Sandbagging Anyone? Grappling Industries to Crack Down on Sandbaggers at their Competitions
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE
Sandbagging is a term used in martial arts to denote a practitioner who competes at a skill-bracket deemed less rigorous than their actual level of competitive ability. The term is adopted similarly...
Dillon Danis Issue Statement Following Arrest in front of New Jersey Bar
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE
Dillon Danis is one of the most polarizing figures in grappling and mixed martial arts. A black belt under Marcelo Garcia and Bellator athlete, Danis hasn’t been featured in the news lately for...
Who’s Number One (WNO): Pedro Marinho Out, Replaced by Jacob “The Hillbilly Hammer” Couch
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Yet another blow was delivered to the WNO Championships 185-pound division, just days before the tournament. Pedro Marinho – who was a replacement for an injured Andrew Wiltse – is out of...
Fedor Emelianenko: “Ring Girls Should Dress More Decently”
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko is the most recent fighter in the series of MMA faces who touched upon the topic of ring girls. The talk started back in August, when Khabib...
Neiman Gracie Inspired By Cro Cop: “If We Keep Fight Standing, Hospital; If We Go To Ground, Cemetery”
Sep 21, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Neiman Gracie, a part of the fourth generation of the famous BJJ family, featured in the co-main event at Bellator 266 last Saturday. A son of Carla Gracie and a nephew to Renzo Gracie, Neiman has...
Breaking: Dillon Danis Arrested in Front of New Jersey Nightclub
Sep 20, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Dillon Danis is one of the most polarizing figures in grappling and mixed martial arts. A black belt under Marcelo Garcia and Bellator athlete, Danis hasn’t been featured in the news lately for...
Chatri Sityodtong Promoted To BJJ Brown Belt
Sep 20, 2021BJJEE
Guest post by Evolve MMA, Asia’s premier championship brand for martial arts. It has the most number of World Champions on the planet. Named as the #1 ranked martial arts organization in Asia by...
EBI Champion & BJJ Black Belt Erin Blanchfield Wins UFC Debut
Sep 20, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Think what you want, but if you use Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a base for your MMA career – while, of course, developing other skills with vigor – you’re going to find success. And...
Gracie Family Has Mixed Results at Bellator 266
Sep 19, 2021BJJEE
Neiman Gracie, a part of the fourth generation of the famous BJJ family, featured in the co-main event at Bellator 266 last Saturday. Neiman is a son of Carla Gracie and a nephew to Renzo Gracie. He...
Uzbek Judoka Kamoliddin Rasulov (29) Dies After Being Stabbed in a Conflict
Sep 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Image Credit: IJF Tragic news have reached BJJEE. Kamoliddin Rasulov, a Judoka from Uzbekistan, has tragically passed away after being stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife, during a conflict....
Fighter Retires From MMA After Winning by Reverse Triangle Choke
Sep 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Winning isn’t everything – neither in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu nor in mixed martial arts. In order to train sports which are as difficult as these ones are, the fighter has got to have heart....
UFC Vegas 37: Anthony Smith Submits Ryan Spann with Rear Naked Choke
Sep 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The UFC Vegas 37 main event featured a light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann. Smith took the win via submission – Rear Naked Choke – in the first round; but it was...
ADCC European, Middle Eastern & African Trials 2021: Results & Overview
Sep 19, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
There’s about a year left before the next ADCC World Championships – and the first official trials just took place! The ADCC European, Middle Eastern, and African trials were held on...
UFC Headliner Says Former NBA player with Wrestling Background “Whooped’ Him in Training
Sep 18, 2021BJJEE
Former UFC light heavyweight challenger Anthony Smith will fight Ryan Spann in the UFC Vegas 37 Main Event. A convincing win for Spann would make him a challenger for the title. In the fight week,...
ONE Championship Chairman Chatri Sityodtong Promoted To Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Sep 18, 2021BJJEE
Chatri Sityodtong, an entrepreneur and a martial artist, best known as the Founder & Chairman of one of the biggest MMA organization’s in the world ONE Championship (ONE) has been promoted...
Craig Jones’ B-Team Now Allows Drop-Ins: Purple Belts And Up
Sep 18, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
What matters most on your Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu journey are the skills you acquire on the mats and the relationships you make. That is, the techniques you learn (and how well you learn them); as well...
Sean O’Malley Talks Transgender MMA Fighter Alana McLaughlin: “I Just Don’t Think That’s Okay”
Sep 17, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
UFC fighter and BJJ brown belt Sean O’Malley is the latest of MMA fighters who have voiced their thoughts and criticisms of Alana McLaughlin – the transgender fighter who had her MMA...
Wrestling World Champion Bo Nickal To Make His MMA Debut On September 24
Sep 17, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Wrestling U-23 world champion & NCAA All American wrestler Bo Nickal has just made a huge leap! The Penn State alumnus will make his MMA debut in an amateur fight against David Conley, on...
CFFC 100: Smith Taps Out Kamchybekov With a Tight Guillotine Choke
Sep 17, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Cage Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) 100 took place earlier today, on September 17. It featured a number of exciting fights, as well as a Guillotine Choke finish in the main event lightweight...
Demian Maia Against Fights Involving Transgender Athletes in MMA: “I Think It’s Absurd”
Sep 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
On September 10, transgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin won her MMA debut against Celine Provost. She won in the second round by submitting Provost by a rear naked choke. McLaughlin, in her past,...
ONE Championship: Garry Tonon to Fight Thanh Le for Featherweight World Title
Sep 16, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Garry Tonon needs little introduction. He is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Tom DeBlass and Ricardo Almeida, and is known as an extremely well-versed No Gi specialist. For instance, he fought...
Michael Bisping on Transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin: “It’s Unfair To Women’s MMA”
Sep 15, 2021BJJEE
Former UFC middleweight champion & UFC analyst Michael Bisping shared his views on the transgender MMA fighter Alana McLaughlin, implying that “this is not fair to women’s MMA.”...
Dana White’s Contender Series: Almeida Wins By Vicious Rear Naked Choke
Sep 15, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
The Dana White’s Contender Series season 5 is in full swing, with week 3 being the most recent one. The card displayed a total of six fights, which resulted with five more fighters being...
High Rollerz 7: Team Cops vs. Team Stonerz (With Guest Commentary by Jorge Masvidal)
Sep 15, 2021BJJEE1 Admin
Marijuana and sports? It’s been a point of debate and controversy for quite some time, with mixed martial arts being no exception. A lot of athletes in the MMA circles smoke it on the regular...
