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Category Archive: Articles

How To Train So You Can One Day Fight In The UFC

Guest post by Mark Lajhner founder and chief instructor of Kaizen MMA Academy  and of mmacoach.net. Mark is a Judo black belt (Serbian national team member), Wrestler, BJJ purple belt, MMA coach...

Jose Aldo Grappled in Master 1 Light Weight Quarter Final

  Earlier this month we reported Jose Aldo is looking forward to returning to the grappling competitive scene. Just that happened earlier today when Aldo grappled in the Master 1 Light...

Purple Belt Max Holloway Rolling With Black Belt Instructor

    Just this past January featherweight champion Max Holloway was promoted to bjj purple belt.   A post shared by Brian Butler-Au (@suckerpunchent) on Jan 17, 2017 at 10:47pm PST...

Chris Haueter On Evolution Of the Closed Guard

  Chris Haueter (Rigan Machado)  Chris is best known for his innovative teaching style and conceptual coaching ability and naming of new positions as the art rapidly developed in the mid...

Woodley Claims Maia was Twitching During StareDown

    Tyron Woodley keeps on trying to wage a psychological war against jiu-jitsu guru Demian Maia. The latest is the statement that Maia was twitching during the staredown. via MMA Fighting:...

Demian Maia: If I Didn’t Accept The Match, UFC Would’ve Moved On

    It seems like the odds are stacked against 39 year old Demian Maia as he moves for his welterweight title shot following a very impressive winning streak.   Maia told sherdog:...

ADCC Has A New Superfight for Renzo Gracie – Sanae Kikuta

    Legendary mma figure Matt Hughes was struck by an oncoming train in his pick up truck earlier last month. This has rendered him unable to match Renzo Gracie in previously scheduled ADCC...

39 yrs Old & Still testing Himself in the Adults- the story of Gilmar Oliveira

Gilmar Oliveira is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt who is a role model for many BJJ practitioners around the capital city of Brazil, Brasília. He is 39 yrs old and works full time as a security...

Buchecha on Roger Gracie match: “I got it wrong and I paid the price”

  A jiu-jitsu match for the ages happened over the weekend and it was quite a revelation in eyes of many jiu-jiteiros. One person that was affected the most arguably is Marcus Almeida Buchecha,...

Eddie Bravo Reveals How Weed Influenced His Jiu-Jitsu and Life That Lead Him To Start 10th Planet

    Eddie Bravo is known for a variety of things, but perhaps none as famous as his Royler Gracie upset he managed to pull of way back in 2003 at ADCC. What you might not know is that prior...

Cris Cyborg Rolls Hard With Man over At Cobrinha’s

    Cris Cyborg is a force to be reckoned with in many ways. Her choice of sparring partner alone would be enough to intimidate any female competitor, and let’s be honest – many...

Erberth Santos Likely Replacement For Roger Gracie in IBJJF GP

    Roger Gracie rendered the entire community speechless this weekend at Gracie Pro when he submitted Buchecha without a hitch. Roger Gracie used the opportunity to announce his retirement...

Purple Belt Ruby Chung Puts Trespasser To Sleep

  It’s been a peculiar time for bjj Purple Belt Ruby Chung. According to news reports she was put in a situation where she had to put her bjj mastery to good use and defend her property....

Here’s Why Higher Belts Should Still Attend Fundamentals Classes In BJJ

Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...

Paulo Miyao Refuses To Tap To Estima Lock @ ACB Grand Prix

    Earlier this month the Miyao brothers were crowned champions of Berkut’s 60 and 65kg Grand Prix.   In the back stage With the Champs Myao Brothers. Paulo what an example of...

Matt Hughes On The Road To Full Recovery

    Legendary mma figure Matt Hughes was struck by an oncoming train in his pick up truck earlier last month. After showing minor improvements he was taken off the ventilator and resumed...

Police In China Investigating MMA Club For Adopting Hundreds Orphans and Training Them

    Something troubling is brewing in southwestern China. An mma club has been under close scrutiny for allegedly adopting hundreds of orphans and poor children and training them for the...

How To Know If Your BJJ Instructor is ‘Legit’

Guest post by Uros Culic from Serbia, a BJJ black belt under Ricardo Vieira and FILA Grappling World Champion who has been training, teaching and competing for the last 10 years. Uros is one of the...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Reveals He was Considering A Career in the Octagon A while back

    Dwayne The Rock Johnson has always had tremendous physique. Way back in the day he played American Football. He joined the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 1995. He...

Roger Gracie Explains How He Subbed Buchecha

  Roger Gracie submitted Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida in the Gracie Pro superfight on Sunday, and explains how he managed to take his back and sink in the choke that forced the fellow...

Renzo Gracie Announces Return To MMA after ADCC, Reveals He Wouldn’t Accept a Red Belt

    One of the biggest stars of the Gracie family is gearing for a return to the competitive scene. Having just witnessed his cousin Rickson Gracie receiving the red belt Renzo commented on...

Roger Gracie And Buchecha Square Off To a Submission Victory at Gracie Pro

    Metamoris had it’s ups and downs but one definitive upside was a really cool match they put together – the one between GOAT Roger Gracie and a fierce modern age king of absolute...

Indian BJJ Scene Reacts To Blue Belt Affair and Talks What BJJ Needs To Thrive There

    Early this month we learned all about the one day mma seminar in India which resulted in multiple people receiving blue belts in brazilian jiu-jitsu. BJJ Blue Belt Scam in India Led by...

Jones Receives Blue Belt

    While we’ve all read about the call out war between Jon Jones DC what many might not be aware is that upto yesterday Jon Jones was a bjj white belt in spite of an impressive MMA...