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Author Archive: BJJEE

Watch: Travis Stevens Taps Out Judo World Champion in Olympics Semi Final

JOHN DAVID MERCER/USA TODAY SPORTS   The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. Travis Stevens when asked...

Olympics: Judo & BJJ Black Belt Flips Out After Being Disqualified

  By AFP: Furious Lebanese judoka Nacif Elias accused Argentine opponent Emmanuel Lucenti of gamesmanship after he was disqualified for an illegal armlock (Waki Gatame) at the Olympics on...

Olympics: Travis Stevens Takes Silver Medal Thanks To Superior Ground Game

JOHN DAVID MERCER/USA TODAY SPORTS   The USA’s Travis Stevens, probably the hardest working judoka around, has taken home a silver medal in the 2016 Olympic games. He showed great Newaza and...

Russia National Pro: U$60.000 In Travel Prizes To World Pro Championships in UAE

  It is with great pleasure that we announce the first ever World Pro Jiu-Jitsu championship in Russia: The Russia National Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2016 organized by the UAE Jiu-Jitsu...

Watch: Cris Cyborg Defeats World Wrestling Silver Medalist in Wrestling Match

Cristiane Justino Venancio, commonly referred to by her nickname “Cyborg” or “Cris Cyborg”, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former Strikeforce Women’s...

Denny Prokopos on if a No Gi Black Belt is also a Black Belt with the Gi

    Denny Prokopos sits with Budo Jake and discusses being a black belt in No Gi Jiu-Jitsu. Prokopos was the very first Jiu Jitsu black belt graduated by Eddie Bravo, and the first black...

Comedian Joey ‘Coco’ Diaz Promoted to Blue Belt in BJJ

  Joey “CoCo” Diaz is a Cuban-American stand up comedian. He is an actor known for his recurring role as Joey on the TV series My Name is Earl, as well as in movies such as The...

Fighter Attempts Takedown During Staredown; Fails Miserably

  Staredowns are often very tense moments. Some fighters resort to intimidation by talking, shoving, and even in some cases kissing on the lips… At the Extreme Fighting Championship 52 in...

Cro Cop On Rumoured Fedor Rematch: ‘Of Course I Want To Do It’

  All-time greats Fedor Emelianenko and Mirko Filipovic may have rematch at Rizin Fighting Federation according to sources in Japan and from Cro Cop himself. According to a new poster...

UFC’s Teruto Ishihara: “I Only Do MMA To Get Women”

  The UFC’s Japanese MMA fighter Teruto Ishihara is an interesting individual… Ishihara has recently admitted that the only reason he fights MMA is get girls!   He is 9-2-2 as a...

Rickson Gracie Black Belt Henry Akins: ‘I Teach Moves People Already Know but More Efficiently’

    Henry Akins is third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the head...

Watch: Jake Shields vs Jon Fitch in a Grappling Superfight

  Back in the day Grappling was the gateway in to Fighting. Check out these two American Legends who both went on to HUGE careers in MMA. John Fitch Vs. Jake Shields. Shields is a BJJ black...

Joe Rogan’s Message For Mark Hunt About Lesnar’s PED Situation

  Mark Hunt faced a returning Brock Lesnar on 9 July 2016 at UFC 200, but lost by unanimous decision. However, on July 15 it was revealed that Lesnar had tested positive on a banned substance in...

Conor McGregor Rolls with 1st Irish BJJ Black Belt John Kavanagh

  Here is an awesome rolling session between Conor McGregor and his BJJ/MMA coach John Kavanagh. John Kavanagh runs the Straight Blast Gym Ireland and was the first Irish person to be awarded a...

Top Model & Actress Ashiko Westguard Trains BJJ w/ AJ Agazarm

  Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting more and more popular among the Hollywood A list celebrities. Famous people that train or have trained in BJJ include Ashton Kutcher, Prince Jackson (son of...

Michael Venom Page Trains Movement with Ido Portal

  MMA’s biggest prospect, Michael Venom Page, started to work with infamous movement coach Ido Portal last year. Page describes his discipline as “not Karate, not Taekwondo, it’s a...

Dolce Diet’s Mike Dolce Top 3 Tips for Building Muscle & Staying Lean

Mike Dolce is an American trainer, strength and conditioning coach, weight-cut coach, author, nutrition and fitness expert, and motivational speaker. He was a former mixed martial artist. Dolce is...

How To Fight A Trained Boxer

  Boxing is one of the best fighting style available, with a concentration on punches, head movement, footwork, and athleticism. So if you’re going up against a boxer, you need to nullify...

Berkut Organizes Grozny Sea BJJ Open in Chechnya

    Berkut fight club made another Brazilian Jiu-jitsu tournament. This time the arena was the island of “Grozny Sea”. A big tent was made specially for this event accommodated...

(Video) Josh Koscheck Grappling with Bernardo Faria

    Check out the video of the roll between former UFC fighter Josh Koscheck and BJJ world champion Bernardo Faria. Koshcheck’s grappling pedigree: Josh Koscheck began wrestling when...

BJJ World Silver Medalist Banned 2 Year For Doping by USADA & UFC

  Today the USADA suspended UFC middleweight and 2 xIBJJF worlds silver medallist Ricardo Abreu for two years after he tested positive for two steroid metabolites (norandrosterone and...

Learn Matt Hughe’s Wrestling Front Headlock Choke That Put Ricardo Almeida to Sleep

  (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Matt Hughes shocked the world when he knocked down and put BJJ black belt Ricardo Almeida to sleep at UFC 117. Hughes used a...

Judo Explained: History, Rules, Philosophy

    Whether you are a novice of the ‘Gently Way’ or an experienced judoka, discover or rediscover the principles, basic rules and the philosophy that allows you to win in judo....

The Gentle Way- Great Documentary about Judo Attitude

  What differentiates Judo and BJJ attitude and mindset? Same Jacket, different rules and mentality. Judo training will vastly improve your Jiu-Jitsu and vice versa. However, both sports have...