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Category Archive: Articles

Garry Tonon Set To Fight In Singapore May 17th

Garry Tonon will be fighting again very soon. Tonon was previously a part of the ONE FC historic Tokyo card when he defeated Anthony Engelen by TKO. This makes Tonon, a submission artist 4:0 in mma...

Real Life Hulk Martyn Ford Trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Actor/bodybuilder Martyn Ford is a freak of nature. Towering at 6’8″ – 203 cm, he weighs a huge 320 lbs – 145 kg of pure muscle. Ford has starred in movies Boyka:...

Russell Brand Describes the Psychological Impact of Jiu-Jitsu

Russel Brand has been doing bjj for quite a while. The comedian started as far back as late 2017. Recently he wrote a book and touched upon how it psychologically affected him saying:  ” I...

Darren Till Arrested in Spain for Stealing a Taxi and Thrashing a Hotel

Darren Till is the latest mma fighter to get in trouble with the law.  Till, who last fought in May against Jorge Masvidal, is said to have been stopped by police after jumping in the cab and...

Handful Of ADCC Invites Left: A Look Who Is In, Who Is Out From The Toughest Competition In the World

ADCC is the most prestigious tournament. The Abu dhabi combat club is a championship held only every other year and as such the invites are coveted. Here’s a complete list of those who have...

B.J. Penn Accused of Threatening Farmer with Machete; Police Investigation Ongoing

Jiu jitsu phenom B.J. Penn is having a bad streak of running in with the law. Following leaked statements from his ex partner about co*aine binges Penn is now the subject of an ongoing police...

Ralph Gracie Arrest Warrant Out For Felony Assault of Flavio Almeida

Ralph Gracie thought he dodged a bullet in December when he assaulted Flavio Almeida in public at the Nogi worlds. The assault was widely reported.   Now Jiu-Jitsu Times has obtained a copy of...

Former Jiu Jitsu coach Sentenced To Just 2 Years And 4 Months For Sexual Abuse

Former Jiu Jitsu coach Gerald Strebendt, 40,  was sentenced tojust  two years and four months in prison with two years and eight months of probation by a court in Lane County, OR this week...

Firas Zahabi expects ‘cheater’ Jon Fitch to be on PEDs For Rory McDonald Fight

Firas Zahabi is a man of measured words which is why it raised quite a few eyebrows to have him be this outspoken about the Bellator match up featuring his trainee Rory McDonald and Jon Fitch. The...

6’6’’ Brazilian Featherweight Loses Debut to 5’4’’ Opponent

Favela Kombat 31 was home for a very peculiar scene. A 6’6’’ Brazilian featherweight met an opponent topping off at just 5’4’’. To make matters worse – he lost. Fight...

Keenan Cornelius: I Want To Be Unique

Keenan Cornelius just had a very discrete breakup with ATOS. All that was said of the parting boils down to “I was asked to leave”. Now a brand new video offers keen insight into just why...

Ex-UFC fighter Angela Magana in coma following complications from emergency surgery

Angela Magana is fighting for her life. Former UFC fighter is in a coma following complications from emergency surgery. Early Tuesday morning, Magana posted on Facebook and Twitter that she was...

Submission Underground Finally Back! Unveils Epic Card for UFC Fight Pass Debut

Submission Underground started off great but ran into some trouble with funding following the first several events. This ultimately led to the last few cards being under reported on since their...

Galvao’s Modified Hip Bump Sweep Is A Game Changer

Jiu Jitsu, the game of human chess. Grappling is considered by many one of the most difficult sports to master. Learning moves generally require a combination of intelligence, timing, coordination...

Herb Dean Defends His Askren/Lawler Stoppage

A lot can be said about Ben Askren’s UFC debut – but what nobody expected is for Funky to get tossed on his head. Lucky for him, he managed to bring the fight to a closing fast but quite...

Rener and Ryron Gracie Release Pilot Episode For Reality Show AMAZING GRACIE

As it turns out Ralek Gracie isn’t the only Gracie with the goal of making it big in television. His estranged half brothers Rener and Ryron Gracie also had goals of their own stardom –...

Gordon Ryan Calls Out Atos For Doping

Doping in jiu jitsu community is rampant. Anyone who can afford it is usually on everything from testosterone to HGH. Usually people are less than forthcoming about doping accusations –...

William Wolk Brazilian taps to Eddie Cummings Heel Hook

Eddie Cummings had his long awaited return to bjj competition scene this past weekend. The Wolverine was met with an unknown opponent – and one very willing to game the system. There was...

Game Changing Grip Retention Tip

There’s no doubt about it, a vice-like grip for BJJ is definitely an advantage. Not only does it help you control your opponent, it also opens many avenues for transitions as well, by ensuring that...

Incredible Opportunity: Danaher Death Squad Camp at Evolve MMA

You want to learn from the top Grappling instructor today, John Danaher together with his team which wins all the pro tournaments: here is an incredible opportunity. Evolve MMA in Singapore is...

B.J. Penn’s team issues statement on ‘false’ domestic abuse allegations

B.J. Penn has been at the eye of the storm recently when it came to light just hy his ex partner has a restraining order out against him. Shealen Uaiwa alleges Penn verbally abused and menaced her in...

Keenan Cornelius Asked To Leave Atos

Keenan Cornelius has been asked to leave Atos, a team he’s belonged to for 6 years. Cornelius has been widely considered one of the prodigies of the sport for quite some time now. Here are...

Tom Hardy Awarded 2nd Stripe on BJJ Belt

Tom Hardy has recently been awarded his 2nd stripe.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by ʙᴊᴊ ᴅᴏᴄ (@bjjdoctor) on Apr 10, 2019 at 12:00pm PDT Hardy is going the...

Dillon Danis blasts AJ Agazarm: He used to be a Fan Boy

Dillon Danis is fighting in June and as such he’s been giving interviews like crazy. In his most recent interview during the Bellator press conference Danis explained away the animosity between...