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Author Archive: BJJEE

Tanquinho: Question of Time Before ‘Gringos’ Overtake Brazilians

Photo bez MMA BJJ world champion Augusto Tanquinho Mendes recently made his UFC debut and lost to Cody Garbrandt by TKO. Tanquinho recently spoke with Tatame, and revealed that unlike many BJJ...

Comedian’s Brilliant Impersonation of Diaz vs McGregor

    Nate Diaz has finally made Conor McGregor that coffee. Absolute gold from JOE’s Al Foran Comedy…  

Eddie Bravo On Difference Between 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu & BJJ

  10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu is a non-traditional system of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed by Eddie Bravo. After earning a black belt under Jean-Jacques Machado, Eddie Bravo focused his jiu-jitsu on...

World Boxing Champ Golovkin Wrestled for 7 Years, Likes BJJ

  Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin is a Kazakhstani professional boxer and the current unified WBA (Super), IBF, IBO and interim WBC middleweight champion. BoxRec currently ranks him as the...

Ken Shamrock & Kimbo Slice Fail Drug Tests Following Bellator 149

  Today it was revealed by MMA Fighting, that in one of the biggest MMA events of the year so far, Bellator 149, Ken Shamrock and Kimbo Slice both failed their drug tests. Shamrock lost to...

Drysdale: Gracie University Making Mockery of Jiu-Jitsu as a Martial Art

    Rener Gracie together with his brother Ryron, is the creator of the controversial Gracie Online University. He is Rorion’s son and grandson of Grandmaster Helio Gracie. Gracie...

Eddie Bravo & Joe Rogan Discuss McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu Skills

  BJJ black belts Joe Rogan and Eddie Bravo on Rogan’s ‘Experience’ podcast discuss Conor McGregor’s jiujitsu following his loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 196. Bravo said that McGregor...

Sauer: ‘Online Technical Blue Belts Better at Self Defense than Normal Blue Belts’

  A coral belt under Rickson Gracie, Pedro Sauer has recently joined forces with the Gracie Academy (Ryron and Rener Gracie). This means that all Pedro Sauer academies will be urged to become...

Watch: Rafael Lovato Jr vs Ricardo Demente Abreu

  2x BJJ world champion Rafael Lovato jr faced the dangerous BJJ black belt Ricardo Abreu Demente let weekend. Lovato was able to pull off the victory in impressive fashion. Lovato stated: It...

16 Yr Old Becomes Youngest Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Instructor in The World

  Minot, North Dakota is home to the youngest Certified Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Instructor in the world: Jesse Ward who is just 16 years old. He studied through Gracie University and received his blue...

Palhares Impatient For Polaris 3: ‘I’ll Finish Tonon’

  Garry “The Lion Killer” Tonon x Rousimar Palhares is going down at Polaris Pro 3, which will be held April 2 in the UK. Live tickets on sale here. http://goo.gl/OizbPe Garry Tonon is on a...

Helio Gracie Showing his Throwing Skills on Brazilian TV Show

    This video from the 80’s shows Helio Gracie on the Brazilian TV show“Os Trapalhões”.  

Augusto Frota: One Of The Most Influential People in Jiu-Jitsu

  BJJEE editor Guillaume (Gile) Huni spent the weekend in Zurich, Switzerland, training at the world class Frota Academy. The academy’s founder is Augusto Frota, one of the...

MMA legend Minotauro Nogueira’s Grappling Techniques That Won Him UFC & Pride

    MMA legend Rodrigo “Minotauro’ Nogueira teaches NoGi techniques at Team Nogueira Dubai.     Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born June 2, 1976), better known as...

Danaher: My Vision is Grapplers Equally Effective in Standing & Ground Techniques

John Danaher is known as one of the best kept secrets in Jiu-Jitsu. The New Zealand born, BJJ black belt under Renzo Gracie has been praised by the BJJ community as being a master and brain of the...

Roger Gracie Black Belt Ross Nichols on Upcoming Seminar in Macedonia

  One of the top BJJ black belt competitors in Europe, Ross Nichols, a black belt under Roger will be conducting a seminar this weekend in Skopje, Macedonia. The seminar will be this Sunday 13...

Metamoris Planning Another Event To Pay Off Past Debts

  The professional grappling promotion, Metamoris, and most notably its founder Ralek Gracie has been under fire for the past few months for various reasons. The main ones are: -Scheduling...

Vinny Magalhaes On McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu Haters: ‘Go Berimbolo in an MMA Fight’

  Nate Diaz shocked the world when he defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 196 with a rear naked choke. Millions of Jiu-Jitsu practitioners went on a rampage of memes and statements criticising...

Epic Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational Card is Finalised

  Europe’s premiere submission only event, Polaris 3 Jiu-Jitsu Invitational is set to take place in Poole, England on April 2 and will be available on pay-per-view. Live tickets are on sale...

Countering the Over Under Pass with Ezekiel/Triangle choke- Uros Domanovic

  Uros Domanovic from Frota Academy in Zurich, Switzerland shows a very effective way of countering the over under pass using the lapel, and finishing with either an ezekiel or a triangle choke....

Aldo Calls Out McGregor: ‘Nowhere to Run Now You Pussy!’

  Following UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s submission defeat in a welterweight fight against Nate Diaz, former 145 pound champion Jose Aldo, took to Facebook and called out...

Dana White Reacts to Tate vs Holm & McGregor vs Diaz

  UFC correspondent Megan Olivi talks with Dana White to recap the historic UFC 196, that featured Nate Diaz hand Conor McGregor his first UFC loss and Miesha Tate winning the women’s...

McGregor Humble in Post Fight Statement

        Nate Diaz shocked the world when he defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 196. But Diaz wasn’t surprised when he submitted McGregor in the second round. Hear from them both...

Nate Diaz Post Fight: ‘I’m Not Surprised Motherf*ckers!’

  Nate Diaz shocked the world when he defeated Conor McGregor at UFC 196. But Diaz wasn’t surprised when he submitted McGregor in the second round. Hear from them both after the thrilling...