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Category Archive: Articles

Jacare Souza Considering Retirement to Open A BJJ School

Jacare Souza has had a long and lucrative bjj career however he’s adamant that if doesn’t receive a title shot he will be focussing on other endeavours in his martial arts career. ”I...

Sonnen: McGregor ‘retired’ to avoid Ruining UFC’s image with alleged sexual assault case

Cheal Sonnen is nothing if not outspoken. The seasoned greco roman wrestler and longtime mma fighter has weighed in on just why McGregor retired and why Dana White took it so easy. As a reminder it...

Polaris 10 Announces New Matchup: Boogeyman Martinez to Face Miha Perhavec

Miha Perhavec will be duking it out with one of 10th Planet’s finest at the next Polaris event. Polaris 10 was announced on the night of Polaris 9 with an incredible headliner – Nicky...

Craig Jones To Duke it Out With Gilbert Burns Under Sub Only Ruleset

Craig Jones has had a string of significant opponents. His last 4 opponents have been Tim Spriggs, Gabriel Arges, Keenan Cornelius and Gordon Ryan. And he’s lost just one of the 4. Still Jones...

The Easiest Half Guard Sweep For A BJJ White Belt

As a beginner it’s quite often the hardest to figure out how a sweep works. Submissions are somewhat easier. You grab onto the isolated limb and apply pressure but working a sweep quite often...

Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Dan Swift Begins Prison Sentence For Dog Fighting

Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Dan Swift knows for better days. He has started serving his time stemming from his initial arrest in August 2016. Swift was found guilty of three felony counts of animal...

Roger Gracie Shares His Signature Rollover Kimura Sweep

10x BJJ World Champion and ONE Light Heavyweight World Champion Roger Gracie has been a BJJ competitor for 20 years. Over time he’s been proven to be the king of conceptual jiu jitsu so it’s no...

Learn The Kimura Trap Combo That Keenan Cornelius Used vs Lucas Leite

Everybody knows the Kimura, the powerful shoulder lock but how about this Kimura variation? The Kimura would be known as the Reverse Ude Garami, or the Double Wrist Lock in Catch Wrestling circles....

Eddie Cummings Ready To Return To Competition

Eddie Cummings is widely considered one of the best leg lockers out there however Cummings has largely been out of the public eye for quite some time. In spite of being largely the creative force...

Here’s Why BJJ & MMA Athletes Are Loving CBD Oil

The use of CBD for a wide range of medical applications is gaining a considerable amount of popularity among athletes including grapplers and mixed martial artists in 2019. The recent legalization of...

Black Belt Dislocates Wrist – and Pops It Into Place – Mid Match

Shocking video of bjj black belt Edmund Kim dislocating and setting his wrist back into place all during a match just surfaced. Fair warning the video below is graphic:   Now Jiu-Jitsu Times...

Conor McGregor Under Investigation For Sexual Assault In Ireland

In January BJJEE broke the story that Conor McGregor was brought in to be questioned regarding an assault that went on in December of 2018. Now with his retirement pending there’s no more...

All-female QUINTET Announced, Lineup Featuring Rikako Yuasa, Sara McMann

QUINTET is looking at the 3rd fight night event. The fun to watch grappling event will be featuring 4 all female teams this time including some very interesting names. The teams will be as follows:...

Dillon Danis Confirms BJJ Return

Dillon Danis has never really felt bjj – the wannabe Irishman has gone to ADCC 2017, is scheduled to go to ADCC 2019 and has in fact even competed at Worlds in 2017 – albeit infamously...

Conor McGregor Announces Retirement

Conor McGregor has chosen to retire in spite of claiming in a talk show appearance he is talking about July dates for return. The notorious McGregor simply said: Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve...

How to Stabilize Blood Sugar by Lifting Weights

Resistance training causes your muscles to secrete a chemical that directly regulates your bodies blood sugar level by producing insulin. Find out more. Wondering how to stabilize blood sugar? ...

Kennedy Maciel Had His Arm Broken At Pans

Kennedy Maciel aka Cobrinha Jr has had his arm broken during a match at Pan american championship 2019. The unfortunate incident took place late Saturday. Matheus Gabriel cuts Kennedy Maciel’s day...

Jose Aldo released from hospital, Fight Still On In spite Bacterial infection

Jose Aldo wanted to perform at UFC Rio at all costs. Former UFC champion has been hospitalized with an infection just two months out from his co-main event tilt with Alexander Volkanovski set for...

Wardzinski Shines, Lo Lost His Mojo: Pan 2019 Results

Panamerican championship this year had plenty of interesting including the return of Gabi Garcia. Gabi of course won double gold but it’s not so clear cut – she had a very difficult time...

Durinho: “Kron Gracie has everything to be UFC champion”

Gilbert Burns Durinho has been in the UFC for quite a while. He’s been 7-3 in the UFC and 14-3 overall in MMA. At age 32 Burns is just 2 years senior to Kron Gracie who he frequently faced back...

Garry Tonon on Kron Gracie: He’s been avoiding me for years

Garry Tonon is fresh off prepping for his next mma fight under ONE fc banner. Tonon, 28 recently gave an interesting interview to Kumite TV saying he feels Kron Gracie has been dodging him for...

BJJ Black Belt Charged With First-Degree Burglary and Attempted Kidnapping

BJJ Black Belt Nathan James Homme has been arrested when Ramsey County sheriff deputies found shotguns, a syringe, maps, a “kidnapping kit,” latex gloves, duct tape and handcuffs in his car and...

Elmar Franca celebrates 80th Birthday By Training BJJ

Elmar França just celebrated his 80th birthday in a jiu jitsu gym! Elmar França is one of those BJJ examples we all like to see. A regular at Rosado Jiu-Jitsu in Rio de Janeiro, Elmar has all the...

John Danaher Troubleshoots Armbars

John Danaher’s mind is one of the most interesting places to gaze into s revealed with each video released. His last video offers plenty of insight into the juji gatame aka armbar. The esteemed...