Russia Claims Its Wrestlers Were Denied US Visas for World Cup Event
Mar 30, 2018BJJEE
Wrestling might be the oldest grappling art but it’s surely the one politics are most involved in. However the political climate involved someone besides the usual USA/Iran/Israel...
Gene Simmons Promoted To Judo Black Belt Despite Never Having Trained
Mar 30, 2018BJJEE
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons received a surprise earlier this week. He was presented an honorary Judo black belt by Teri Takemori and four time Olympian, Jason Morris (Ronda Rousey’s former...
Baton Rouge School Set To Make Jiu-Jitsu A Requirement
Mar 29, 2018BJJEE
While physical education is a class around the world jiu jitsu has been a requirement thus far only in the middle east. Sheikh Tahnoon developed the plan of of having Jiu-Jitsu taught...
Josh Barnett: USADA Was More Interested Into Ways To Punish Me Than The Truth
Mar 29, 2018BJJEE
Earlier this week Josh Barnett became the first fighter who was pinged by USADA but received no suspension just a reprimand. This was due to Barnett’s unwillingness to settle...
Eddie Wolverine: I’m Always Injured, Just a Matter Of Severity
Mar 28, 2018BJJEE
One of the biggest shockers of 2017 was when we reported that Eddie Wolverine will be out of ADCC due to injury. “Yeah there’s been a lot of injuries this year. I...
Dillon Danis Set to Be Cornered By Murillo Santana – Wishes The Best On Tonon
Mar 28, 2018BJJEE
Dillon Danis had signed his mma contract almost exactly a year ago. Still the jiu-jitsu talent has yet to make his MMA debut. Dillon Danis Spotted Doing MMA Sparring with Paulo Miyao...
MMA fighter Set To Be Extradited On Kidnapping, Torture Charges
Mar 28, 2018BJJEE
Russian mixed martial artist Rustan Abdurakmanov made headlines in Thailand this past week. The mma veteran is set to be deported to Russia because he’s charged for torture,...
Sakuraba’s Quintet Pits BJJ and Sambo & Judo against Catch Wrestling Team
Mar 27, 2018BJJEE
Sakuraba announced an interesting tournament a while back. The promotion’s meant to put an emphasis on team spirit, something you don’t see all that often in bjj. With a group...
Mackenzie Dern Looking For A Submission Victory In Rio
Mar 27, 2018BJJEE
Mackenzie Dern is 1-0 in the UFC and 6-0 in MMA. Her next fight is set for Rio De Janeiro against Amanda Bobby Cooper. Cooper has a fight record of 3-3 with 2-2 being in the UFC....
Gordon Ryan ACB Debut Date Set
Mar 27, 2018BJJEE
Gordon Ryan signed with ACB Jiu Jitsu a while back. But while we’re all curious about his newly honed gi skills we’ll be delighted to see him show his best nogi game in the...
ONE FC Bans Suplex Throws, Overturns Victory to DQ
Mar 26, 2018BJJEE
While we’ve largely been turned to the debut of Garry Tonon it’s been a spectacular weekend in mma. As many as 3 promotions featured spectacular suplex throws that ended...
Garry Tonon Explains MMA Mindset: Better To Test Skills Than End The Fight The Way I Already Know How
Mar 26, 2018BJJEE
Garry Tonon’s explosive mma debut was over the weekend at ONE FC. The prestigious Asian promotion shared the spectacle with everyone but nobody anticipated Garry Tonon will be all...
Krav Maga Instructor Calls Gracies ‘McDojo Senseis’ For Self Defense Technique
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
Last year, a woman who was jogging in East River Park near Jackson Avenue when a man accosted and dragged her by the hair into a nearby amphitheater. Once there, he s*xually assaulted her, stole her...
Henry Akins Debunks Keenan’s Claim That Opening Closed on The Knees is Wrong
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
Guest post by Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from legendary fighter Rickson Gracie. Akins trained under Rickson Gracie for 15 years. Akins became the...
Savage Suplex The Throw Of Choice In MMA This Weekend
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
While we as a bjj community have largely been focussed on the debut of Garry Tonon there’s been other interesting happenings in mma. Not only was Josh Barnett exhonorated by the...
Tom DeBlass Outs Rarely Seen Side Of Gordon Ryan
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
While Garry Tonon has been widely known for a number of years Gordon Ryan made his name on clever banter with Garry and a string of impressive victories over serious grapplers including...
Mansher Munchie Khera Challenges Garry Tonon To MMA Match up
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
While Dillon Danis is all over the media thanks to his unholy partnership with UFC royalty Conor McGregor, his bff Mansher Munchie Khera who was also suspended from Marcelo Garcia...
Chael Sonnen On Why He Thinks “Sambo S*cks”
Mar 25, 2018BJJEE
The American gangster, Chael Sonnen is a former UFC middleweight contender, Bellator MMA fighter, with a serious Wrestling and BJJ background. His Wrestling background is world class. He was a...
Garry Tonon Showcases Heavy Hands in A TKO Debut Victory in MMA
Mar 24, 2018BJJEE
Garry Tonon has showed his dominance over his first opponent in a very interesting manner. Tonon looked comfortable on the feet and was close to dropping Corminal several times. ...
Josh Barnett Submits USADA – No Suspension – First Fighter Ever to Test Positive and Avoid Suspension
Mar 24, 2018BJJEE
Josh Barnett has been a force to be reckoned with in both grappling and mma for some time. However for the last year his career has been neither here nor there. In December 2016 he was...
Fighter Jumps On Spine Of Knocked Out Opponent
Mar 24, 2018BJJEE
Over the years we’ve seen many bizarre scenes in MMA but perhaps none as disrespectful as this one: And then this happened… WTF?!? @LFAfighting #MMA...
Joe Rogan Names Top Grapplers Of Today
Mar 24, 2018BJJEE
Joe Rogan’s passion for grappling has long been widely documented. There’s perhaps no other more effective advocate for jiu-jitsu in the media today. Rogan has been quoted...
Rafael Dos Anjos Interim Title Against Colby Covington in Rio Discussed
Mar 23, 2018BJJEE
Last time Colby Covington was in Brazil he had to get smuggled out of the country. The WWE antics landed the UFC wrestler in a lot of trouble with the home audience. After defeating fan...
One Of The Greatest Of All Time: Fernando “Margarida” Pontes 2018 HL
Mar 22, 2018BJJEE
Fernando “Margarida” Pontes is in the Top 10 of best Jiu-Jitsu competitors of all time. In the early 2000’s, he was on top of the world having won the weight and absolute at the 2001 Mundials...
