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Category Archive: Articles

Delirious Danis thinks Bellator Champ Douglas Lima Would Be an Easy Debut

    Dillon Danis has said a number or preposterous things over the last year or so. The latest in line is that he believes Douglas Lima is no match for him – even though he has yet to...

Garry Tonon and Gordon Ryan Respond To Eddie Bravo Declaring War On The DDS

  Earlier this month EBI 13 10th Planet qualifiers were published online. In them Eddie Bravo outlines that the only goal of every 10th Planet satelite out there should be to dethrone the...

The Most Popular Submissions In MMA

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Decoding Danaher’s Use of ‘Senpai’ & ‘Kohai’ Japanese Terms

John Danaher is by all means a sensation in contemporary jiu-jitsu – in fact he’s so intriguing even his parody is incredibly popular. Now while John makes most of his communication in a...

Israeli Judoka Wins Gold – Forced To Hum The Anthem For Himself As Abu Dhabi Refused To Play It

    Israeli judo team had a trying time getting to Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam – where as previously announced they were unable to compete under their own flag insignia. Israel’s judo...

Demian Maia: I’m Addicted To Learning MMA and Jiu-Jitsu

    Demian Maia worked and worked to get the coveted title shot against Tyron Woodley. Following Woodley’s lackluster performance Maia dusted off and quickly went forward hoping to...

Renzo Gracie Breaks Record Doing Community Service In NY

    Renzo Gracie is one of the most beloved members of the jiu jitsu community. His many contributions extend beyond the scope of martial arts but occasionally his hot temper gets him into...

Rolles Gracie Signs Up Mansher Khera & Garry Tonon for Inaugural Kasai Grappling Tournament

    With the downfall of Metamoris plenty of promotions are vying for the coveted spot of the go to grappling promotion. The latest to make the case for prestige comes from Rolles Gracie....

Garry Tonon Won’t Be At Slapsgiving – Drops Out of Combat Jiu Jitsu Worlds

Photo: @blanca_marisa_garcia   One of the most interesting grapplers of today will sadly be missing out on the inaugural combat jiu jitsu World Championships. Eddie Bravo announced:  ...

Gordon Ryan Fielding MMA Offers, Considering Whether To Split Focus With Gi Jiu-Jitsu

photo by banejitsu   Following a great run at ADCC Gordon Ryan announced he’ll be switching his focus to conquering the Gi competition scene. At 22 years of age it looks like plenty of...

Colby Covington: Maia Is A One Trick Pony! I’m going to sleep Demian Maia

    Colby Convington set his sights on Demian Maia and he believes the bjj ace could  bring him just one step away from the title. Covington recently set down and dissected Maia’s...

BJJ Competitor Who Threw A Tantrum Responds: I Had No Reason To Tap – Was Frustrated With Myself

    Couple days back a video surfaced depicting a bjj competitor who took a loss somewhat ungracefully and first refused to a tap to a heel hook and then promptly yelped out after getting a...

A Breakdown Of The Chokes In BJJ (Videos)

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Brazilian Complains Polish BJJ Nationals Are ‘Biased Against Foreigners’

One of the biggest tournaments in Europe with over 1,500 competitors and 2 days long, the Polish BJJ nationals is a huge success that is only open for Polish citizens. Everybody in Poland seems happy...

Sage Northcutt Grapples Bodybuilder In Unique Challenge

    Sage Northcutt has started off his run in the UFC as golden boy only to have his record go awry losing to an arm triangle that wasn’t quite there and Mickey Gall. Nowadays Sage is...

Weird Armless Reverse Triangle That Caught Marcelo Garcia by Surprise

Jiu-Jitsu is limitless. There are always new techniques and strange combinations that come up when you are training with someone. The reverse triangle from underneath side control is a regular...

Jeff Monson Sings In Propaganda Video

    Monson is a two-time winner of the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship, and a No Gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Champion. Monson is also an anarcho-communist known for his...

EBI 13 Crowns Victors in Combat Jiu Jitsu And Lightweight Division

    Eddie Bravo Invitational just had it’s 13th edition. In a super stacked event plenty of ADCC vets measured their strengths against each other. In the combat jiu jitsu portion:...

10 Benefits Of Competition

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Neiman Gracie Scores A Neck Crank Victory: I Will Always Try To Apply My Gracie jiu-jitsu

    Neiman Gracie is slowly working his way up in MMA, adding victories to his undefeated resume. The son of Marcio Stambowsky recently made headlines for his assertions that bjj rules make...

Rorion Gracie: I told Ralek To Do Combat Jiu-Jitsu

    Ralek Gracie is one of the most controversial figures in bjj. Over the last several year he’s been involved in the downfall of Metamoris and has been in some shady practices that...

Female MMA Fighters Allege Sexual Abuse During Pre Fight Exams

    While all of entertainment world is focusing on the Harvey Weinstein scandal some new allegations of abuse have emerged from the world of sports. In the #metoo campaign where the...

Wing Chun Kungfu Met Brazilian Jiu-jitsu In a China Set Challenge

    The clash of styles has been an intriguing phenomenon throughout the times. The latest to surface is a wing chun kung fu vs brazilian jiu jitsu as performed by a local blue belt. Wing...

Yuri Simoes & Cro Cop Training Jiu-Jitsu

2x ADCC Yuri Simoes champion was recently in Croatia where he trained with MMA superstar Mirko Cro Cop. With plans to move to MMA in the near future, Yuri is already sharpening up his MMA training....