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Category Archive: Articles

John Howard Diagnosed With Autism at 33

    World series of Fighting competitor John Howard was recently diagnosed with autism. Boston native, Howard has been fighting professionally since 2004. He holds a brown belt in brazilian...

UAEJJF Launches New Grand Slam Event

    The Jiu Jitsu Federation of United Arab Emirates just released the calendar for 2016/2017 Grand Slam season. There’s a new stage in Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE in addition to...

Aldo: Diaz Will Win Again, Quicker Than Last Time

    Aldo will not be rematching McGregor at UFC 200 as he wanted but he is keeping a close eye on the struggle Conor is facing in Diaz rematch set for UFC 202. Instead, at UFC 200 Aldo will...

F2WP 6 starts Tomorrow: Rafael Lovato Jr facing Pedro Mello

    The latest in a series of exciting submission only events starts tomorrow, Friday June 17th in Dallas, Texas.   Fight To Win Pro 6 goes off June 17th featuring Rafael Lovato Jr.,...

Best of Andre Galvao’s Strength & Conditioning Training For BJJ

  Best of Andre Galvao’s strength and conditioning training for BJJ. Andre Galvão is a 3rd degree black belt student under BJJ legend Fernando “Tererê” Augusto and now...

Top Youtube Celebrity Jenna Marbles Doing Jiu-Jitsu

    Internet personality Jenna Marbles is the latest in line of famous people to have tried brazilian jiu-jitsu. Marbles has a BA in Psychology and a Master of Education in Sport...

Wrestling Great Cole Konrad Training Jiu-Jitsu

    Famous Heavyweight Wrestler Cole Konrad is still training brazilian jiu-jitsu! Cole “The Polar Bear” Konrad started his grappling journey at Freedom Highschool in Freedom...

Buchecha Guarantees: MMA debut in 2017!

Marcus Buchecha Almeida is determined to make his MMA debut soon. The four time Absolute Winner at Mundials said that while there’s no time for his MMA debut in the 2nd half of 2016, he’s...

JT Torres leaving Atos HQ and forming new team

    Atos Black Belt JT “The Spiderman” Torres is leaving the Headquarters and forming a new school. JT Torres made a name for himself initially competing for Team LLoyd Irvin...

Finnish BJJ Coach On How They Train Up North

  Finland is one of the top BJJ countries in Europe. Whoever has faced Finnish BJJ players in competition will tell you how and tough and technical these fighters from the north are....

How bad is Sport Jiu-Jitsu for MMA?

    Rising interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu over the last decade also created vast differences in styles between different schools. But are these style differences detrimental to potential...

Eddie Cummings VS Augusto Mendes – OFFICIAL [HD] Polaris 3 FULL FIGHT

  The full fight between John Danaher prodigy Eddie Cummings, and Augusto Tanquinho Mendes, one of the most decorated jiu jitsu players of today, released for free on YouTube. This match went...

Eve Gracie: How To Choke Someone With Their T-Shirt

  Eve Gracie, wife of Rener Gracie shows you how to choke someone with a T shirt. This is very useful in a self defense situation when someone is in your guard on the ground. It’s...

Dillon Danis training with UFC’s Conor McGregor

  Conor McGregor is going the extra mile before rematching with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 scheduled for August 20th. Dilon Danis is not the first grappler Conor has wrestled lately but he certainly...

Gracie Barra Losing 150+ Academies With Ze Radiola’s Departure

  José Olimpio, more known as “Zé Radiola”, who was one the top 3 leaders of the Gracie Barra organisation, has officially left GB to form his own team: ZR Team. Ze Radiola is one of the...

MMA fighter kills himself playing Russian Roulette

    Bellator and Legacy FC bantamweight Ivan “JP” Cole died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. He was 25 years old. Young fighter was reportedly playing russian...

Vagner Rocha Beefing With Gordon Ryan Post Superfight

    Sapateiro Invitational 2 took place this weekend in Sarasota, Florida. It promised spectators an explosive superfight as well as the 175lb Tournament featuring Nathan Orchard,  Josh...

Russia: Woman Defeats Man in MMA Fight

  This fight happened in Russia this Saturday June 11th, 2016. Female MMA fighter Anzelika Stepanenko of Marsey Fight Klub, made her MMA debut and faced a male MMA fighter and defeated him by...

Royce Gracie Eager to Find a New MMA Opponent

    Royce Gracie isn’t quite ready to hang up the MMA gloves just yet! Following Bellator 149 where he knocked out Ken Shamrock, Gracie said in an interview it’s hard to leave...

BJJ Champ Sets Sights On Wrestling

    Super Heavy Purple Belt World Champion Shantelle Thompson has her eyes set on competing in wrestling. After winning Worlds for the 2nd time she said: “I didn’t think it...

Lucas Lepri’s Triumphant Journey to Lightweight Gold

    Last year Michael Langhi reigned over Lightweights in the Walter Pyramid Arena. This year his journey was cut short in the quarter finals by Gabriel Rollo. But the spotlight was on his...

Violent UBER Assault – 3 Chokes EVERY Woman Should Know

  On April 3, 2016, a man, posing as an Uber driver, abducted a woman and then violently sexually assaulted her in the vehicle two blocks away from the pickup location. In this critical Gracie...

TV’s Sherlock Holmes bitten by BJJ Bug!

    Television’s Sherlock Holmes is the latest addition to the celebrity jiu-jitsu practicioners list!   This group of dudes is a great group of dudes. #train #hard #enjoy...

Mundials 2016 By The Numbers

Statistical analysis of the biggest tournament in BJJ calendar revealed some interesting trends. The Long Beach Walter Pyramid Tournament hosted some of the best athletes in the world of Jiu-Jitsu...