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Category Archive: Articles

Math Teacher Accused of Running ‘Fight Club’ For Students

    Movie Fight Club is almost 20 years old yet with every passing day it’s more and more relevant. The latest fight club adjacent happening involved a Connecticut teacher who...

Sikh fighter Set To Wear Turban at UFC In Spite Reebok

    Earlier in 2016 Donald Cowboy Cerrone came under heavy critique for wearing a patch in honor of his terminally ill grandmother on his reebok shorts at the UFC. At the time he was quoted...

Bruno Malfacine Armbars His Way To 2nd MMA Victory

    Bruno Malfacine is 9x IBJJF World Champion. On top of that he’s been prepping to venture into mma for quite some time. He recently he signed with the Brave promotion for his 2nd MMA...

John Danaher On How He Plans To Change The Game Of Video Instructionals

Yesterday, John Danaher made a surprising announcement: He has started filming a new instructional series with the leading website BJJ Fanatics, who feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass,...

One MMA Rule Change That Would Improve The Sport

Guest post by Mark Lajhner, founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), BJJ purple belt and multiple medallist...

Japanese Officials Admit Harassment Of 4x Olympic Champion Icho

    News of scandals in wrestling are quite often. But we don’t always hear about admissions of guilt. Japan Wrestling Federation admitted Friday that one of its directors harassed...

CM Punk Returns To Octagon June 9th Against Inexperienced Michael Jackson. Is the UFC Stacking Odds in his Favor?

    Apparently the cross promotional options with pro wrestling are strong – the 36 year old former pro wrestler Phil “CM Punk” Brooks will be returning to action at UFC...

John Danaher To Release Instructional Series with BJJ Fanatics

John Danaher is a man of many talents, certainly the biggest coaching world class grappling (Garry Tonon, Gordon Ryan, Eddie Cummings, Travis Stevens etc..) and mma talent (Georges St-Pierre, Chris...

The Infamous ‘Rebound’ After A Competition Diet

Guest post by Mathias Jardin, a BJJ Black belt BJJ competitor and instructor from GFTeam France. Article translated from French from Jits.fr. If you have already competed in BJJ, then you have...

Viral BJJ Challenge: Keenan Cornelius, Lucas Hulk and Hinger Put Gi Pants On Without Hands

  Atos Aces are traveling and with hotel woes came a particular procrastination challenge: Can you put your gi pants on without hands? Let’s have ADCC medalist Keenan Cornelius explain it:...

Russian Market Renames Chicken to Conor McGregor

There is a massive 50% OFF  SALE on Video Instructionals at BJJ Fanatics, which feature quality instructionals from Tom DeBlass, Craig Jones, Dean Lister, Bernardo Faria and many more….(Type in...

Was Joe Rogan Biased Against Khabib ? BJJ Scout Explains Al Iaquinta’s Anti Wrestling Strategy

  After many changes UFC 223 was finally a go with just a day left. What was once Tony Ferguson & Khabib match up promptly shifted into Khabib and Max Holloway and then in a twist of fate...

Worst Leg Exercise for Lower Back (NOT WHAT YOU THINK!)

The worst exercise for your low back is not squats or deadlifts. No, in fact if done properly I would argue that both of those leg exercises are capable of fortifying your lower back against...

Craig Jones Leads Team Polaris to Quintet Victory

When Sakuraba announced his group grappling event many of us in the grappling community were baffled. How would a group challenge worked? As Quintet1 proved in association with UFC Fight Pass –...

New Jersey’s Bergen Catholic school Allegedly Covered Up Wrestling Coaches’ Sexual Harassment Of Boys

  New Jersey’s all boys catholic school came under heavy fire over the weekend when a lawsuit was filed alleging a culture of sexual and verbal abuse on the wrestling team and cover up by...

John Danaher: Historically, I’ve always held Nicky Ryan Back & I’ve Always Been Wrong

    Nicky Ryan will soon be in perhaps the biggest match of his career but is it too soon for such a high level test? John Danaher told flograppling:  “Historically, I’ve always...

Craig Jones Shows His Flying Triangle Variation (From ADCC On Murilo)

  Craig Jones is the biggest name in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu right now.  Whether or not he is the best is irrelevant, Craig is the newest name on the scene and has taken the BJJ community by...

Sapateiro Management: If You’re Taking Privates From Goncalves While He’s Waiting Trial You Will Never Compete on Sapateiro

    In bjj taking stands is quite rare due to highly individual nature of the sports. In fact many questionable characters remain looming in the corners with the silent support of the...

Is Jiu jitsu is a Martial Art First and a Martial Sport Second?

    Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a relatively new sport even though grappling is as old as time. Still the fact that the lifestyle aspect of bjj so prevalent is saying something. It’s A Way...

Paige Van Zant Reveals Being Gang Raped in New Book

    Many know Paige Van Zant as UFC’s young prospect akin to Sage Northcutt. Yet what many might not know is that she’s had her fair deal of hardships. And no these don’t...

Z Guard Smash with Tom DeBlass

The use of half guard and all of its variations is all the rage right now.  More and more jiu jitsu practitioners are following the lead of Roberto “Gordo” Correa who was the first...

Dana White Says All Is Good With McGregor

    After several shocking days that have led UFC 223 to be almost a complete scrap the leader of the organization is now reportedly good with McGregor?!  “We talked, it’s good,”...

94 Year Old Judo Sensei Credits Judo With His Vitality: Get Off Your Butt and Do Something!

  As a part of BBC’s Amazing Humans series a peculiar clip made its debut yesterday. In it a 94 year old judoka explains how judo has enriched his life, about teaching more than 3...

Ronda Rousey Armbars Her Way To Triumphant Wrestlemania Debut

    While many argue that the defining error in Ronda Rousey’s career was her overconfidence in boxing nobody can argue with her armbars. This is exactly what her inaugural...