Daniel Schuardt Reveals His Wife Made Him Choose Kingsway Over Craig Jones’ B Team
Oct 06, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Daniel Schuardt picked Kingsway over B Team largely because his wife told him to. The Australian, an ADCC 2026 bronze medalist and the man behind the viral “Mussolini lock”, explained in...
Jose Aldo & Marlon Vera Go to A Draw In Quito Grappling Match
Oct 06, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Jose Aldo and Marlon Vera could not separate themselves in their submission-only grappling match at Hype on Sunday night in Quito, Ecuador. And, well, the 10-minute contest ended in a draw with no...
Andre Galvao Takes Silver In Return To IBJJF Competition: “I Wanted To Feel The Pressure Again”
Oct 06, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Andre Galvao is back on the IBJJF podium! The ATOS owner won silver in the super heavyweight division at the 2026 IBJJF Pan-American No-Gi Championship, after stepping away from the tournament...
BKFC Belgrade, the $20 Million “World’s Baddest Man” (WBM) global tournament, and cinema-meets-sport with the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Oct 05, 2026BJJEE
The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has often earned praise from legions of fight fans for its unique blend of sport and cinema – the greatest bare-knuckle boxing fights with the...
John Danaher: MMA Is A “Transcendent Sport” And Most People Get It Wrong
Oct 05, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
John Danaher thinks most of the MMA world, longtime commentator Joe Rogan included, is working from the wrong definition. In his view, the sport is not a patchwork of martial arts stitched together:...
“We Detest You”- Ukrainian BJJ Black Belt Reveals the Real Reason Gordon Ryan’s Ukraine Seminar Was Shut Down
Oct 04, 2026BJJEE
Was Gordon Ryan really kicked out of Ukraine? Ukrainian BJJ black belt Vlad Polyanskiy has revealed how the grappling superstar’s secret seminar sparked a backlash involving Ukrainian coaches, war...
Rickson Gracie Opens Up On Parkinson’s: “My Physicalities Are Fading Away”
Oct 04, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Rickson Gracie discussed his ongoing battle with Parkinson’s disease in a recent appearance on The ROL Radio Podcast… Acknowledging that his physical condition continues to decline....
Joe Rogan Says BJJ Coaches Don’t Need To Compete To Be Successful: “John Danaher Didn’t Do It”
Oct 04, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
A recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show focused on whether elite coaching requires elite competitive experience And the conversation centered on John Danaher, widely considered one of...
Xande Ribeiro Opens Up On The Daily Pain Behind His Decades-Long Career: “I Wake Up Every Day With Pain”
Oct 03, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Xande Ribeiro has built one of the most enduring careers in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu history, and his continued success at a high level has left many wondering what’s kept him going for so long....
Helena Crevar On Becoming The Youngest ADCC Champion Ever: “99% Of My Training Is With Men”
Oct 03, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
At just 19, Helena Crevar has already made grappling history, becoming the youngest ADCC champion ever after capturing gold at 143 lbs (65kg) with three straight submissions… And in a recent...
Brendan Schaub Explains Why He Believes Mikey Musumeci Would Get “Annihilated” in the UFC
Oct 03, 2026BJJEE
Former UFC heavyweight and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Brendan Schaub has delivered a harsh assessment of Mikey Musumeci’s planned transition to MMA, arguing that even one of the greatest...
BJJ Black Belt With Massive Online Following Joins OnlyFans
Oct 02, 2026BJJEE
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Giovanna “Ghi” Eburneo is making headlines beyond the mats after joining OnlyFans, adding her name to a growing list of BJJ athletes exploring subscription-based...
Researcher Finds Translator Erased References To The Gracie Family From Book On Mitsuyo Maeda
Oct 02, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
The history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is full of disputed narratives, but one recent discovery stands out for what it reveals about how that history has been handled over time. According to martial arts...
ADCC Silver Medalist Marlon Tajik Opens Up On Faking His Age To Compete As A Teen
Oct 02, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Marlon Tajik’s path to becoming an ADCC silver medalist includes an unusual chapter from his teenage years – a one-year competition ban in Sweden after he falsified his age to face tougher...
Mikey Musumeci Says PED Use In Jiu-Jitsu Has Him Ready To “Transfer” To MMA
Oct 01, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Mikey Musumeci has reached a breaking point with PED use in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and his recent win over Bryce Mitchell at UFC BJJ 11 may end up being one of his final traditional grappling matches...
Claudia Gadelha Questions UFC BJJ’s Policy On Minors After 17-Year-Old Suffers Arm Break
Oct 01, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
A gruesome arm injury suffered by a 17-year-old competitor at UFC BJJ 11 has sparked a serious conversation about athlete safety within the organization… With Claudia Gadelha now questioning...
Tye Ruotolo To Compete For The Lightweight MMA Title At ONE: The Inner Circle 37
Sep 30, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
ONE Championship has booked one of its most compelling title fights of the year, pitting two athletes from major martial arts lineages against each other… As the reigning ONE Lightweight and...
ADCC Introduces New Rule: Interference From Coaches Or Spectators Can Cost Athletes The Match
Sep 30, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
The ADCC has rolled out a new policy that puts athletes’ results directly at risk when coaches, parents, or spectators overstep boundaries during a match. Under the updated code of conduct,...
Top Divorce Lawyer: “When A Guy Has Daddy Issues, He Ends Up Doing BJJ”
Sep 29, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Brazilian jiu-jitsu has picked up an unusual reputation online in recent years – with the sport sometimes joked about as something for “divorced dads”. On the Mostly Wise podcast,...
Chris Haueter Warns Against Academies That Try To Control Students Off The Mat: “Toxic Relationship”
Sep 29, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Chris Haueter, one of the first twelve non-Brazilians to earn a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and a member of the “Dirty Dozen”, has spent decades around the sport. In a recent podcast...
Fighters talk BKFC Fight Night Belgrade, World’s Baddest Man global tournament tryouts come to Belgrade, Serbia, in October 2026
Sep 28, 2026BJJEE
The Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is bringing one of the biggest combat sports events of 2026 to the brilliant Belgrade, Serbia! BKFC Belgrade fight week festivities are coming to Serbia...
Mario Sperry: Sport BJJ Has Made Competitors Forget The Stand-Up Fight
Sep 28, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Mario Sperry has a story he likes to tell about arriving in America as a purple belt, walking into a karate gym that claimed to teach Jiu-Jitsu – and finding the room hadn’t taken him...
Dima Murovanni: “The CLA Jiu-Jitsu Community Is Quite Crazy”
Sep 28, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Ask Dima Murovanni how he preps fighters for an ADCC camp and the answer has less to do with volume than with math. In a recent video, he laid out a system built less on grinding athletes into the...
Roger Gracie Explains Why Trends – Like Heel Hooks – Never Last In BJJ
Sep 27, 2026BJJEE1 Admin
Roger Gracie doesn’t share the concern that trends like heel hooks are pulling the sport away from its fundamentals. In a recent podcast conversation, the 10-time IBJJF World Champion explained...
