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Category Archive: Articles, BJJ News, Competitions/Tournaments

WNO Lightweight Finals: Kade Ruotolo Submits Gabriel Sousa

The Who’s Number One (WNO) Lightweight Finals match saw an attacking-style match between Kade Ruotolo and Gabriel Sousa. The two athletes started by looking for takedown opportunities on their...

Grace Gundrum Submits Jessa Khan via Twister at WNO Championships

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is getting increasingly more popular and full of phenomenal talents as time passes. However, some talents are, well, more talented and hard-working than others; among them being...

F2W 185 Full Results: Yuri Simoes Beats Fellipe Andrew In Main Event

The F2W 185 event was everything you’d hope it would be. A night of exciting matches was wrapped up with a main event between Yuri Simoes – a 2x ADCC champion – and Fellipe Andrew,...

Ryan Hall’s Super Slick Guillotine Sweep to Back Take

The Guillotine Choke is one of the most dominant submissions in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. However, no matter how good at it you may be, sometimes you’ll fail to get the tap. And what should you do in...

Victor Estima’s Surprise Triangle Set Up

Triangle Choke? Triangle Choke! Everyone loves it and wants to get better at setting it up. (Unless you have really short legs… Sorry about that.) And how many Triangle setups do you know? You...

Learn Rickson Gracie’s Signature Gift Wrap Back Take

The gift wrap position is a very powerful that you should be using in your Jiu-Jitsu. It’s a kind of hybrid mount-back position where you can control your opponent. It is even possible to...

Gabriel Sousa Chokes Out Mikey Musumeci At Who’s Number One (WNO)

After Amanda Leve defeated Gabi Garcia, this weekend’s Who’s Number One (WNO) event witnessed yet another huge upset! Namely, it was in the 155-pound division that Gabriel Sousa tapped...

Passing Guards Only Using The Body Lock Pass

If you’ve been following the pro BJJ scene, you may noticed many top grapplers having incredible success with a certain type of pass: The bodylock pass which is also known as the double over pass....

Orlando Sanchez Slams Tex Johnson On His Head To Escape Triangle at WNO

ADCC champion Orlando faced the dangerous Tex Johnson in round 1 of the WNO heavyweight championship. Tex caught Big O in a fully locked triangle and Big O lifted Tex up in the air and slammed his...

Mikey Musumeci’s Adjustments To Catch The Kimura Trap from De La Riva Guard

Mikey Musumeci is the most accomplished American BJJ black belt in history, with four IBJJF world championships at black belt (and counting). He has a systematic approach for a successful open guard...

How to Tie Your BJJ Belt So It Will Never Come Off During Training

There are a lot of ways you can tie your belt in BJJ.There are countless ways to tie your belt from the superlock (never comes undone) to the standard to the old school Gracie way. Whether you’re...

Andre Galvao’s Sneaky S-Mount Triangle Trap

The triangle choke is one of the most common and also one of the highest percentage submissions in Grappling. When executed perfectly, it is a powerful weapon which is very hard to escape. There are...

Historic Upset: Amanda Leve Defeats Gabi Garcia at WNO

History was made at the WNO Championships women’s heavyweight division: Amanda Leve defeated the 9x BJJ world and ADCC world champion Gabi Garcia. Leve advances to the semi-Finals. The lineup :...

Olympic Silver Medalist Judoka Discusses Vladimir Putin’s Black Belt in Judo

One of the most recent guests on the popular Lex Fridman Podcast was Travis Stevens. As an Olympic silver medalist judoka and a BJJ black belt under John Danaher, Stevens had a lot to say about...

Buchecha Was Doubtful of His BJJ Skills Before MMA Debut: “My Jiu-Jitsu Didn’t Work”

Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida – a 13-time BJJ world champion and two-time ADCC gold medalist – made his MMA debut in Singapore this Friday morning and fought kickboxing athlete...

Georges St-Pierre Inducted Into UFC Hall Of Fame, Claims: “I Never Really Liked To Fight”

The former two division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre was finally “officially” inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame; as a part of the class of 2020 which had to “skip” the...

Gordon Ryan Sends ADCC Tickets to Bouncer Who Choked Out Dillon Danis

It’s been a wild ride for the New Jersey’s bouncer who choked out Dillon Danis a few nights ago. After the news broke out that he’ll start training BJJ with Tom DeBlass, the bouncer...

Bouncer Who Choked Out Dillon Danis to Start Training BJJ with Tom DeBlass

A few days ago, Dillon Danis became the focal point of the grappling and MMA community yet again – this time for getting choked out by a bouncer at a nightclub and then getting arrested....

BJJ World Champion Marcus Buchecha Wins MMA Debut by Submission at One Championship

Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida is now officially an MMA fighter. The 13-time BJJ world champion and two-time ADCC gold medalist made his MMA debut in Singapore this Friday morning and fought...

Travis Stevens Explains Fundamental Principles of Gripping

How good are your grips when it comes to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo? Probably not as good as they could be – and they could probably use some tips from an Olympic silver medalist Judoka! In a...

The Easiest Way To Add the Kneebar to your Game

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Rickson Gracie Shares His Honest Opinion on the Modern Leglock Game

Leglocks have been at the center of the bjj zeitgeist for quite some time. They are referred to as the great equalizer. Cases like this are just why. A white belt competitor named James Hunt had an...

Buchecha Says He Felt Disrespected By MMA Organization That Offered Him a Lowball Deal

Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida’s long-awaited mixed martial arts debut is just around the corner. He will step into the octagon for the first time on September 24 at the “ONE: Revolution” event,...

Travis Stevens:’If You Did Judo with Me, We Probably Wouldn’t be Friends. If We Did BJJ, We Would Be.’

Judo and BJJ: Similar Jacket, different rules and mentality. Judo training will vastly improve your Jiu-Jitsu and vice versa. However, both sports have their own set of rules and have different goals...