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Category Archive: Articles

MMA Fighter Likely To Lose Eye After Lethal Eye Poke

Cases like this is why eye pokes are banned. Because it’s looking like it won’t be just a couple minutes of blurred vision for Cody Stevens. Cody Stevens is an experienced mma fighter....

Rumor: Eddie Wolverine Switches Camps – Training At Unity

Eddie Wolverine has had a tumultuous year. After a rumored conflict with John Danaher, Wolverine has moved camps several sources say. Back in February John Danaher shared why Eddie Wolverine and Jon...

Miyao Brothers Set To Represent Brazil in UWW Grappling Worlds

Grappling has great many rulesets. One prominent federation to hold Grappling competition is the United World Wrestling. Interestingly this is one ruleset famous for allowing knee reaps and for a...

Ryan Gracie’s Superb Guillotine Details

Ryan Gracie was a certified tough guy and a controversial figure – however nobody ever doubted his bjj. Recently a series of pictures came out depicting his infamous guillotine.   Ryan...

Ralph Gracie: Renzo Will Likely Fight Sakuraba – Wallid Ismail Doesn’t Stink or Smell

Ralph Gracie is looking at his own mma return. The Gracie family veteran has been discussing the opportunity to avenge devastating loss to Takanori Gomi.   But in the process he came to discus...

Coach On Likelihood McGregor Retires After UFC 229

Conor McGregor has long been the focus of attention for MMA fans around the globe. However the one time boxer is rumored to be quite a savvy businessman – meaning he’ll likely be looking...

Quintet Schedules First USA Bound Edition Featuring Winning Teams

Sakuraba’s Quintet captured the audience’s attention. Where grappling can sometimes get a little dull with stalling it’s hard to apply that same approach to team challenges –...

Aj Agazarm Joins In Ultra Heavy Division At Pans

Yesterday we wrote about Gianni Grippo’s decision to join Kaynan Duarte and Gordon Ryan in ultra heavy. But it looks as if another significantly smaller fighter is ready to throw his hat in the...

Henry Akins Injured In Serious Accident In Hollywood

Henry Akins, the third American to receive a Brazilian Jiu-jitsu black belt from Rickson Gracie was in a very serious accident last night. Akins writes: Greatful to be alive… I got in a really...

Watch: Eddie Bravo Rolling with His Students for 16 mins At 10th Planet HQ

The idea that a belt ranking would be assigned to a student that doesn’t roll is almost universally frowned upon. But what can be said of the instructors that don’t roll? Are there any...

ABU DHABI Grand Slam Reinstated After Guarantees That Israeli Anthem Will Be Played

The International Judo Federation  announced that following the suspension of the Tunis Grand Prix and the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. The UAE Judo Federation confirmed in an official letter sent to the...

Catch Wrestling Scarf Hold: Chest Choke, Neck Crank or Choke?

Josh Barnett did the unthinkable at Metamoris 4: he completely dominated and submitted Dean Lister. Lister hadn’t been submitted in competition in 17 years. He used a what looked like a neck crank...

The Legendary Sergio Penha’s High Pressure Side Control That Submits People & Surprise Americana

Bernardo Faria recently visited the legendary red and white belt Sergio Penha at his academy in Las Vegas. Penha is most known for his epic competition match in the 1980s where he almost defeated...

WWE’s Shayna Baszler Has Some Serious Leglock Moves

WWE’s Shayna Baszler is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, currently signed to WWE where she performs on developmental territory, NXT. She was trained by former...

Gianni Grippo Enters Ultra Heavy – Hoping To Duke It Out With Gordon Ryan at Pans

Atos Prodigy Kaynan Duarte caught everyone’s attention last year when he qualified for ADCC and Brazil trials. Since then the young ace hasn’t shied away from a challenge. As proven by...

Model Mia Kang Looking To Up Her Game With Some BJJ Lessons

Model Mia Kang at one time wore the t shirt with Dillon Danis’ face on it. But with Danis so busy the model and muay thai practitioner found herself looking for coaching advice in bjj on social...

Robson Gracie Jr. inspired by brother Renzo For His MMA Debut

Robson Gracie Jr. is the youngest brother of Renzo Gracie. Renzo returned to MMA at the ripe old age of 51 – and managed to score a victory. For the 27 year old Gracie this was a tremendous...

NO GI BJJ CAMP w/ Lauri & Elvira Karppinen 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu in Belgrade, Serbia

Kimura BJJ Serbia Academy will be hosting an amazing 2 day No Gi BJJ Camp with 10th planet Jiu-Jitsu standouts Lauri & Elvra Karppinen from Finland. Price is just 10 eur for the day camp payable...

Jon Jones: ‘I Don’t Understand Why Khabib Doesn’t Work A Lot of Jiu-Jitsu’

Jon Jones recently expressed interest in returning to grappling while he awaits octagon return. However the funding for Submission Underground seems to have suspiciously gone downhill since flocombat...

Body Language Expert Analyzes Conor McGregor

In the MMA world Conor McGregor comes off as ultra confident and even arrogant at times, but what really goes on inside his head? Mark Bowden of TruthPlane.com analyzed the body language of Conor...

Matt Heafy Of Trivium talks Falling in love with the ‘dark jiu-jitsu world’ of Leglocks

Matt Heafy has long been a practitioner of bjj. Trivium Frontman Matt Heafy Says JIu-JItsu Is A Metaphor For Life In the past he’s been credited with explaining how bjj has helped his music...

South Bay jiu-jitsu Instructor Denies Abusing 14-year-old After Admitting To A Friend

Gabriel Abel Gonzalez, 39, is the latest jiu jitsu instructor to be accused of unseemly behavior with an underaged person. Gonzalez, a jiu-jitsu teacher in Chula Vista, was arrested Saturday morning...

Atos Prodigy Changes Division To Face Off Against Gordon at Pans

Atos Prodigy Kaynan Duarte caught everyone’s attention last year when he qualified for ADCC and Brazil trials.   Purple Belt Stuns At ADCC Trials Brazil – Wins 88kg Division Since...

One of Helio Gracie’s Favorite Throws (Hane-Goshi)

One of Grandmaster Helio Gracie’s favorite throws was Hane-Goshi, which being translated from the Japanese roughly means “Hip-Spring.” This classic takedown is one of the core...