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Category Archive: Articles, Videos

Kyle Dake Taps Out To Choke During Wrestling Match

Wrestling champion Kyle Dake had an unfortunate last week during the Gold medal match at the freestyle world cup, Azerbaijan’s Hasanov applied a front headlock that then transitioned into a...

Nick Diaz Playfights AJ Agazarm, Is Agazarm Looking To get Back Into MMA?

We’re all waiting for the return of Nick Diaz to MMA. Just in the past month the UFC ace accepted a one-year suspension from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for missing three...

Tim Kennedy Named Best Pound 4 Pound Jiu-jitsu Players

Tim Kennedy is a black belt in BJJ under Royler Gracie, in Ju-Jitsu under Terry Kelly and Barry Smith and in Matt LArsen’s Modern Army Combative Program. He is also an Army Ranger and a retired MMA...

Kayla Harrison Confirms MMA Debut Set For June 21st

Kayla Harrison is perhaps the most serious contender female MMA will see. The Judo Olympic medalist and one time roommate of Ronda Rousey will be making her MMA debut this summer. Harrison, 27 has...

BJJ Tournament Offers 1 Pound Of Weed Per Division as Prize Money

One of the most controversial topics in Jiu-Jitsu has to be marijuana. It seems to divide the community. On one side, Eddie Bravo, Joe Rogan and Jeff Glover are advocates for the legalization of both...

Artist Pens Animated Cartoon Demonstrating the Efficiency Of Jiu Jitsu Against a Larger Opponent

In jiu-jitsu one of the biggest selling points is that it enables the practitioner to defend themselves against a much larger opponent. This is exactly what the artist had in mind when he animated...

Three of the Best Back Takes from Guard

When becoming a guard player, it is crucial to have a wide arsenal of attacks from different guards.  One of the most important elements to becoming a tricky guard player is learning back takes from...

Kevin Lee Outgrappled And Demolished Edson Barbosa

Over night an interesting edition of UFC Fight Night Atlantic City took place. On the card many well respected grapplers. However what perhaps we didn’t expect was so mouch ground work from...

Gordon Ryan Is Paying Seminar Attending Students To Submit Him

Gordon Ryan has been very unorthodox and creative in the methods he chooses to promote himself. Over the years he’s either been involved or made a number of mocking songs, taunts, call outs and...

Throwback: WWE Star Dave Bautista Walks The Gauntlet To Get Purple Belt

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Dave Batista started training with Cesar Gracie in 2010. He was promoted to BJJ purple belt by Gracie a few years ago. Batista wrestled in high school and...

AJ Agzarm Responds To Geo’s Change Of Attitude: “Bro” Hugs While You Watch ‪9/11‬ Conspiracy Videos in Eddie’s Basement

Yesterday Geo Martinez took quite a tonal shift from an ego driven competition to shining a light on blessings he has and maturity he’s gotten with his life commitments. As a reminder Geo said:...

French Judo Legend Teddy Riner Dwarves The Rock In Comparison

Everyone knows about Teddy Riner – he is by many accounts one of the most dominant athletes of our time. In fact he was even a part of International Judo Federation’s promotion slamming...

[Video] MMA Announcer Messes Up Fight Decision Not Once But Twice

If pop culture proved anything it’s that mistakes happen after all even the best picture announcement at the Oscar was wrongly announced in recent history. However messing it up not once but...

Nicky Ryan Wants A Joao Miyao Match After Geo Triumph

Nicky Ryan is looking ahead at fresh new challenges after putting the Geo Martinez match up behind him. Post match we’ve focussed way more on Geo Martinez by virtue of AJ Agazarm call outs but...

Geo Martinez Responds To AJ Agazarm With Maturity and Poise

While AJ Agazarm has been all about the WWE approach to his jiu jitsu career a subtle approach does sometimes work. While Denny Prokopos threw child like tantrums to Agazarm’s gauntlet Geo...

Heart Of A Warrior: Nicolas Plessis, The Blind Grappler

Nicolas Plessis should be an example for all of us. This French purple belt is a frequent competitor who has competed in his native France, at Europeans, and in Brazil. Nothing out of the ordinary...

How To Escape a Full Nelson with 3x ADCC champ Dean Lister

The full nelson (sometimes called a double nelson or a double shoulder lock) is done by performing half nelsons with both arms. In collegiate, high school, middle school/junior high school, and most...

Female MMA Fighters Continue Fight After Stoppage In Unprecedented Incident

MMA is quite often a scene for never before seen situations. One such ordeal resulted in an disqualification. Well let’s rewind for a second – over the past few days mixed martial arts...

Gabi Garcia on Doping Accusations From New Opponent: We’re Both Getting Tested & We’ll See Who Wins

    Gabi Garcia has had a very interesting year. The jiu jitsu phenom struggled through a bout of depression after back to back fights scheduled against the elderly but in a sign that tides...

BJJEE Rising Stars: Slovenia’s Nejc Hodnik, 2X European No Gi Champion

BJJEE is always looking out for rising stars, and one of them is Nejc Hodnik who trains under 2x European BJJ champion Carlos Maia of Gracie Barra Ljubljana in Slovenia. The young Nejc has been...

Sweep the World: How To Sweep Any Bigger, Stronger Opponent

Coming up through the jiu jitsu ranks as you develop your personal game plan you will gravitate to certain positions based on a number of factors like your body style, age, and overall athleticism....

ATT Instructor Willy Hardoy Arrested For Alleged Lewd Behavior with Teen aged Victim

Predators seem to be all the rage in bjj. Over the years quite a number of rotten apples have been uncovered. The latest is American Top Team Instructor Victor Guillermo “Willy” Hardoy....

AJ Calls Geo Martinez A Cult Member: You Interpret Any Challenge To Your Group’s Orthodoxy As Heresy

Nicky Ryan defeating Geo Martinez caused quite a ripple effect on the bjj-verse. Not only was it stunning to have a teenager defeat an ADCC vet but it also presented the new order of things. AJ...

Insanity: Miyao Brothers Refuse To Tap To Leg Locks!

Guest post by Daniel Vaughan UCLA undergraduate, judo brown belt under Mike Verdugo and BJJ GF Team black belt under Master Julio Cesar Pereira. Daniel is an instructor at M3Fight Academy. Miyao...