxing and Muay Thai before transitioning to...

Tom DeBlass: How BJJ Competitors Should Develop Conditioning

How do you improve your cardio for BJJ? You’re strong but you gas out real quick? Too bad BJJ matches take at least 5 minutes (white belt) up to 10 minutes (black belt). Technique conquers all, but...

Instructor Demotes Student From Blue To White Belt

If you’re a Blue, Purple or Brown Belt should you have to restart over if your instructor thinks that you don’t know enough about their system? What do you think? Demoting a student in Jiu-Jitsu...

The Ultimate Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tattoo Collection

  If you are looking for inspiration for a Jiu-Jitsu tattoo this is the right place!  Brazilian website muitomaisacaojiujitsu.com.br made a collection of BJJ tattoos and we added to the...

Rick Marshall, 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt Teaches at Evolve MMA Singapore

In September 2016, Evolve Mixed Martial Arts, Asia’s top martial arts organization partnered with 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu to launch Asia’s largest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi program and the 10th...

Russian BJJ Team Ignores Backlash; Releases 2017 Sexy Calendar

It’s a new year and BJJ Strela Team from Russia have just released their 2017 calendar. After the highly successful 2016 edition, this calendar has now become a tradition and they continue...

Norwegian Prodigy Tarik Hopstock: ‘I Compete Happy & Excited. Never Angry’

If you’ve been following the European and World BJJ competition scene, you have probably heard of Tarik Hopstock. This year he won the IBJJF Europeans at purple belt, a title he had already won...

Revolutionary New App for BJJ Instructors: GroupMan BJJ

Everyday work of a sports instructor, in addition to the training process, includes solving of various organizational issues, such as preparation of training schedule, registration of athletes,...

UFC Vet Wins with Incredible Helicopter Armbar in Russia

Former UFC fighter Diego Brandao defeated Murad ‘The Strangler’ Machaev at EFN Fight Nights Global 58 in Russia on Saturday. He was able to win using a spectacular submission, a helicopter armbar...

Valentina Shevchenko Dances The ‘Lezginka’ After UFC fight

  UFC’s Valentina Shevchenko dances the traditional dance from the Caucasus, the Lezginka after her fight with Juliana Pena. Since Khabib Nurmagomedov comes from Dagestan where this dance...

‘Creontism’: Came From Brazil, Doesn’t Make Sense in The West

  Guest post from Thomas Nadelhoffer the Grumpy Grappler, an Associate Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience at College of Charleston (SC). When he’s not enjoying time with...

Tito Ortiz Responds To Fixed Fight Accusations

The recent Bellator fight between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen, which Ortiz won by rear naked choke in round 1 had many fans saying that the fight was fixed because of the way Sonnen was fighting....

Melvin Manhoef is a BJJ Brown Belt: ‘I’ve Been Training Gi for 8 Years’

Professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist Melvin Manhoef is an avid BJJ practitioner and is even a BJJ brown belt! In kickboxing, he is a former It’s Showtime Champion, and in MMA he was...

Liborio on ADCC Sonnen Match: ‘He’s 10 years Younger but Technically I Have A Chance’

BJJ legend Ricardo Liborio, co founder of the famed American Top Team will facing Chael Sonnen in an ADCC Stars Superfight in the upcoming ADCC Worlds in Finland later this year! Ricardo Liborio has...

UPDATE: Tonon To Face Antonio Carlos ‘Shoe Face’ at SUG 3

  UPDATE: In a surprising development MMA promotion Bellator has decided to pull Chael Sonnen from a match in his own grappling promotion set to take place later this month (29th January 2016)....

Ronda Rousey Resurfaces at Gun Store; Applies For Concealed Carry Permit

    Ronda Rousey has finally made a public appearance following her tough TKO loss at the hands of Amanda Nunes three weeks ago. The location and premise are quite surprising: A Las Vegas...

Garry Tonon Will Grapple Chael Sonnen at SUG 3

Chael Sonnen’s Grappling organisation, Submission Underground is growing fast and securing some A-list MMA and grappling stars such as Jon Jones, Dan Henderson, Garry Tonon, and more…...

BJJ Social Network Mines Holy Grail of Training Data

  Roll, the first BJJ social network, is raising money for development on Kickstarter.   Do you know what your attendance was this month compared to this time last year? How many rounds did you...

2 Simple Ways To Kimura Proof Your Shoulders

Guest post by Dr Kickass, Mike Piekarski, a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Former MMA Fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt. Follow him on instagram.   The most common complaint I hear on the mat...

How To Do a Double Leg Takedown Off The Cage

  Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia shows us how to take an opponent down against the cage. Mark is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team...

3rd BJJ Intensive Camp in Lignano Italy 25th-28th May 2017

Welcome to the Third BJJ INTENSIVE TRAINING CAMP in Lignano/Udine – ITALY. 25th – 28th of May 2017 Lignano/Udine/Italy Training, accommodation, food, beach, sea, fun, open mats, drinks,...

Was Tito Ortiz vs Chael Sonnen A Fixed Fight?

MMA Analyst Adam Couch made this video of tonight’s Bellator main event between Tito Ortiz and Chael Sonnen which ended in the first round with rear naked choke. Many fans were saying that the...