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Category Archive: Articles

Vitor Belfort Signs With ONE FC

Vitor Belfort has signed with ONE FC. The promotion today announced: “It is with great pleasure and honor that I welcome Vitor Belfort into the ONE Championship family,” Chatri Sityodtong,...

How Should a Martial Artist React To a Verbal Threat

As martial artists, we are often faced with aggressive people who threaten us either verbally or physically. It’s important to know the difference between an insult like “F–...

Matt Hughes Releases Statement About Restraining Orders Taken Out against him by family members

Matt Hughes has always been a trouble maker however he’s never had family members come out and say so publicly as they did during the process of obtaining the restraining orders against him....

Tom DeBlass invites Blue Belt Who Lost To A Girl To Train With Him – Come To My Academy

Tom DeBlass felt sad after seeing the attention bjjee post titled BJJ Girl from 10th Planet Montreal Submitted A Male blue belt got. Of course the video got a similar amount of attention on reddit...

Conor McGregor Teases Possibility Of Competing in Grappling Match

Conor McGregor is currently suspended due to altercation at UFC 229. However he was seen working on his grappling and even piped in explaining where things went so wrong with Khabib:  My attacking...

Lucas Lepri, Kron Gracie & Andre Galvao On Selling Belts in Jiu-Jitsu

  As a leading martial art that is constantly growing, Jiu-Jitsu is spreading throughout the world. With the departure of Brazilian black belts to other countries, it has been disseminated to...

Gordon Ryan Out Of Surgery – Recovery Starts Today

Problematic crowd favorite Gordon Ryan just underwent surgery to reconstruct his LCL ligament. Gordon Ryan’s first major injury had everyone curious. How will the ADCC medalist deal with this...

Multiple Family Members Of Matt Hughes Take Restraining Orders Against Him

Multiple relatives of UFC hall of famer Matt Hughes were granted restraining orders against him. According to TMZ, Audra Hughes says that shortly after Hughes came home from the hospital after he was...

UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell Was Challenged to a 10K BJJ Match By Ali Abdelaziz

UFC fighter Bryce Mitchell recently detailed a stunning challenge he received in his inbox. The challenge comes from controversial mma manager Ali Abdelaziz who reps many stars from Khabib...

Dillon Danis Looking At May Return After Fine & Suspension Determined

Dillon Danis can finally get the aftermath of the event that he didn’t even formally participate in behind him. Of course we’re talking about the infamous brawl at the UFC 229 between...

Gordon Ryan Condemns Erberth Santos – While At The Same Time Saluting The Culture That Lead To This

Gordon Ryan has long been a fan of the bullying culture in bjj having said things like: But then again he also thinks he’d be the right person to criticize Erberth Santos for his actions: He...

Craig Jones Managed To Submit Gabriel Arges With a Slick Backtake

In a weekend of huge events Craig Jones did his best to steal the focus away from the disgruntled. THe Australian phenom who made his name at ADCC 2017 managed to sub IBJJF proven champ Gabriel...

Felipe Pena Weighs In On Santos Incident: It’s a shame what happened

Felipe Pena has been at the center of controversy over the weekend thanks to his BJJ Stars match with Erberth Santos going awry. Felipe Pena and Erberth Santos faced each other in the final match of...

Flashback: Purple Belt Gordon Ryan in Gi Match w/ a BJJ Black Belt

Some people, usually newbies, question ADCC champion Gordon Ryan’s credentials in the Gi. Although he has spent more time training and competing in No Gi grappling, his Gi game is still SOLID....

Marcelo Garcia’s Condition For A Grappling Comeback: NO TRASH TALK

Marcelo Garcia rattled the entire community couple of months ago when he hinted of a return to competitive grappling. Garcia, 36, is widely considered one of the greatest grapplers of all time. But...

Yuri Simoes Scores A Shoe In Victory At CJJ

Troubled combat jiu jitsu fight night came to its inevitable conclusion last night when the only experienced grappler earned himself a new title. As a reminder CJJ Fight Night has certainly gone...

Jiu-jitsu ‘Jedi’ Damian Todd overcomes Pain to set world record Having Rolled 24 Hours Non Stop

A former British Royal Marines commando Damian Todd has done it! He managed to practice Brazilian jiu-jitsu for 24 hours non-stop at an Adelaide martial arts school. However it did come at a price...

Which BJJ Techniques Work and Don’t Work w/ Small Man Against Big Man

Guest post by James Duscio, a BJJ black belt under Walter Cascao Vital. He runs Cascao Evolution BJJ out of Las Vegas nv. It would be ideal if all of our moves worked all of the time against all...

Don’t Fear Foot Locks: How To Strengthen & Improve Mobility for Ankles

Having strong ankles is important for any athlete as it’s the base that will help you have balance. Every time you are attempting a takedown, passing someone’s guard or bridging, your...

Son of reggae icon Bob Marley – Ziggy Marley Does BJJ

People have long coupled the stoner surfer culture and jiu jitsu. As such it should be no surprise that son of late Bob Marley was spotted working on his bjj alongside Ashton Kutcher.   View...

Bradley Cooper is Doing BJJ

Bradley Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for many awards, including seven Academy Awards and a Tony Award, and has won a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Award. Cooper...

Chael Sonnen Amazed at Blowback of Kron Gracie’s debut Win in the UFC

Chael Sonnen has long been one of the most interesting color commentators of the UFC. Former UFC fighter and experienced wrestler recently took a chance to weigh in on young Gracie’s debut in...

Erberth Santos Joins Kasai 5 Heavyweight Tournament

In spite of Kasai’s troubling ruleset they’ve landed another heavy hitter – Erberth Santos. The bad boy of bjj has had mixed success in nogi but in spite of that one of the richest...

Florence Deputy Caught Using Illegal Chokehold

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office found itself in hot water after  woman who says she saw two Florence County deputies use excessive force on a man they were trying to arrest released...